AltWeeklies Wire
What It Takes
This album charges right into unfiltered Southern soul, and its target audience may need a few listens to digest it.
Washington City Paper |
Michael J. West |
10-20-2006 |
Reviews
Cogito Ergo Summit
Mastodon makes toast of other metal bands.
Washington City Paper |
Christopher Porter |
10-20-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Mastodon, Blood Mountain
Ready to Buy
Combs wasn't always this lame.
Washington City Paper |
Chris Richards |
10-20-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Diddy, Press Play
Yo La Tengo's Mother Lodenew
The Hoboken trio's latest album showcases a record-store-sized record collection.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
10-20-2006 |
Reviews
Sufjan, the Technicolor Dreamboatnew
Sufjan Stevens and the Pacific Mozart Ensemble at Zellerbach set a world record for earnestness.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
10-20-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Hear Thisnew
A large part of the '00s electro wave is based on kitsch, distance, and glamorizing bad behavior, but the Trucks are smarter than that
Seattle Weekly |
Rachel Shimp |
10-19-2006 |
Concerts
Tags: The Trucks
The Bridesmaid Turns Bridenew
Kid Congo Power comes out of the shadows to celebrate the grit that was.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
10-19-2006 |
Reviews
Why the Hell Not?new
As two new albums indicate, Kinky Friedman's music may prove too complicated for our simple-minded voting blocs.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Anthony Mariani |
10-19-2006 |
Music
Go Stopsnew
The Stops call their music electro-rock or indie-dance pop -- whatever the combination, it works.
Reno News & Review |
Erin Granat |
10-19-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Stops
Tull It Like It Isnew
Jethro Tull fanatic Kurt Stenzel talks with Ian Anderson about oral sex and the sax, not being gay and going orchestral.
Fairfield County Weekly |
Kurt Stenzel |
10-19-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ian Anderson
Static Clingnew
Mac McCaughan's band proper puts out its third album in a year.
INDY Week |
Chris Parker |
10-19-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Portastatic
A Music Mountainnew
South African activist/musician Vusi Mahlasela is finally finding U.S. success.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
10-18-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Acoustic Africa, Vusi Mahlasela
Hollow Bouldersnew
With two bass guitars, a bipolar lead singer and its name, Two Ton Boa ought to be heavy.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
10-18-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Parasiticide, Two Ton Boa
Straight Outta Mill Valleynew
The Abi Yoyos grow legs and skirt scenes.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Michael Harkin |
10-18-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Abi Yoyos
Surfing New Turfnew
Christopher Willits swings between ambient bliss and grating discord.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Chris Sabbath |
10-18-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Christopher Willits
