AltWeeklies Wire
Misguided MCnew
Miss Macro should forget about the pop-culture references and focus on the poetic.
Tucson Weekly |
Annie Holub |
02-28-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Macromantics, Moments in Movement
Raw Vulnerabilitynew
Lucinda Williams' West is the first real country-rock masterpiece of the 21st century.
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
02-28-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Lucinda Williams, West
Montreal Magiciansnew
Malajube transform the ebullient into the exotic.
Tucson Weekly |
Michael Petitti |
02-28-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Malajube, Trompe-l'Oeil
Healing Influencesnew
Lila Downs melds classic Mexican ballads with modern musical touches.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
02-28-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: La Cantina, Lila Downs
Where I Want to Benew
An exclusive interview with rapper David Banner, who appears in Black Snake Moan.
Jackson Free Press |
Natalie A. Collier |
02-28-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: David Banner
My Chemical Romance: Heroes of Their Fans' Storiesnew
A large chunk of the stylish emo group's Hot Topic-clad followers have taken to writing fan fiction, featuring My Chemical Romance as the main characters in ordinary settings -- and some downright compromising positions.
Chicago Newcity |
Janine Schaults |
02-28-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: My Chemical Romance
El Perro Del Mar Puts All the Chips on the Tablenew
Sarah Assbring's project is documented evidence of textbook introspection finally, painstakingly, leaked out.
Chicago Newcity |
Tom Lynch |
02-28-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: El Perro Del Mar
Crunk Punknew
Whole Wheat Bread plays pure power-pop punk with frenzied drums and barking vocals to complement the requisite catchy hooks.
Weekly Alibi |
Simon McCormack |
02-27-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Whole Wheat Bread
Fighting the Powernew
Dead Prez, like Public Enemy before it, keeps civil rights at the fore.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Scott Lieber |
02-27-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dead Prez
Rare/Importnew
Gene Coleman and The Tabadol Project outlast bombs, bad luck and bad weather.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Shaun Brady |
02-27-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Tabadol Project
Stars Alignnew
Do Make Say Think and Constellation Records are doing it for themselves.
Metro Times |
Dave Segal |
02-27-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Do Make Say Think
Bill Kirchen's Telecaster Thundernew
This twanger's been putting dieselbilly in his hot rod Lincoln for over 40 years.
Metro Times |
Brian J. Bowe |
02-27-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bill Kirchen
Venus in Fistsnew
Lou Reed gets all healthful and New Age-y, but cross him and you might still lose an eye.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
02-26-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Lou Reed
Locked Up in a Studionew
Jazz hotshot Howard Wiley blows out Deep South prison spirituals into an opus called The Angola Project.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
02-26-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Howard Wiley
Guitarmy Reserve: A New Folk Music Collectivenew
The city is poised to reclaim its past folk music glory with Acoustic Philly.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Jeffrey Barg |
02-26-2007 |
Music
Tags: Acoustic Philly
