AltWeeklies Wire
Bring On the Heatnew
The Budos Band gives up a funky forecast for 2007.
Metro Times |
Chris Handyside |
12-27-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Budos Band
Blinded by the Lightnew
Blinded Black take their keytars to a national indie label (and a zombie movie).
Riverfront Times |
Annie Zaleski |
12-22-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Blinded Black
Drop It Like It's Hotnew
The Carolina Chocolate Drops turn tradition on its head.
Riverfront Times |
Roy Kasten |
12-22-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Carolina Chocolate Drops
I Left My Heart Right Herenew
Shouting out the year's best Bay Area songs.
They Know What They're Doingnew
For DJs who blend MP3s and CDs, a growing number of mixes are available to add to the playlist -- almost like vinyl in a collection.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
T. LaGon |
12-21-2006 |
Reviews
Failed Legacynew
The Harry Smith Project Live concerts may have been conceptualized as incredible events in music history, but the legacy presented on this DVD fails on most levels.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
James Kelly |
12-21-2006 |
Reviews
Mellow Edgenew
U.K. DJs Rob Da Bank and Chris Coco were raised on the genre-shattering aesthetic of the late BBC Radio 1 presenter John Peel, and have helped to preserve his spirit on the airwaves.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tamara Palmer |
12-21-2006 |
Reviews
Jangle Bellsnew
Love Tractor offers a stocking filled with silly surprises.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Lee Valentine Smith |
12-21-2006 |
Reviews
Tripping Nostalgicnew
Concert DVDs provide showtime for the holidays.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mat Herron |
12-21-2006 |
Concerts
Tags: concerts
Resurrection & Deathnew
Nas' problems remain artistic, not commercial, and can't be solved by sheer star power. Until that misconception is resolved, the occasionally brilliant eulogy is the best we can expect from the guy.
Cleveland Scene |
Dan LeRoy |
12-21-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Nas, Hip Hop Is Dead
Jabbin' Jibbsnew
How an amateur boxer went pro in hip-hop, all by the age of 16.
Cleveland Scene |
Dan LeRoy |
12-21-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jibbs
Back to the Garagenew
The Alarm Clocks return with a new album.
Cleveland Scene |
D.X. Ferris |
12-21-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Alarm Clocks
It Was Free Cuz I Stole Itnew
Looking back at the year in unfair shares.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Chris Ziegler |
12-21-2006 |
Music
Funny Power-Popnew
This collection of hard-to-find work will renew faith in Folds' creativity, but it will ultimately generate a longing for the piano man's next concerted studio effort.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Zack Shlachter |
12-21-2006 |
Reviews
Dodging Gnarls Berkeleynew
Both Honeycut and Gnarls Barkley make experimental pop that spans numerous genres, but in the end, Cee-Lo is a huge black Southern gangsta, and Bart Davenport is a skinny white East Bay folker.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
12-21-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Honeycut
