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Les Handclaps Move from the DJ Booth to the Stagenew
For an act that strives to recapture and remodel the retro-pop spirit of French yeye, go-go dancers and all, les Handclaps came about in quite a novel way.
Montreal Mirror |
Lorraine Carpenter |
07-19-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Les Handclaps
Your Granny Loves Ice-T!new
He's still rapping after 20 years, but now he can actually enjoy it.
Montreal Mirror |
Scott C |
07-19-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ice-T
Ode to a Drummernew
A fan confesses his love for Meg White.
New York Press |
Jason Singer |
07-19-2007 |
Music
Pissed Jeans: The Hipster Hangovernew
The Philly band delivers a soundtrack for working stiffs.
New York Press |
Maggie Serota |
07-19-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Pissed Jeans
Pray It Loudnew
Mississippi Christian metal rockers A Living Burden talk about the loudest prayer.
Jackson Free Press |
Andi Agnew |
07-18-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: A Living Burden
Keeping Up with Melina Jonesnew
The San Francisco MC represents everything that's right with hip-hop.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Amanda Maria Morrison |
07-18-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Melina Jones
Chromeo Has Legs!new
Don't think the duo is just a throwback joke band, satirizing male-male '80s pop the way the Darkness satirizes glam rock -- the music is no joke.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Molly Freedenberg |
07-18-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Chromeo
Indie Rockers Take a Page from the Classic Rock Playbooknew
Album revivalists score with the indie geeks, as summer album-specific shows by Sonic Youth, the Melvins and Slint prove.
Getting Circular With Portugal. The Mannew
The quartet's history is almost as circuitous as the reasoning behind the band's cryptic name.
Willamette Week |
Brandon Seifert |
07-18-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Portugal. The Man
This Means You Preaches the Gospel of Headbangingnew
Spreading the word with a new record.
C-Ville Weekly |
John Ruscher |
07-18-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: This Means You
Gogol Bordello Tries to Channel Live Pizzazz Into New Recordnew
But without a crowd of sweaty, flailing arms and legs, Super Taranta falls short.
C-Ville Weekly |
John Ruscher |
07-18-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Gogol Bordello, Super Taranta
Contemplating the Twilight of the Jazz Clubnew
As Chicago's two premier jazz clubs close their doors, it's hard not to feel kind of blue.
Chicago Newcity |
Dennis Polkow |
07-18-2007 |
Music
VonStroke of Geniusnew
Who's afraid of the San Francisco DJ/producer?
Chicago Newcity |
Mary Susan Littlepage |
07-18-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Claude VonStroke
Joan Osborne is Building Her Canonnew
The singer-songwriter gets back to work with two albums in six months.
East Bay Express |
Dave Gil de Rubio |
07-18-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Joan Osborne
Chicago Bands to Watch: City Electric & The Record Lownew
City Electric's songs are uncomplicated in a smart way, and The Record Low is the after-party band, when you and few devoted friends are cleaning up the mess.
Chicago Newcity |
Tom Lynch |
07-18-2007 |
Music
