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Essential Listening at this Weekend's Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festivalnew
Bela Fleck & the Flecktones, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Des Ark, The Tender Fruit, Leyla McCalla, Sidi Toure, Sandbox, Peter Lamb & the Wolves
N.C. Hip-Hop Day Sent Mixed Messages About Local Rapnew
9th Wonder's detractors insist he's got no right to proclaim #nchiphopday as a monolithic movement unless his goal is to put everyone on the map.
The Felice Brothers are not a Throwbacknew
On stage, the Felice Brothers are a rough-and-tumble bunch of characters. They kick things over. They curse, swill whiskey, and encourage the audience to join them. Christmas Clapton tells their tales.
Charleston City Paper |
Stratton Lawrence |
10-06-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Girl Can't Help Itnew
Sleeper Agent frontwoman Alex 'Kidd' Kandel grows up in public.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Tom Lanham |
10-06-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Nervous takedownnew
Circle Jerk Keith Morris leads Off! back to the source
Colorado Springs Independent |
Chris Parker |
10-06-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Long Live the Bullnew
Colorado Springs' favorite rock band releases its eagerly anticipated debut EP. "We’re just trying to ride the crest of a very small wave right now."
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
10-06-2011 |
Music
Zola Jesus Releases Conatusnew
If nothing else, Conatus is music to make out to: languid, moody, and slightly baroque; fraught with combustible, adolescent longing and full of driving builds and drum-machine heartbeats. So yes, suffice it to say that on her third full-length, Zola Jesus, née Nika Danilova, doesn't veer far from the dark, dramatic goth-pop template that's carried her thus far.
East Bay Express |
Ellen Cushing |
10-06-2011 |
Reviews
Smash Mouth and the Egg Challengenew
How did Smash Mouth frontman Steve Harwell get suckered into eating 24 eggs in one sitting? The Internet, of course.
East Bay Express |
Ellen Cushing |
10-05-2011 |
Music
Cursed Bloodnew
The long, strange trip of Richard Buckner’s Our Blood, including multiple setbacks, odd jobs record-destroying equipment failures and a bizarre encounter with rural New York police involving a headless corpse.
Columbia Free Times |
Patrick Wall |
10-05-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Oddisee: Rock Creek Parknew
Between Summer 2009 and Spring 2010, hip-hop producer and instrumentalist Oddisee gave Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" a run for the money with Odd Seasons, a four-part EP that was released in installments as the seasons changed.
East Bay Express |
David MacFadden-Elliott |
10-05-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: Oddisee
On the Vergenew
Cymbals Eat Guitars were eager to change things up for their much-anticipated sophomore release.
Tucson Weekly |
Eric Swedlund |
10-05-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: cymbals eat guitars
“The Other F Word”new
Black Flag’s Ron Reyes, Black Pacific’s Jim Lindberg talk about “The Other F Word,” a documentary based on Jim Linderg’s autobiographical “Punk Rock Dad: No Rules, Just Real Life.”
Easy Reader |
Kevin Cody and Jim Lindberg |
10-04-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Gringo Star's Nick Furgiuele Cranks the Reverbnew
Atlanta's Gringo Star specializes in a jangly, dreamy cacophony -- a British Invasion-inspired, mod-tinged take on classic power pop.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
10-04-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Gringo Star, Nick Furgiuele
Beirut: The Rip Tidenew
Zach Condon proved early on that he was capable of manufacturing a sound uninhibited by his age or ethnicity. Five years ago, the nineteen-year-old New Mexico native already had a fetching affection for the foreign, an ear for arrangement, and a signature warble well beyond his years.
East Bay Express |
Will Butler |
10-03-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: Zach Condon
