AltWeeklies Wire
Manx-Style Rock and Bluesnew
Comprised of Davy Knowles, Ross Doyle, and Adam Jones, Back Door Slam are dedicated to what they call "a mindblowing brand of contemporary/traditional blues-rock."
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
03-19-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Back Door Slam
Tis the Seasonnew
Springtime brings a flowering of music festivals close to Charleston.
Charleston City Paper |
Stratton Lawrence |
03-19-2008 |
Concerts
Tags: concerts
The Semi-charmed Life of Ben Fagannew
CBS reality TV series Pirate Master made him rich, but will his music make him a star?
Charleston City Paper |
Nick Smith |
03-19-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ben Fagan
Natural Selectionnew
Jose Gonzalez brings songwriting down to a science.
San Diego CityBeat |
AnnaMarie Stephens |
03-19-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: In Our Nature, Jose Gonzalez
What Made Milwaukee Famous Branches Outnew
The result is a broad, expansive album that samples widely across the dozen tracks, opening up their perspective from their debut's gloomy, nascent (arguably stillborn) Radiohead-isms.
San Antonio Current |
Chris Parker |
03-19-2008 |
Reviews
Charlie Sexton: Haberdashernew
Sexton makes the journey from guitar prodigy to MTV idol to respected producer.
San Antonio Current |
Chris Parker |
03-19-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Charlie Sexton
Define Suckcessnew
Say Si students give San Antonio band Pinata Protest (and SXSW) a music video to rock them to the core.
San Antonio Current |
Sonya Harvey |
03-19-2008 |
Music
Tags: Pinata Protest
Home School of Rocknew
Dad's discipline drives SA's premier tweener metal band.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
03-19-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: evolution, Young Generation
The Real Dealnew
Laura Gibson gives new meaning to SXSW's dirtiest word: "networking."
Willamette Week |
Casey Jarman |
03-19-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Laura Gibson
Sex, Drugs, & Awesome Hairnew
The glamtacular history of 1980s heavy metal in the Twin Cities.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Jeff Severns Guntzel |
03-19-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
With a Name Like the Gutter Twins, It's Got to be Goodnew
Longtime collaborators Greg Dulli and Mark Lanegan just released their first CD as the Gutter Twins.
Gambit |
Alison Fensterstock |
03-19-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Gutter Twins, Saturnalia
South by Cynicnew
South by Southwest underwhelmed -- again -- but a few fab moments shined through the product placement.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
03-19-2008 |
Music
A New Daynew
The Color Fred feels different to its namesake.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Scott Lieber |
03-18-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bend to Break, The Color Fred
The Band, Wagonnew
It's rocking and touring, so now's the time to jump on.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Amanda Lundgren |
03-18-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Match Made in Hell, Wagon