AltWeeklies Wire
Sail Away With Mist and Mastnew
Ex-Red Threader Jason Lakis voyages solo.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Theo Schell-Lambert |
11-14-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mist and Mast
Tonguesnatcher Revue's Enduring Spiritnew
The Revue, a collection of Springfield musicians who left their mark on the central Illinois music scene in many ways will reunite in Taipei, Taiwan of all places.
Illinois Times |
Bill Janssen |
11-13-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Glenn Danzig Talks With His MySpace Alteregonew
As MySpace Glenn Danzig, I write evil blogs and comments, post Danzig videos and generally infect the MySpace community with unhealthy doses of Danzig. Never in my bloodiest dreams could I imagine I'd actually get to speak with the real Glenn.
Weekly Alibi |
Weber |
11-13-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Danzig, The Lost Tracks of Danzig
Jay-Z Loses the Plot While Trying to See the Big Picturenew
His wordplay is dense, and perhaps more complex than ever, but, for the first time, Jay-Z's lyrics look better on paper than they sound on record.
Baltimore City Paper |
Al Shipley |
11-13-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: American Gangster, Jay-Z
The Hold Steady's Love-Hate Relationship With 'Bar Band'new
The members of the band seem to have embraced the label, even though guitarist Tad Kubler realizes it can carry some negative connotations.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Alan Sculley |
11-13-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Hold Steady
Dean and Gene Ween Still Got Itnew
On La Cucaracha, their bent energy resonates like a vibrating pinata.
Baltimore City Paper |
Ed Schrader |
11-13-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: La Cucaracha, Ween
Holy Fuck: Worth the Hypenew
These Toronto kids (centered around Graham Walsh and Brian Borcherdt and notably including Broken Social Scene's Dave Newfield and Final Fantasy's Owen Pallett) deliver an epic Krautrock throwback lit up with outsider techno slash hipster techno.
Baltimore City Paper |
Michael Byrne |
11-13-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Holy Fuck
Janelia Sanya Hides in Plain Sightnew
Nigerian star Janelia Sanya is relatively unknown in her Baltimore home and that's just fine.
Baltimore City Paper |
Robbie Whelan |
11-13-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
When Will Detroit Take Notice of Malik Alston?new
Detroit has long had a penchant for producing talents who go largely unnoticed ... until you suddenly look up one day and see they've taken off somewhere else. This could well be the future for local producer, songwriter and actor Malik Alston.
Metro Times |
Khary Kimani Turner |
11-13-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Malik Alston
It's Showtime for Pale Young Gentlemennew
The Madison indie group turns rock into theater.
Isthmus |
Tom Laskin |
11-13-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Pale Young Gentlemen
Cornmeal With Jamnew
Like the String Cheese Incident and the Yonder Mountain String Band, Chicago's Cornmeal brings elements of traditional bluegrass to a jam-rock style.
Isthmus |
Rich Albertoni |
11-13-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Cornmeal, Feet First
Amy Pickard is Happy ... Her Songs Are Notnew
Pickard has no trouble distinguishing between how she feels when she's compelled to write and how she usually feels these days.
Philadelphia City Paper |
M.J. Fine |
11-13-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
A Hip-Hop Clown Spreads Laughter in Detroitnew
DeMarcus Hughes, aka Smiley the Hip Hop Clown, is a G-rated G, an MC whose MO is to strip hip hop of its violent themes and sexual content and make it kid-friendly for grade school performances and children's birthday parties. At the same time, he tries to keep it from being insufferably corny for grown-ups within earshot.
Metro Times |
Detroitblogger John |
11-13-2007 |
Music
Tags: Smiley the Hip Hop Clown
Chromeo Loves the Ladiesnew
This year's hit album Fancy Footwork launched synth, keyboard and talk-box king P-Thugg (Patrick Gemayel) and ultra-smooth vocalist and guitarist Dave 1 (David Macklovitch) even further into the private jet-fuelled, champagne-soaked world they've created.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Stephanie Johns |
11-12-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Chromeo, Fancy Footwork
Jam-happy Gov't Mule Dives Deep into Dubnew
Many longtime lovers of the group's southern-tinged rock sound have been puzzled by its new direction: reggae, with a side dish of dub.
The Georgia Straight |
Alexander Varty |
11-12-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Gov't Mule, Mighty High
