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Fiery Licks & Slide Guitar
Charleston-based blues/roots singer/guitarist Davis Coen's latest nestles into a solid full-band setting and a more trad-R&B/blues-rock blend.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
05-30-2007 |
Reviews
Cake's Can't Be Bothered by Biz Sillinessnew
Cake's 15-year career bounced casually from small-time bar band to college radio and 120 Minutes critic's darlings to major label act and back.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
05-30-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
From Royal Trux to RTXnew
Former Royal Trux singer Jennifer Herrema leads a new rock project.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
05-30-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Ari Hest's Latest Is a Winner
Deep-voiced N.Y. singer-guitarist tours behind his new disc, The Break-In.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
05-30-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ari Hest, The Break-In
Smoking the Ghost Forge Their Own Passionate Original Rocknew
Charleston rock quintet stands out in the local scene with a dramatic modern rock style.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
05-30-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
David Copperfuck is Fucking With Younew
The mere mention that their moniker snagged top billing in the Onion for an end-of-the-year poll titled "Worst Band Names of 2006" generates a round of laughter from the San Francisco punkers.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Chris Sabbath |
05-30-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: David Copperfuck
The Clientele's Melancholy Sentimentsnew
God Save the Clientele borrows the highly literate and deeply sad sensibility of 2005's Strange Geometry and kicks it up a notch, particularly with Louis Philippe's classical-sounding string sections, and the addition of multi-instrumentalist Mel Draisey.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
05-30-2007 |
Reviews
The Children of Eltonnew
Gifted singer-pianists like Rufus Wainwright and Mika have emerged to extend John's genre -- call it cabaret rock, or simply Eltonia -- in new and exciting directions.
San Antonio Current |
Geoffrey Himes |
05-30-2007 |
Music
The Sea and Cake: Long Time Gonenew
The seminal Chicago band returns to please Everybody.
Chicago Newcity |
Tom Lynch |
05-30-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Sea and Cake
Cheeky Chasmnew
The Pubes combine the bouncy bad-girl vibe of artists like Suzi Quatro and Bikini Kill with a sense of comical grandeur that makes it impossible for anyone to make fun of them more than they already have themselves.
Phoenix New Times |
Niki D'Andrea |
05-29-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Live and Unruly, The Pubes
Assembly of Dust: Echoes of Americananew
This should be enough to keep the hippies happy ... or anyone, for that matter, who simply enjoys a groove.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Lee Zimmerman |
05-29-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Assembly of Dust, Recollection
Lady Saw: Walking Outnew
The reggae singer aims for a higher path.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jonathan Cunningham |
05-29-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Lady Saw
Topper Price, 1952-2007new
Final memories of a Birmingham music icon.
Birmingham Weekly |
Phillip Jordan |
05-29-2007 |
Music
White Drugs Makes Iggy Pop Seem Like a Folk Singernew
Listening to Harlem, it's easy to envision an intense live show, the stage covered in beer and saliva and maybe blood.
Dallas Observer |
Jonanna Widner |
05-29-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Harlem, White Drugs
The Sea and Cake: Less Post, More Rocknew
On their new album the Sea and Cake get (relatively) straightforward.
Chicago Reader |
Miles Raymer |
05-29-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Sea and Cake
