AltWeeklies Wire
Valet Ushers in Pre-Springnew
Valet, a.k.a. Honey Owens -- most notably of Jackie-O Motherfucker's interchangeable cast -- crafts tunes that are much like fierce saplings struggling to break through layers of brittle frost.
Willamette Week |
Erik Bader |
03-05-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Naked Acid, Valet
Little Beirut's Not Quite Popnew
It goes down easy enough -- infectious melodies, casually perfected structures, instantly memorable turns of phrase -- but pop demands singles.
Willamette Week |
Jay Horton |
03-05-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: High Dive, Little Beirut
Court-ordered Conflictnew
Here, My Dear overflows with vitriol, love, confusion and sorrow.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hal Horowitz |
03-05-2008 |
Reviews
Crunch Heavynew
Stuck Mojo forgos rap-metal cliches.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Jason Ferguson |
03-05-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Southern Born Killers, Stuck Mojo
The Raveonettes Charm Againnew
The Danish duo uses white noise and distortion with more aplomb than any group since the Jesus & Mary Chain, but there is always a girl-group naivete competing with the feedback.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
03-05-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Lust Lust Lust, The Raveonettes
Back to Living Againnew
Musical journeyman dodges death to continue his quest.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
James Kelly |
03-05-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Critical Bloodlustnew
Not even Lil Jon can save Ivy League pop-rockers from critics' chagrin.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Ben Westhoff |
03-05-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Vampire Weekend
Flipping Their Whigsnew
Athens power trio builds a grassroots coalition of punks, metal-heads, and classic rockers.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
03-05-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Rob Swift on Biters, Haters and Nerd Circlesnew
Swift has spent the last two years developing Ill Insanity, an X-Ecutioners spin-off gang alongside the comparably nimble-wristed Total Eclipse and Precision.
Dig Boston |
Chris Faraone |
03-05-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ill Insanity
The Uncaged Reflections of Black Swansnew
The band isn't the spoonful of sugar that helps the medicine go down; it's the medicine itself, a soulful salve pursuing internal aberrations because there's something redemptive in their delivery, something undeniably good for you.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Nathan Baker |
03-05-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Black Swans
Inspired By Who?new
The press release for Alopecia claims that Why? ringleader Yoni Wolf was inspired "as much by MF Doom and Lil' Wayne as J. Newsom and Big Dylan."
Bay Area Picks for SXSWnew
South by Southwest is again upon us, which means the Bay Area's musicians, rappers, DJs, and experimentalists are filling up their gas tanks and heading south. Our loss is Austin's gain, though, as the Texas music marathon gets a peek at what makes the local scene here so robust.
Tags: concerts
The Heavenly States Return to Earth With a New Albumnew
After a much-hyped trip to Libya, the indie-rock band refocuses on the music.
East Bay Express |
Matthew Green |
03-05-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Delayer, The Heavenly States
Bradford Cox Takes a Solo Flight as Atlas Soundnew
The erstwhile Deerhunter vocalist is one of the few shoegaze suitors who seems clued in to the searing -- and often distressing -- tensions that distinguish My Bloody Valentine from followers like Slowdive and Ride.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Max Goldberg |
03-05-2008 |
Reviews
Peelander-Z from Outer Spacenew
Punk may be dead, but what about "Japanese action comic punk"?
C-Ville Weekly |
John Ruscher |
03-05-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Peelander-Z
