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Only Crime is Doing Timenew
Drawing its members from the ranks of Black Flag, Descendents, Good Riddance and Converge, the band adds up to more than the sum of its parts.
Montreal Mirror |
Johnson Cummins |
08-14-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Only Crime
Fresh Outta Prison, Jah Cure Drops a 'New Beginning'new
True Reflections shows that, even from a jail cell, Jah Cure has become one of the strongest singer/songwriters in Jamaican music.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jonathan Cunningham |
08-14-2007 |
Reviews
Chemical Brothers Keep it Piecemealnew
Taken cumulatively, We Are the Night is more a playlist of potential iPod moods than it is an old-fashioned album.
Shepherd Express |
Jon Gilbertson |
08-14-2007 |
Reviews
The Return of The Rentalsnew
When Matt Sharp considered reuniting the band after a half-decade hiatus, he faced an obvious challenge: There wasn't an actual band to reunite.
Shepherd Express |
Evan Rytlewski |
08-14-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Rentals
Patty Griffin & Louisville Are Old Friendsnew
She's a big name in folk-rock now, but Louisville knew her way back when.
LEO Weekly |
Cary Stemle |
08-14-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Patty Griffin
Checking in with the Latest Round of MuzikMafia Releasesnew
In some quarters, the MuzikMafia was hailed as country-music saviors who would change the way music was made in Nashville; in others, they were dismissed as flashes-in-the-pan who would soon vanish like most novelty acts -- neither prediction proved accurate.
Baltimore City Paper |
Geoffrey Himes |
08-14-2007 |
Music
Red Sammy Debuts Its Forlorn Folksy Gothicnew
Every one of its 11 languid and dolorous "gothic Americana" songs hangs with the same tawdry antebellum decay familiar to anyone who's whiled away a sticky August night in Baltimore drinking too much beer and nursing heartache.
Baltimore City Paper |
Violet Glaze |
08-14-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Red Sammy
Jason Isbell Takes the Wheelnew
A Drive-By Trucker makes his solo debut.
Westword |
Dave Herrera |
08-13-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jason Isbell
String Cheese Incident Takes a Breaknew
Despite what you've heard, this band's future is still unwritten.
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
08-13-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: String Cheese Incident
The Fray Hits the Rocksnew
Denver's hometown heroes are larger than Life.
Forth Yeer Freshman Bring the Campnew
If the entire Bloodhound Gang downed a Zeke smoothie every day, with chunks of Shat and the Dwarves swirled in, they would still sound like stodgy old preachmen compared to these hoodlums.
Tags: Forth Yeer Freshman, Rock Your Box
'Finding Forever' is Thoroughly Adult Hip-hopnew
If that description sounds contradictory, it's only because so few of the genre's artists have been able to make this transition successfully.
Tags: Common, Finding Forever
The Moondoggies Work for Flying Dollar Billsnew
The band's brand of cosmic country rock no doubt reminds folks of a bygone era -- namely, the early '70s, when a handful of bands churned out timeless roots music.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian J Barr |
08-13-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Moondoggies
The Attack Gets Back to Basicsnew
Ex-Spitvalves, My Hotel Year members find joy in the band's punk-rock simplicity.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
08-13-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Attack
Lil Wayne Makes His Case for Greatnessnew
If John Lennon were alive today, he might have made a mix tape like Lil Wayne's latest opus.
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
08-13-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Lil Wayne, Da Drought 3
