AltWeeklies Wire
Kimya Dawson Winds a Strange Path to 'Alphabutt'new
Who'd have imagined--back when she and fellow Moldy Peach Adam Green were waxing anti-folk rhapsodic about downloading porn with Davo, about Duran Duran boyfriends, about what to stick their dicks in--that Kimya Dawson could ever be closer than an NFL football field to household name status?
Baltimore City Paper |
Raymond Cummings |
09-16-2008 |
Reviews
Getting to the Roots of the Sisters 3's Mutant Folk Musicnew
Three bodies, three sensibilities. But when it comes to the Sisters 3, they're of one mind.
Philadelphia City Paper |
M.J. Fine |
09-16-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Star Spangled, The Sisters 3
Disc Makers Acquired CD Baby. How Come?new
CD Baby artists still sell big numbers and the company still operates as it always has. The only change is that as of August, CD Baby is owned by Disc Makers, the 62-year-old Pennsauken, N.J.-based independent manufacturer of CDs and DVDs, with 10 locations nationwide.
Philadelphia City Paper |
A.D. Amorosi |
09-16-2008 |
Music
Mechanical Boy Puts Its Indie-Dance Foot Forwardnew
At first blush, Houston five-piece's debut Play Along doesn't sound too far removed from indie-dance bands like the Rapture or the Bravery, but scratch the surface and there's a rock band under there -- and a potent rock band at that.
Houston Press |
Chris Gray |
09-16-2008 |
Reviews
Steve Earle Talks Music, Politics and Addictionnew
Earle's resurrection after being released from jail in the mid-1990s is remarkable, and few would dispute that he is today one of the best songwriters in the world. And he always seasons his songs with powerful political messages that rise above the polemical.
New Haven Advocate |
Jim Motavalli |
09-16-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Members of DeVotchKa Found Success by Following Their Own Musenew
As worldly as the act may seem, and as valid as some of those effusive similes are, at its core DeVotchKa is a distinctly American band -- not in the Grand Funk Railroad we're coming to your town, we'll help you party down sense, mind you, but a more literal one.
Westword |
Dave Herrera |
09-15-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
A Terrorist's Worst Enemies: Morissette, Oberst, and Mick Fleetwoodnew
If the CIA's going to break the bad guys, they're going to have to turn up the pain.
Seattle Weekly |
Thomas Francis and Mike Seely |
09-15-2008 |
Music
This Little Undergroundnew
Vanda, the new local band fronted by Ryland Bojack, showed promise in their debut performance (Sept. 6, Orlando Brewing). Rather than a world-weary brand of country, their down-home twang is leavened by the kind of indie pop that would be at home in Athens.
Orlando Weekly |
Bao Le-Huu |
09-12-2008 |
Concerts
Mexican Singer Ximena Sarinana Dances Around Conformitynew
The scene at Sound Generation studio in New York's West Village was one of anticipation as Mexican newcomer Ximena Sarinana prepared to make her live American radio debut on public radio mainstay KCRW.
Orlando Weekly |
Lissette Corsa |
09-12-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mediocre, Ximena Sarinana
Richie Havens' Feeling Potential Againnew
Havens' fine new album proves, among other things, that a new era and a new social climate can restore meaning and depth to a song long taken for granted.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
09-12-2008 |
Reviews
Adam Marsland's Kickass Lifenew
While not all of the songs on Daylight Kissing Night are gems, the stand-outs are good enough to put the album over the top.
Tucson Weekly |
Annie Holub |
09-12-2008 |
Reviews
Listen to Ratatat, Then Dancenew
Ratatat takes in global influences to create their own blend of electronic and rock.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
09-12-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
'Transsiberian': Tension With Dimensionnew
Alfred Hitchcock himself would be proud of Transsiberian and its mysterious, deceptive ways.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
09-12-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Brad Anderson, Transsiberian
The Dandy Warhols Are Out of This Worldnew
According to their latest bio, in conjunction with their new album, Earth to the Dandy Warhols, singer Courtney Taylor-Taylor was sponsored from birth by biotech firms, creating "the acceptable face of augmented humanity," and his biocodes were "trimmed for upfront deployment and extreme-impact diplomacy."
Montreal Mirror |
Lorraine Carpenter |
09-12-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
AIDS Wolf Sticks to Principlesnew
The Montreal band changes and deranges as Cities of Glass arrives.
Montreal Mirror |
Johnson Cummins |
09-12-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: AIDS Wolf, Cities of Glass
