AltWeeklies Wire
Expressing a Familiar Sentiment
Georgia-based Randall Bramblett releases one of his strongest efforts yet with Rich Someday.
Charleston City Paper |
Ballard Lesemann |
10-03-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Meticulously Crafted
The Walkmen use vintage gear and bold ideas in their recent modern pop experiments.
Charleston City Paper |
Ballard Lesemann |
10-03-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Walkmen, A Hundred Miles Off
Rainy Day Sunshine
Florida-based pop songwriter Ashton Allen keeps it real on his new collection, Dewdrops.
Charleston City Paper |
Ballard Lesemann |
10-03-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
They Do It All the Time
The mighty Viloent Femmes are still the "Grandfathers of Folk-Punk."
Charleston City Paper |
Ballard Lesemann |
10-03-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Ten Loud Points
Beaufort, S.C. rock/metal band Souls Harbor are as serious as amp feedback and ready to hit the big time.
Charleston City Paper |
Ballard Lesemann |
10-03-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Funky (African) Stuff
The Chicago Afrobeat Project make the case for the American/Nigerian funk-beat connection.
Charleston City Paper |
Ballard Lesemann |
10-03-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
From the Rockies with Love
String Cheese Incident bassist Keith Moseley discusses the busy Colorado band's ever-changing rock/'grass sound.
Charleston City Paper |
Ballard Lesemann |
10-03-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Two Souls Getting it Right
The Indigo Girls bring their rousing strums.
Charleston City Paper |
Sara Miller |
10-03-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Just for Smitenew
The power of God compels The Thermals' Hutch Harris to lash out against The Man.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Brian Howard |
10-03-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Thermals
A Zen-Masternew
Aficionados of way out-there dub music, IDM, and broken beat will likely note some similarities in Krush's abstract style, which has made him one of the true masters of trip hop, or whatever they're calling it these days.
Tags: DJ Krush, Stepping Stones
Compression as Expressionnew
Montreal's Kid Koala cuts, pastes, and layers three hundred bits of vinyl into two songs on his latest album.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
10-02-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Kool Keith Scam Exposednew
The country label CMH created OCD International to fabricate a record that could pass as the work of a famous American rapper, and hired a publicity firm to deceptively market it as such.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
10-02-2006 |
Music
An Hour of Unmatched Punk Rocknew
Something of a holy grail of hardcore, the Bad Brains' three-day run at CBGB in late 1982 is spoken of in hushed tones, referred to reverently and as the object of attendance fibs.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
10-02-2006 |
Reviews
Aesthetic Fusionnew
Two new DVDs bridge the gap between visual art, music and filmmaking.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
10-02-2006 |
Reviews
The Plumbernew
Steve Albini discusses Touch and Go, the Stooges, and how his analog work ethic is faring in the digital age.
Chicago Reader |
Bob Mehr |
10-02-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
