AltWeeklies Wire
David Byrne and Brian Eno Create Digital Gospelnew
What can two seasoned musicians do to convert new fans, to show they're still influential? In the case of David Byrne and Brian Eno, the answer is: Be themselves.
Tucson Weekly |
Annie Holub |
09-04-2008 |
Reviews
Jennifer O'Connor's Heart on Sleevenew
With any luck, indie rock will never die, thanks to efforts as painstakingly constructed and brashly executed as this.
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
09-04-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Jennifer O'Connor, Here With Me
Rafter's Repulsion and Attractionnew
San Diego's Rafter plays music he loves ... and music he hates.
Tucson Weekly |
Annie Holub |
09-04-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Rafter, Sweaty Magic
Mogwai: Devoid of Wordsnew
Instrumental-rock pioneers Mogwai make both cuddly creations and menacing music.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
09-04-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mogwai, The Hawk Is Howling
Hair Metal Fantasies Realized at Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Campnew
It was barely 10 a.m., and '80s rock stud Kip Winger was winking at me for the second time as he played bass. He was making me blush profusely.
Twin Cities Musicians Kick Off a Week of RNC Protestsnew
With the convention days away, the Turf Club rocks for change.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Andrea Myers |
09-04-2008 |
Music
Even Indie Rockers Want the Remixnew
In that, the remix form is just about the most populist genre imaginable, which raises the question: Why did it take indie rock, a nominally populist genre, so long to catch up with it?
Tags: indie rock, remixes
Chad VanGaalen Releases His Most Consistent Vision to Datenew
Chad VanGaalen hasn't left his bedroom on his latest album, Soft Airplane, but it sounds like he might have moved out of the basement.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Garth Paulson |
09-04-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Chad VanGaalen, Soft Airplane
Who's Next on the Resurrection List for Rick Rubin?new
We're passing along the five worst (best?) candidates for a Rubin-esque overhaul.
INDY Week |
Chris Parker |
09-04-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
What Dehydration Can Do at Burning Mannew
Whereas other Burners built elaborate shade structures, we had a couple tents and a tarp stretched over our station wagon’s trunk.
New York Press |
Joshua M. Bernstein |
09-04-2008 |
Concerts
Bands On the Road in Hard Timesnew
Nowhere does the old adage about the journey being more important than the destination ring truer than in the average band's tour van. But lately, the cost of taking your act on the road has skyrocketed to the point where it might not be worth leaving home at all.
Boston Phoenix |
Michael Brodeur |
09-04-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Aaron Parks Seeks a Nu Piano Groovenew
As a member of Brooklyn's "Nu Jazz" movement, Seattle-born Parks seeks to reclaim the spontaneity that was characteristic of the Miles Davis–led cool-jazz era with his new album.
New York Press |
Ernest Barteldes |
09-04-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Maps & Atlases Finally Give Us More Songsnew
When Maps & Atlases' Tree, Swallows, Houses EP broke in 2006, it felt as if the band was taunting you, that the math-rock wizardry was almost antagonistic in its assault.
Chicago Newcity |
Tom Lynch |
09-04-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Donkeys Keep It Tight with a Loose Groovenew
Their cosmic, country-tinged pop exudes starry-eyed wonderment. They're less Gories, more Gram Parsons and much more fitting for a coastal drive than a basement-party soundtrack.
San Diego CityBeat |
Todd Kroviak |
09-03-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Donkeys
Alejandro Escovedo Creates the Album of His Careernew
Born in Texas but raised mostly in Southern California, Escovedo's new tour in support of Real Animal is all at once a homecoming, a rebirth and the live debut of his most widely hailed—and conceptually bold—solo work.
San Diego CityBeat |
Will K. Shilling |
09-03-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Alejandro Escovedo, Real Animal
