AltWeeklies Wire
Lach on Antifolknew
"Antifolk is to folk what punk was to rock 'n' roll," he says. "Both genres had gotten stale and commercialized and overblown, and the subgenres came in to say the emperor's new clothes didn't exist."
Philadelphia Weekly |
Jennifer Kelly |
05-19-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Roots Get Heavynew
Thematically, it's heavier than Jared Fogle before he realized how much money he could make crediting his weight loss to sandwiches.
The Von Bondies Aim for Immediacynew
Jason Stollsteimer is famous as the guy that Jack White of the White Stripes once slugged in a barroom fight. He's also well known as frontman of the Von Bondies, the Detroit garage-rock band that formed in 2000. I recently talked to Stollsteimer about the band's upcoming album.
Isthmus |
Rich Albertoni |
05-19-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Von Bondies
'The Slip': The Catchiest Thing Trent Reznor's Ever Donenew
Reznor's as much put-on as prophet nowadays -- the Debbie Downer of punk-pop-a-disco dishing out woe-is-me-isms when you can tell, well, he really just wants to dance.
Dallas Observer |
Robert Wilonsky |
05-19-2008 |
Reviews
Old 97's Frontman Rhett Miller Reflects on the Past and Presentnew
He's quick to call Blame It On Gravity the best Old 97's record yet -- although he does stammer when pressed on whether it really is his favorite.
Dallas Observer |
Pete Freedman |
05-19-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Our Doomed Tie to the Thriving Local DIY Scenenew
Two of Dallas' DIY venues were recently closed own. They had issues, sure, but it's tough to ignore another thread running through each of these stories: Our coverage.
Dallas Observer |
Pete Freedman |
05-19-2008 |
Music
The Kills Carve Out New Terrainnew
With their dark, nuevo garage swagger and relentless undercurrent of staccato percussion, the Kills are obviously influenced by Velvet Underground, but since their inception in 2000 they've sidestepped the trap of over-emulating their idols.
Seattle Weekly |
Hannah Levin |
05-19-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
There's No Inspired Drive to Express Something on 'Gravity'new
The fact that I know just how good the Old 97's can be explains part of the fierce disappointment I felt spinning my way through these 13 new tracks.
Tags: Blame It on Gravity, The Old 97's
Columbia College's Student-Run Record Label is Actually Run by Studentsnew
The music industry has changed a lot since 1982, when Polygram chairman Irwin Steinberg and Down Beat publisher Chuck Suber started AEMMP Records, a student-run label at Columbia College that doubles as a music-business prep course.
Chicago Reader |
Miles Raymer |
05-19-2008 |
Music
L.A. Underground vs. the Copsnew
The LAPD has been leaning on the downtown party scene hard this year, with several recent events raided on unknown or specious pretexts. The latest casualty was Phoenix Projekt's pyrokinetic party.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Ron Garmon |
05-16-2008 |
Music
Meet the Replacements Again with Deluxe Reissuesnew
Gather 'round, children, and you will hear stories of the early '80s, when "alternative" music was still called "college radio" and good old punk rock was still relevant. Well, kinda relevant.
Shepherd Express |
Blaine Schultz |
05-16-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Healthy Living with Laura Veirsnew
With her acoustic guitar, Daria sunglasses and poetry-laden lyrics, Laura Veirs certainly fit the mold of a typical modern folk singer-songwriter. For her most recent album, however, Veirs broke that mold, aggressively smashing it into tiny shards.
Shepherd Express |
Evan Rytlewski |
05-16-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Protestant: True Hardcore Believersnew
It is often taken for granted that hardcore punk is -- and perhaps should be -- the domain of the young. Yet a funny thing happened after I turned 30. Faced with a new round of anxieties and insecurities, I found myself reconnecting with hardcore.
Shepherd Express |
Michael Carriere |
05-16-2008 |
Reviews
Warwick Stone is the Hard Rock's King of Collectorsnew
Walking through one room on the sixth floor of the Hard Rock Hotel is a crash course in half a century of popular music. Stone is the man responsible for all this music memorabilia.
Las Vegas Weekly |
T.R. Witcher |
05-16-2008 |
Music
Solitary Musicial Genius Dosh is a One-Man Band No Morenew
Anticon recording artist Martin Dosh is used to sitting on a swivel stool flanked with drums, a Fender Rhodes keyboard, a few pots and pans and an array of looping pedals. This leading name in one-man-bands is a tour de force alone, but now tours with partner Mike Lewis to explore the wider musical world found on Dosh's latest, Wolves and Wishes.
Montreal Mirror |
Scott C. |
05-16-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dosh, Wolves and Wishes
