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This Little Undergroundnew
Review of FMF.
Orlando Weekly |
Bao Le-Huu |
05-22-2008 |
Music
Tags: FMF, This Little Underground
Be Your Own Pet Meets the Sophmore Cursenew
With Get Awkward, the band's songs are still bracing and efficient and singer Jemina Pearl is still an unhinged, full-throttle screamer who's unashamed to make a shouted "WHOOO!" part of a chorus.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
05-22-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Be Your Own Pet, get awkward
The Baby-faced Wunderkinds of Black Tidenew
With their major-label debut, Miami's baby-faced heavy metal savants Black Tide have produced an introduction that should provide the critical mass needed to unleash the hurricane that's been stirring Florida’s music scene for the past few years.
Orlando Weekly |
Bao Le-Huu |
05-22-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Black Tide, Light from Above
The Mad World of Miami's Torchenew
The blistering guitar work, the sludge-thick riffs, the hulkingly muscular rhythm section, even the hooks that eschew anthemic power for melodic effectiveness, make a listener feel like a meerkat in the middle of a mammoth stampede: It’s coming, it’s fast, and it will crush you.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
05-22-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Meanderthal, Torche
The Danish Rock Council Helps Out Efterklang and Slaraffenlandnew
Through programs like the Danish Rock Council and Music Export Denmark, which back Danish bands' tours, the government wants to show the world Denmark has unique cultural exports worth importing.
INDY Week |
Grayson Currin |
05-22-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Annuals Make Major-Label Debut on Split EP with Sunfoldnew
Where Annuals takes cues from the kitchen-sink, simmer-and-swell indie crowd, Sunfold refocuses '90s alternative rock with the familiar tools: "Between the Worlds" has the guitar harmonies Rivers Cuomo has been searching for since Pinkerton.
Too $hort's New Studio Offers a Glimmer of Hope for Oakland Musicnew
The goal of the studio is to strengthen the community economically, psychologically, and spiritually through a combination of musical talent and business acumen.
East Bay Express |
Eric K. Arnold |
05-22-2008 |
Music
The Jealous Girlfriends May be the Only Reason to Watch 'Grey's Anatomy'new
But don't hold that against them.
New York Press |
Sam Roudman |
05-22-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Long Blondes are More Than Just Clothesnew
"It wasn't our intention to make a dark record. We maybe got a little bit annoyed with the press from the first album, who compared us to the Fifties and Sixties girl groups, [talked about] the fashion ... we wanted to get away from that, be recognized for musical achievement rather than the fact that some of us like to dress up pretty."
Chicago Newcity |
Tom Lynch |
05-21-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: couples, The Long Blondes
The Gore Gore Girls Return to Detroit as Conquering Heroesnew
There's always that struggle of getting the public to take an all-girl rock 'n' roll band seriously. "I think girl rock bands will always be considered a novelty," says Amy Gore. "At this point, our band is one of the best all-girl bands around, of all time, within the rock 'n' roll genre."
Metro Times |
Brett Callwood |
05-20-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Becoming Deastro: How Randy Chabot Creates His Own Musical Worldnew
"Artists should be on the forefront of not being so wasteful," says Chabot. "I don't feel like people are excited about being alive and knowing what other people are thinking. Community is what we need -- especially now."
Metro Times |
Wendy Casey |
05-20-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Deastro, Galaxy Eyes
The Morning Benders Makes Music its Own Waynew
It's small surprise that Talking Through Tin Cans feels like an informal balancing act between snappy pop-rockers and moodier midtempo numbers. Kinda like the flip sides of an old-school vinyl album.
Pasadena Weekly |
Bliss |
05-20-2008 |
Reviews
The Breaks Combine Blues, Edgy Pop and Tight Arrangementsnew
Tale of Two Cities doesn't fit easily into one style, with the blues moments alternating with more edgy pop, flowing into more singer-songwriterly areas as well.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Mike Shanley |
05-19-2008 |
Reviews
The Weird Luck and Southern Gothic Styles of Jim Whitenew
When White was picked up by David Byrne's Luaka Bop label, White estimates, only about 30 people had ever heard his music.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Margaret Welsh |
05-19-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Jean Grae Says Peace Outnew
One of hip-hop's brightest MCs calls it quits. She says she means it.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Craig D. Lindsey |
05-19-2008 |
Music
