AltWeeklies Wire
Young Jeezy Scores Rap's New Referendumnew
Atlanta trap rapper set to cash in on ironic campaign promises with The Recession.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
DeMarco Williams |
09-03-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Chicago's Dianogah Returns With a New Sound and a Hard-to-pronounce Albumnew
Who can retreat for six years, shake off the residue from abrupt turnabouts and false starts, and return polished?
San Antonio Current |
Francesca Camillo |
09-03-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Owen Duggan Aspires to More Than Good-natured Kiddie Popnew
I haven't even met Duggan yet, and already my conscience has gotten the best of me. The man is a music minister at a local church, an accomplished children's musician, a devoted family man, and I've invited him to where else but the booze-filled, smoke-tinged dregs of happy hour in the Alamo City.
San Antonio Current |
Clint Hale |
09-03-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Shaky Hands Want You to Reconsider 'Rock'new
The Shaky Hands happen to be Portland's best rock band, a reputation cemented with their jubilant new record Lunglight—a joint release between Holocene Music and Kill Rock Stars.
Willamette Week |
Michael Mannheimer |
09-03-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Summer's Over: The New Horse Feathers Album has Droppednew
Listen closely underneath the handpicked guitar and buttery voice of frontman Justin Ringle and you might detect the spatter of raindrops or the crackle of a fire.
Willamette Week |
Robert Ham |
09-03-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Horse Feathers, House With No Home
OMFG It's MusicFest NorthWest!new
Consider this the liner notes from behind the scenes of this festival, detailing the 1,000 little decisions made over the past 360 days that culminate in MFNW's music-packed, sweat-soaked, four-day run.
Willamette Week |
Staff |
09-03-2008 |
Concerts
Hip-hop Legend Large Professor Announces Class is Back in Sessionnew
If hit songs were murders, Large Pro's fingerprints could be found on many a soundbwoy killing.
NOW Magazine |
Addi Stewart |
09-02-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Large Professor, Main Source
Bassist Todd Sickafoose Walks the Line Between Pitchfork and 'Down Beat'new
Despite his years leading jazz units, first in his native California and more recently in his adopted home of Brooklyn, Sickafoose is best known as Ani DiFranco's regular bassist, and also tours with folk-jazz violinist Jenny Scheinman.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Shaun Brady |
09-02-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
'Take Me to the Sea' Announces Jaguar Love as Its Own Entitynew
Johnny Whitney's new project with ex-Blood Brother Cody Votolato and ex- Pretty Girls Make Graves member Jay Clark, finds him dialing the histrionics down to suit the trio's relatively broader musical palette.
Baltimore City Paper |
Raymond Cummings |
09-02-2008 |
Reviews
Cacophonous Urgency Propells Abe Vigodanew
Beneath the pretty wash of lo-fi pedal effects, chiming guitars, and singers Michael Vidal and Juan Velazquez's wavering, endearingly boyish harmonies--all near-dominated by constant drums--is a mighty drive toward pure noise, a not-quite-consuming dissolution.
Baltimore City Paper |
Raven Baker |
09-02-2008 |
Reviews
Ron Rico Summons the Ghost of J Dillanew
In the space of just over half an hour, Music in Me Instrumentals runs through 20 tracks, most of them playing out as simple loops with occasional variations.
Baltimore City Paper |
Al Shipley |
09-02-2008 |
Reviews
Detroit Transplant Patrick Brander Tries to Spread Techno in House-Loving Baltimorenew
If techno is a minority player in Baltimore, as it is in many American cities (by European standards), at least some of that has to do with the landscape. Heavily molded by rock club culture and a painful 2 a.m. last call, Baltimore is not well equipped to give a techno party the hours needed to dig in for longer than a taste.
Baltimore City Paper |
Michael Byrne |
09-02-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Joe Shikany's Last Waltznew
Friends say goodbye the Rimrock way.
Seattle Weekly |
Mike Seely |
09-02-2008 |
Music
Ra Ra Riot Debuts with Solemn 'The Rhumb Line'new
It's clear that—unlike with other string-heavy collectives that use the nautical to quite literal ends (read: British Sea Power)—for Ra Ra Riot, the seas exist as a metaphor for the natural—and, at times, devastating—ebbs and flows of young life.
Dallas Observer |
Pete Freedman |
09-02-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Ra Ra Riot, The Rhumb Line
Sarah Jaffe's Outdrawn the Headliners She's Shared Bills Withnew
Translation: After Jaffe's set ended, the place emptied out like an office building during a fire drill.
Dallas Observer |
Pete Freedman |
09-02-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Even Born Again, Sarah Jaffe
