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Steve Aoki's Big Spinnew
He's usually hailed as the hottest DJ in Hollywood, a spinner-to-the-stars who's been spotted helping Lindsay Lohan throw down a track or two. With all that under his belt, you would think the guy could play a turntable like a-ringin'-a-bell.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Dennis Romero |
11-09-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Steve Aoki
Thrash Metal Can Have Keyboards Toonew
Besides Chimaira's Chris Spicuzza, Keratoma programmer Tom Shaffner is probably the least superfluous keyboard dude in rock these days.
Cleveland Scene |
D.X. Ferris |
11-09-2007 |
Reviews
Cult of Personalitiesnew
Tori Amos unleashes her Posse with new album.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Jeff Hahne |
11-09-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Tori Amos, American Doll Posse
'It's Britney, Bitch!'new
Is Blackout a "good" album? Not really. Is it "bad"? No, it isn't necessarily bad either. I guess the only way to describe it would be to say that it is, for lack of a better description, Britney.
Tags: Blackout, Britney Spears
Lone Sea Wolfnew
Alex Church whips up an unlikely epic.
NOW Magazine |
Tim Perlich |
11-09-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sea Wolf, Leaves In The River
The Whiskey Folk Ramblers Stroll Through Styles & Erasnew
The Texas trad-country band is a history lesson told in plinks, plunks, and a whole lotta heart.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Jimmy Fowler |
11-09-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
This Ain't No String Quintetnew
Hell, Manchester Orchestra aren't even British.
The Portland Mercury |
Tristan Staddon |
11-08-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Sean Hayes' DIY Folk and Unlikely Inspirationnew
Hayes was reading the New York Times a few years ago when he came across the headline: "Music of the Heavens Turns Out to Sound a Lot like a B Flat."
The Portland Mercury |
Jonathan Zwickel |
11-08-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Flowering Spade, Sean Hayes
Hammer No More Fingers' Debut Sounds Almost Passenew
But after a half-decade of post-punk hair bands and precious indie pop, it's refreshing to hear an album get its hooks in without disco hi-hats or another whimsical glockenspiel line.
On Not Meeting Porter Wagonernew
John Howie Jr., frontman of the Two Dollar Pistols, got sick around Oct. 28, the day Grand Ole Opry legend Porter Wagoner, 80, died. He was still recovering at home in Mebane when he relayed the following story of almost meeting Wagoner when the Pistols played Opryland in 2003.
INDY Week |
John Howie Jr. as told to Grayson Currin |
11-08-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Porter Wagoner
Extra Golden: Rockers Without Bordersnew
Hera Ma Nono deftly merges indie rock and African music. Are you listening, Sasha Frere-Jones?
Washington City Paper |
Brent Burton |
11-08-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Extra Golden, Hera Ma Nono
Little Brother Splits with Atlantic Records and 9th Wondernew
Getback is largely a personal reflection on the past year's events, which also includes the duo's parting ways with producer 9th Wonder.
Tags: Getback, Little Brother
The Owls Go Out on a Limbnew
Before the Owls could take on the pop world, they had to face stage fright, shyness, and each other.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Peter S. Scholtes |
11-08-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Daughters and Suns, The Owls
Shot Heard 'Round the Worldnew
A virtually unknown guitarist named Jimi Hendrix hit the stage for less than an hour at the closing set of 1967's Monterey Pop Festival, and the music world was changed forever.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hal Horowitz |
11-08-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Jimi Hendrix, Live at Monterey DVD
Rare Groovenew
Downtown 81 is the soundtrack to Jean-Michel Basquiat's film of the same name, and within it you can hear BCBG and the foundation of hip-hop, see tight-and-shiny styles give way to dark and loose, and feel the high of cocaine and the creep of crack.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
T. LaGon |
11-08-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Various Artists, Downtown 81
