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Battles Drops a Pivotal Expermental Rock Opusnew
If the band parlays its critical-darling status into Conan/Letterman show-playing notoriety, we could be witnessing the (re)opening of the American music-fan mind to the degree of which we haven't seen since the Ford administration.
Matthew Dear: Poised to Break Out of the Techno Ghetto?new
The transition from techno producer to singing/lyric-writing techno producer is rarely attempted, never mind executed with competence -- but Asa Breed finds Dear furthering his songcraft within the genre, his flat, sometimes stilted voice complementing his low-slung, artfully spare techno.
Tags: Asa Breed, Matthew Dear
Gregory Isakov Gets Back to the Landnew
A visit with the rustic troubador at his farm.
Westword |
Dave Herrera |
06-04-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Gregory Isakov
Naughty Norah Jonesnew
From swearing in public to kissing Jude Law, change is good.
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
06-04-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Norah Jones
Cephalic Carnage: Extreme-metal Madmen par Excellencenew
The eleven songs here constitute a jolt of aural anarchy, served straight up.
Tags: Cephalic Carnage, Xenosapien
Ozzy's An Icon Past His Primenew
There are few surprises and even fewer decent tunes on Black Rain, but Oz can still sing his ass off.
Tags: Ozzy Osbourne, Black Rain
Linkin Park Seems Awfully Insecurenew
Minutes to Midnight is stuffed with take-us-seriously gestures, including the presence of producer Rick Rubin and liner notes that couldn't be needier if they'd been written by Sally Field.
Tags: Linkin Park, minutes to midnight
The Conversionnew
I've turned my 1,000 CDs into mp3s -- here's why I'll never go back.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Matt Charlton |
06-04-2007 |
Music
All That 'Jazzy'new
West Philadelphia, born and raised.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Craig D. Lindsey |
06-04-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: DJ Jazzy Jeff
On Rock Reunions & Nostalgia Concertsnew
Somehow the Police's reunion has coincided with rock reunions of all types, and this is not a good thing.
Dallas Observer |
Jonanna Widner |
06-04-2007 |
Music
Perry Farrell Fancies Himself an Intergalactic Prophetnew
But the music on Ultra Payloaded sounds more like the work of a hippie magpie with a penchant for chaos and excess.
NOW Magazine |
Sarah Liss |
06-04-2007 |
Reviews
Professor Griff's Freaky Frequencynew
The former minister of information for Public Enemy says satanic messages are embedded in hip-hop grooves.
NOW Magazine |
Sigcino Moyo |
06-04-2007 |
Music
Curse of the Watchersnew
As their best album to date drops, this exciting Chicago band weathers an 11th-hour personnel change and a fubar tour.
Chicago Reader |
Miles Raymer |
06-04-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Watchers
Mary Timony's Many Hatsnew
The genre-shifting songstress returns to her D.C. roots.
Shepherd Express |
Evan Rytlewski |
06-01-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mary Timony
Paul McCartney Can't Stop Trolling for Public's Attentionnew
At what point is it OK to call a moratorium on the cute Beatle?
The Georgia Straight |
Elaine Corden |
06-01-2007 |
Music
