AltWeeklies Wire
Mirah's Back With Bugs In Her Systemnew
Mirah and Spectratone International took their inspiration for Share This Placefrom the "Homer of Insects" J. Henri Fabre.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Patrick Rapa |
07-10-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mirah
Rasputina's Learning from the Pastnew
The band's cello-rific rock takes a new turn by focusing on the current.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Kara Luger |
07-10-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Rasputina
Sage Firenew
He's literate and smart and has the balls to call Eminem a liar.
Metro Times |
Hobey Echlin |
07-10-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sage Francis
Re-introducing Kenn Coxnew
Blue Note reissues put a Detroiter back on the jazz map.
Metro Times |
Charles L. Latimer |
07-10-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Kenn Cox
Chromeo: Rumpofsteelskinnew
The Canadian synth-funk duo just wants to love you '80s-style.
Baltimore City Paper |
Tony Ware |
07-10-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Chromeo
'Avant Gershwin' is a Quiet Treasurenew
Austin captures the musicality of the Gershwins' tunes, making them seem timely without losing the timelessness of the songs.
Houston Press |
Olivia Flores Alvarez |
07-10-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Avant Gershwin, Patti Austin
Brother Reade Follow in the Grand Two-man Traditionnew
Rapper Jimmy Jamz and producer Bobby Evans cut the bullshit (no skits, no grandiose, time-wasting intros, etc.) and get down to flaunting their considerable skills, as the album's no-nonsense title implies.
Tags: Brother Reade, rap music
The Ten Best Coke Anthemsnew
To make this list, the song must be about doing cocaine or sound like what cocaine feels like, not peddling it down on the corner. Plus: a shortlist for the Cocaine Hall of Fame.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
07-10-2007 |
Music
You Night Call the Members of Shaky Hands Hippiesnew
Critics have called the band "pre-Animal Collective nature rock," "the Shins pushing Bob Dylan on a swing," and "Blur from Omaha."
Seattle Weekly |
Karla Starr |
07-09-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Shaky Hands
Vaux Calls It a Daynew
Lamenting the passing of one of Denver's great bands.
Yellowcard's Frontman Breaks His Silencenew
Ryan Key on his persistent throat problems and his band's new disc.
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
07-09-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Yellowcard
It's Tough to Recapture the 'Zeitgeist'new
Corgan tries to win back disenchanted fans by hewing close to the combo's classic sound -- an approach that results in a listenable yet overly familiar CD underpinned with neediness.
Tags: Smashing Pumpkins, Zeitgeist
A Typically Off-kilter Release from Pete Wernicknew
The banjo expert, of Hot Rize fame, has never been content to imprison himself within genre conventions, even when the style is bluegrass, a format he loves.
Sanctifiednew
We know her as Annie Clark, but the world knows her as St. Vincent.
Dallas Observer |
Robert Wilonsky |
07-09-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: St. Vincent
The Cinematic Orchestra Returns to Settle the Scorenew
After a several year hiatus, the "chamber funk" band is on the road again.
New York Press |
David Callicott |
07-09-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
