AltWeeklies Wire
Electronic One-man Band Martin Dosh Steps Into the Spotlightnew
The catalog of Dosh's stage and studio collaborations reads like a record-store clerk's year-end best list: Andrew Bird, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Wilco, My Morning Jacket, Tapes 'n Tapes, Devendra Banhart, Peanut Butter Wolf, Happy Apple, the Bad Plus, the Jayhawks, Atmosphere -- it goes on and on.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Jeff Severns Guntzel |
04-30-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Blowing Trees Goes Grandiosenew
They set the bar for themselves pretty high, and on their debut release for the New York-based Glassnote Records, they achieve their objective more often than not.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
04-30-2008 |
Reviews
Madge vs. Miminew
Madonna and Mariah Carey take their battle to the record stores and dance floors.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
04-30-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Berkeley's Morning Benders Hark Back to the Glory of '60s Songwritingnew
The quartet's debut, Talking Through Tin Cans, chronicles the highs and lows of young romance in exuberant three-minute bursts bubbling with guitar jangles and winsome harmonies.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Todd Lavoie |
04-30-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Yo Majesty are as Nasty as You Want Them to Benew
Jwl may be at ease, but the idea of a black, lesbian, hyper-sexual rap duo from Florida is outside a lot of comfort zones. Even if it weren't, Majesty's type of booty-shaking hip-hop has historically been reserved for sexually aggressive, often misogynist men.
San Diego CityBeat |
Seth Combs |
04-30-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Terence Blanchard is Glad to Bring His Grammy-Winning Talent Back Homenew
He also is a hit with his hometown fans and critics, last week winning two Big Easy Awards for Best Contemporary Jazz artist and Entertainer of the Year.
Gambit |
Jason Berry |
04-30-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Richmond Symphony Takes on Bugs Bunny's Insane Scoresnew
Dying is easy. Comedy is hard. That's an old actors' adage. The musicians of the Richmond Symphony would do well to remember it as they prepare to rehearse for "Bugs Bunny on Broadway," a sprint down the memory lane of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies, the animations produced for Warner Bros. from the 1930s through the '60s.
Style Weekly |
Clarke Bustard |
04-30-2008 |
Music
Australia's Cut Copy in Full 'Colours'new
More aligned with psyche-pop than straight-up pop, the Australian trio wax nostalgic and cite influences like Tangerine Dream, ELO and Krautrock.
Chicago Newcity |
Garin Pirnia |
04-30-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Cut Copy, In Ghost Colours
Milhouse Takes Flight with a New Collectionnew
This Friday, the band releases a collection of rare birds, a six-song EP they recently recorded with Danny Kadar, the acclaimed producer known for his work with My Morning Jacket and Band of Horses, and the brain behind the smoothness of the Avett Brothers' Emotionalism.
Charleston City Paper |
Stratton Lawrence |
04-30-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Cracker's David Lowery Motors Aheadnew
The singer-guitarist has joyfully explored different pop and rock music sounds with his band Cracker since 1991 -- just a year after Lowery's California-based college radio rascals Camper Van Beethoven called it a day.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
04-30-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Some Northwestern Indie Labels May Survive the Music Industry Fluxnew
The music-industry paradigm has shifted, but many of the indies have succeeded where the monied megaliths have failed. A handful of trailblazers in the Northwest have successfully weathered the changing music climate, including two labels that have thrived for over a decade, one hitting its stride and one just getting off the ground.
Boise Weekly |
Amy Atkins |
04-29-2008 |
Music
Scott Biram Considers the Finer Points of Poultricidenew
"I'm not really any more crazy than most people," Biram insists.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
04-29-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Ex-Vels Frontwoman Alice Cohen Plants 'Sky Flowers'new
Anyone familiar with Cohen, or the "Alice Desoto" who led Philadelphia's the Vels through the New Wave '80s, wouldn't be surprised by her solo album's distance and its flash of tenderness.
Philadelphia City Paper |
A.D. Amorosi |
04-29-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Portishead Forgets Everything It Knows About Dreadnew
Third feels like an exploratory exercise and a reintroduction rolled into a somewhat flat, frowny package, wrapped in rough burlap. In 2001 or '02 it might have registered as a rudderless junior slump; in 2008, it's just lame.
Baltimore City Paper |
Raymond Cummings |
04-29-2008 |
Reviews
Emos, Mexico and Timbiriche's Sweet Nostalgia Tripnew
Part of me wants to condemn Timbiriche, a 1980s-era teen-pop group that reunited this year to tour across Mexico and its American territories. But there is much to enjoy about the band -- and I’m not just talking about the spicy señoritas.
