AltWeeklies Wire
Expect Dance Party Vibenew
Gabe Saporta feels because Cobra Starship had been touring for most of the year, it had developed a band sound that did not exist when he wrote the first CD. And indeed ¡Viva La Cobra! is stronger, more cohesive than the first album.
Boulder Weekly |
Alan Sculley |
02-04-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Cobra Starship, ¡Viva La Cobra!
For Hot Airnew
Artists for Heat was started three years ago by Mikal Kamil and Dan Levin (visionaries in their own right) of 3 Kingdoms Entertainment after they realized not paying your heating bill on time could have deadly consequences.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Brian McManus |
02-04-2008 |
Music
Pye is Overwhelmed with 'Feelings'new
Geoffrey Pye's super alter-ego swells to triple strength with a new album under a new name, the Yellow Jacket Avenger Trio.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Ian Gormely |
02-04-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Hayden Braves Canada's Winter Chillnew
"I like winter, but stupid me has booked a tour of Canada in January and February," says Hayden. "The only bonus is that I'll be the only one touring at that time. People will be starved for entertainment."
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Shannon Webb-Campbell |
02-04-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Hayden, In Field & Town
Songstress Jesca Hoop's Unconventional Risenew
In conversation, the singer/songwriter comes across as decidedly nymph-like, speaking with an accent that sounds much like Elvish despite being raised by a strict Mormon family in Northern California. And from there, her backstory only gets weirder.
Santa Barbara Independent |
Aly Comingore |
02-04-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jesca Hoop
Guagua's Impressive International Aestheticnew
Featuring a plethora of talent from such notable Vermont acts, the sophomore release from Burlington’s mind-bending Latin-jazz collective Guagua arrives this month with considerable expectations.
Seven Days |
Herb van der Poll |
02-01-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Guagua, Psychotropical
Dillinger Four, Pretentiousness Zeronew
Formed in 1994 (“The Year Punk Broke, Part Two”), the band has weathered the rise of a mass-marketed underground culture, the birth of the Internet generation and the growth of a political climate that has little respect for dissenting viewpoints.
Shepherd Express |
Michael Carriere |
02-01-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dillinger Four
Downhome Boy, Updatednew
Country star Brad Paisley is a Maxim and Field & Stream kind of guy.
The Memphis Flyer |
Chris Herrington |
02-01-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
'Sessions' with Horace Tapscottnew
Posthumous releases continue to reveal facets of L.A.'s towering jazz pianist.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Kirk Silsbee |
02-01-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Horace Tapscott
Epic Re-Creationnew
Drive-By Truckers' latest reflects band's changes and plays to its strengths.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Chris Morris |
02-01-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Faking Itnew
LCD Soundsystem tops '07 critics' list, but e-music has way more to offer.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Dennis Romero |
02-01-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: LCD Soundsystem
The Painful Descent of Black Mountainnew
There was a time I saw Black Mountain as torchbearers of soulful, gritty, classic folk and rock—a necessary band to fight the drift toward the laptop-toting, knob-twisting digital wash. Unfortunately, they're no longer that band.
The Portland Mercury |
Andrew Tonry |
02-01-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Black Mountain, Into the Future
Forest Slumpnew
Dead Meadow has somehow misplaced its shuddering, guitar-rock effervescence. Perhaps the band members left it in a truck stop after they decamped from D.C. to Los Angeles last year.
Washington City Paper |
Casey Rae-Hunter |
02-01-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Dead Meadow, Old Growth
Group Toggles Between Opposite Polaritiesnew
Umphrey’s McGee can jump easily from sweet choral harmonies to set-the-controls-for-the-heart-of-the-sun explorations
The Georgia Straight |
Alexander Varty |
02-01-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Umphrey's McGee
Nothing Inviting About Indie-Jazz Albumnew
As much of a downer as it is, The Furniture Moves Underneath finds Inhabitants mastering the gloomier side of jazz.
The Georgia Straight |
Gregory Adams |
02-01-2008 |
Reviews
