AltWeeklies Wire
The Hates Retrospective Proof Sometimes It's Good When Things Don't Changenew
Houston's Hates — or at least the trio's sole remaining original member, singer/guitarist Christian Arnheiter — have been waving the circle-A punk-rock flag loud and
Houston Press |
Chris Gray |
07-02-2008 |
Reviews
Tilly and the Wall Enjoy the Ridenew
The wild children of the Midwest are attempting to hold their fans' attention offstage as well with their latest, third full-length, a multitextured affair enigmatically titled O, after the oval frame that will surround the various, limited-edition, handmade prints created by friends.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
07-02-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: O, Tilly and the Wall
50 States, 50 Bandsnew
We picked the all-time best band, all-time best solo artist, and best new(ish) band from each of the 50 states (plus a set from DC). We say the all-time best band to come out of Connecticut was the Carpenters. Michigan? The Stooges. Massachusetts? The Pixies. Care to argue about it?
Boston Phoenix |
Michael Brodeur, Carly Carioli and Lance Gould |
07-01-2008 |
Music
Psychostick Stays Serious About Being Funnynew
The Phoenix shtick-metal band Psychostick may be really dumb. Then again, the group could be really smart.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
07-01-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
After Work with a Fountain and Pumpkin, America Returns to the Roadnew
Part of what's interesting about the studio recordings for Here & Now is they involve an unlikely collaboration with co-producers Adam Schlesinger of Fountains of Wayne and James Iha, the former guitarist with Smashing Pumpkins -- two artists associated with modern rock, not the kind of relaxed country pop for which America is known.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Alan Sculley |
07-01-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Michael Dante Wilson, Jan. 23, 1973-June 5, 2008new
To fans and peers in Baltimore music, he was Mr. Wilson, a charismatic rapper with the long-running group JI-900 and the organizer of countless concerts and events. But to perhaps an even greater number of people, Michael Dante Wilson was simply a warm and genuine human being.
Baltimore City Paper |
Al Shipley |
07-01-2008 |
Music
Mission of Burma Takes Its Earliest Successes on a Victory Lapnew
To promote the reissues, the band is devoting its live shows to playing Signals and Vs. in their entirety, offering the EP and the album on alternating nights.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Sam Adams |
07-01-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Dwele's Got a New Album and Label but the Soul Remains the Samenew
Sketches of Man is a smooth, melodic 20-track disc that showcases a lot of growth on his part since his last project, Some Kinda, came out three years ago. For some musicians, that would seem like a long time between albums. But for Dwele, his frenetic work schedule and creative process have made it all seem like a blur.
Metro Times |
Jonathan Cunningham |
07-01-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dwele, Sketches of Man
Shoegaze Outfit Aydin Releases 'Cyclones and Honey' LPnew
On this album, Aydin sinks deeper than ever before into rhythmic cacophony and melodic decomposition -- a fact with a good and bad side.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Andy Mulkerin |
06-30-2008 |
Reviews
Rick Rubin Makes Over Jakob Dylannew
Seeing Things, Jakob's first solo affair, sounds characteristically Rubinesque in its quiet ruminations on all things sad (war, mostly, on "Valley of the Low Sun" and "War Is Kind"), and its back-to-basics instrumentation.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Caralyn Green |
06-30-2008 |
Reviews
Gilberto Gil Shows a Whimsical Side on 'Banda Larga Cordel'new
This is achieved despite the weighty subject matter, which deals with the cultural and artistic challenges posed by technological advancements in information transmission.
NOW Magazine |
Tim Perlich |
06-30-2008 |
Reviews
Alex Maas of Black Angels on 'Directions to See a Ghost'new
"We're actually going on tour with Roky Erickson in the fall. We're going to be his opening band and backing band," says Maas.
NOW Magazine |
Jason Keller |
06-30-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Stevie Wonder on the Death of Ray Charles and His Hopes for Barack Obamanew
His 2007 U.S. tour, A Wonder Summer's Night, is his first broad-based national tour in over a decade, inspired by the 2006 death of his mother, Lula Mae Hardaway, a sharecropper's daughter born in Alabama in 1930.
Boulder Weekly |
Ben Corbett |
06-30-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Kansas City Art Punks Ssion Go Popnew
Ssion, coming from an art background, are an over-the-top multimedia extravaganza featuring synchronized video projections, edgy theatrical performances, crazy costumes and an upcoming full-length movie to accompany their recent album, Fool's Gold (Sleazetone).
NOW Magazine |
Benjamin Boles |
06-30-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Sigur Ros Tackles a Series of Firsts that Result in Its Most Accessible Albumnew
It's the first album to be mainly recorded outside its home base of Iceland, first to feature a track sung in English, and the first co-produced by a big-shot dial-twister. Somehow, though, this series of seemingly suspect compromises actually brings out new and beguiling qualities in the band.
