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Atlanta's Rock Scene Explodes into Brooklynnew
Through their often-astonishing live shows and impressive recordings, the Black Lips and Deerhunter, have drawn attention to a locale that has not typically been seen as a breeding ground for independent rock.
New York Press |
Amre Klimchak |
07-31-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Fans are Too Old for Smack, Not Spiritualizednew
After releasing Spiritualized's latest album, A + E, fresh off a battle with a life-threatening illness, Spaceman seems slightly more cautious about glorifying that "hurricane in [his] veins."
New York Press |
Maggie Serota |
07-31-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
System of a Down's Daron Malakian and John Dolmayan Team UpSystem of a Down's Daron Malakian and John Dolmayan Team Upnew
If you like System of a Down's songs without Tankian, you'll find something to love about this one.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Jeff Hahne |
07-31-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Scars on Broadway
Billy Howerdel Finds New Outlet After A Perfect Circlenew
When the band went on an indefinite hiatus in 2006, Howerdel started work on something new -- a band called Ashes Divide.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Jeff Hahne |
07-31-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Who is Amos Lee?new
Singer-songwriter touring in support of third album
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Jeff Hahne |
07-31-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Amos Lee, Last Days at the Lodge
Telepathique Colors its New Album with Shades of Old-School Dance Musicnew
The duo differs from its contemporaries Bonde Do Role and Cansei de Ser Sexy by being less goofy, creating a more straightforward, four-on-the-floor dance sound influenced by house and breakbeat.
Washington City Paper |
David Dunlap Jr. |
07-31-2008 |
Reviews
Paul Westerberg Drops the Biggest Format-busting Format Buster of the Digital Agenew
Westerberg released 49 through TuneCore, a digital-music delivery service, and since TuneCore charges artists only $9.99 a year per track (and 49 is technically only one track), Westerberg could simultaneously be looking at the lowest sales price and the greatest profit margin in the history of the music industry.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
07-30-2008 |
Music
What Laura Says Brings Together Baroque Pop and Rustic Folknew
What Laura Says is really the product of two different bands -- an offbeat pop duo called What Laura Says Thinks and Feels, and a dirty blues trio, called the Expatriates.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
07-30-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Gossip Guitarist Wants the Best Club Night in Portland ... and the Worldnew
"The Gossip thing is pretty all-consuming," admits Nathan Howdeshell, known as Brace Paine when playing guitar with the soul-punk icons. "But there's always time to take pictures, do parties and make movies. I can't sit still for very long."
Willamette Week |
Nilina Mason-Campbell |
07-30-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
If You Were Toussaint Perrault's Homegirl, You'd Be Home By Now, Girlnew
Perrault recorded the songs for his first-ever album using analog equipment, and he always knew he wanted to release it in the most pure way possible--on thick, black vinyl.
Willamette Week |
Michael Mannheimer |
07-30-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Kid Sister, the New Queen of Hip-Hop?new
With only a minute amount of material actually released, the buzz around this potential new queen of hip-hop is so overwhelming that when her mug graced the cover of URB this summer the immediate gut reaction was "Yeah, that makes a lot of sense," and not "Wait, she doesn't even have a record yet!"
Chicago Newcity |
Tom Lynch |
07-30-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Blue to the Bonenew
Bar band rocker George Thorogood teams up this summer with Chicago blues master Buddy Guy. Both of them have something interesting to say in this double interview.
North Bay Bohemian |
David Sason |
07-29-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Austin's Whitman Taunts the Pop Monsternew
What can you say about musicians whose debut album opens with a song declaring, "All we are is nothing at all" and closes with one in which "prosthetic limbs fall from the trees"?
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
07-29-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
How Does Wham City Get Away with Whartscape?new
Now in its third year, the anti-festival turned oddball indie magnet covers four nights, two full days, and four venues, is backed by a list of sponsors, and brings in headliners whose individual payment guarantees could probably cover a month's rent for everyone involved in organizing the fest combined.
Baltimore City Paper |
Michael Byrne |
07-29-2008 |
Concerts
On a Positive Note, Fetti Profoun is an Immensely Talented Rappernew
However, as far as Fetti's lyrical content, there has been little progression since Valley Fever, his 2006 debut.
Phoenix New Times |
Niki D'Andrea |
07-29-2008 |
Reviews
