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Mike Relm's Cinematic Mash-Upsnew
A couple of years ago, this West Coast turntablist made it fairly easy to have some people into your living room and turn a low-key social outing into a depraved, beer-ridden music trivia match with Radio Fryer.
Orlando Weekly |
Dominic Umile |
02-26-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mike Relm
Box Set Celebrate's Elektra's Art Over Commercenew
Forever Changing speaks to the power of Jac Holzman's ideal.
Marching Band Madnessnew
Mucca Pazza started out as goofy communal fun -- and then the 30-piece band starting getting gigs.
Chicago Reader |
Jason Crock |
02-26-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mucca Pazza
Not Even Music Execs Still Think They Can Stop Piracynew
Steve Jobs bucks the Big Four, who are losing the digital rights management battle.
Chicago Reader |
Miles Raymer |
02-26-2007 |
Music
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Can't Quite Recapture the Magicnew
Some Loud Thunder indulges in indie-rock's middling tendencies: willed obscurity and challenging arrangements with no payoffs.
The Memphis Flyer |
Stephen Deusner |
02-23-2007 |
Reviews
Ramblin' Man: Ron Franklin Settles Down With 'City Lights'new
From Memphis to Amsterdam, Franklin performs wherever he pulls in for the night.
The Memphis Flyer |
Andria Lisle |
02-23-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: City Lights, Ron Franklin
Kyra & Tully Let the Freak Flag Flynew
The folk duo certainly isn't using weird tunings because someone from Sonic Youth thinks it's profitable -- it just feels right.
NOW Magazine |
Tim Perlich |
02-23-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Kyra & Tully
Afrobeat Straight Outta Ottawanew
Bands like Souljazz Orchestra, along with Brooklyn's Antibalas, Montreal's Afrodizz and Ann Arbor's NOMO prove some of the most exciting Afrobeat music is now being made far away from its West African origins.
NOW Magazine |
Tim Perlich |
02-23-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Souljazz Orchestra
Alex Cline's Blended Vocabulariesnew
Jazz drummer? Exotic sound-maker? For L.A.'s new-music impresario, it all goes together.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Kirk Silsbee |
02-23-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Alex Cline
Confessions of a Rankoutsidernew
Pat Todd wrestles with busted romance and life's lessons on The Outskirts of Your Heart.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Natalie Nichols |
02-23-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
'Beautiful' Opportunitynew
This is the moment for metal band In This Moment.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Joshua Sindell |
02-23-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: In This Moment
The Nerdiest of the Indie Nerdsnew
The sound money is on Robert Schneider of the Apples in Stereo.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
02-22-2007 |
Reviews
Small Brilliancesnew
Money Mark perfectly matches sound to feeling.
Tucson Weekly |
Annie Holub |
02-22-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Brand New by Tomorrow, Money Mark
Tunes From Outer Space?new
Grizzly Bear plays music like you might have heard in a dream that you never knew you had.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
02-22-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Grizzly Bear, Yellow House
Earthbound, but Relatablenew
The Broken West's music may not be universal, but it's easy to see why it could seem that way.
Tucson Weekly |
Annie Holub |
02-22-2007 |
Reviews
