AltWeeklies Wire
Beta Band Members Create Aliensnew
While the Aliens don’t use the same sonic collage approach employed by the Betas, the songs still bubble with a broad cross-section of ideas.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Chris Parker |
09-17-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: aliens, Astronomy for Dogs
The Unexpected Burning Man Soundtracknew
To civilians, trance = Burning Man, but this is merely the most obvious take. For one week a year the desert floor, a naturally occurring woofer pumping 100 million watts, becomes the world's greatest iPod shuffle.
L.A. Weekly |
Randall Roberts |
09-17-2007 |
Concerts
Tags: concerts
Mt. St. Helens is a Smoldering Volcano of Rocknew
The posthardcore band stopped caring about blowing up, and it was the best decision they ever made.
Chicago Reader |
Miles Raymer |
09-17-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mt. St. Helens
Nappy Brown's Blues Getting Better with Agenew
Brown's latest album, Long Time Coming proves that his old-school style is never dated and at 78, his vocals are as strong as ever.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Grant Britt |
09-14-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Nappy Brown
Global Union World Music Festival Returnsnew
When Chicago's Department of Cultural Affairs pushed for Milwaukee to host a world music festival in conjunction with those in the Windy City and Madison, Milwaukee rose to the challenge.
Shepherd Express |
Sarah Biondich |
09-14-2007 |
Concerts
Tags: Global Union, concerts
Ani DiFranconew
DiFranco's latest release, Canon, is a best-of compendium of her discography. Compiling it meant that DiFranco, her own harshest critic, had to re-listen to all those old albums, an experience she describes, with an exaggerated whine, as "awful."
Shepherd Express |
Evan Rytlewski |
09-14-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ani DiFranco, Canon
Flaming Lips Light Up Our Dark, Dark Timesnew
Singer Wayne Coyne is as disheartened as anyone over Dubya's reign of error; that much is obvious from At War With the Mystics, the 11th album from the Oklahoma-based alt-rock oddballs that he cofounded in 1983.
The Georgia Straight |
Mike Usinger |
09-14-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Hot Hot Heat's Pursuit of Happinessnew
Hot Hot Heat's latest release, Happiness Ltd., features the Vancouver-based band's most expansive and experimental work to date, but it almost ended up a very different album.
The Georgia Straight |
John Lucas |
09-14-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Happiness Ltd., Hot Hot Heat
Kevin Drew's Solo Disc Sounds Like His Work with Broken Social Scenenew
The Toronto band's fans will welcome it, but the rest of us will have to wait for the real Kevin Drew solo album
NOW Magazine |
Tim Perlich |
09-14-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Kevin Drew, Spirit If ...
Obituary Livesnew
The nihilistic metalists find familial bliss.
NOW Magazine |
Evan Davies |
09-14-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Obituary
Drummer Talks About Rilo Kiley's Newly Polished Soundnew
Short of singer Jenny Lewis confessing that she always hated Dawson's Creek, the band couldn't have polarized its audience more effectively than by releasing Under The Blacklight .
NOW Magazine |
Tim Perlich |
09-14-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Rilo Kiley, Under The Blacklight
50 Cent Flips to Autopilotnew
Curtis is filled with typical talk about being a felon, a killer, a hustler, a pimp and a gun owner -- listening hard for anything more substantial will just exhaust you.
NOW Magazine |
Jason Richards |
09-14-2007 |
Reviews
Memphis Recording Academy Honorsnew
The night belonged to Knox Phillips, Irma Thomas, Willie Mitchell, and the MGs, who were feted by a full house of industry vets, including Ardent Records founder John Fry, former Stax executive Al Bell, authors Peter Guralnick and Robert Gordon, and musicians such as Aaron Neville, Angie Stone, Ann Peebles, Don Bryant, and John Prine.
The Memphis Flyer |
Andria Lisle |
09-14-2007 |
Music
The Sea and Cake's Post-rock Enduresnew
Everybody is predictably hushed and underplayed, with all the jazzy breezes of brushed snare and lazy-Sunday vocals we've come to expect.
The Memphis Flyer |
Stephen Deusner |
09-14-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Everybody, The Sea and Cake
Mississippi Pardons Johnny Cashnew
Johnny Cash spent a night incarcerated in the Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, jail in 1965. That event inspired his song "Starkville City Jail."
The Memphis Flyer |
Staff |
09-14-2007 |
Music
Tags: Johnny Cash
