AltWeeklies Wire
Shag-a-dull-ic
When you're barely outselling Paris Hilton, you've got trouble.
Washington City Paper |
Sarah Godfrey |
09-29-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Jessica Simpson, A Public Affair
My Art Belongs to Daddy
Beyonce fields a new team but comes up short.
Washington City Paper |
Sarah Godfrey |
09-29-2006 |
Reviews
He Can Make it Herenew
James McMurtry writes a song about downsizing and finds his popularity in an upswing.
Sacramento News & Review |
David Riedel |
09-29-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Riddle Me Thisnew
It's No. 8 for Richard Buckner, and he sounds like, um, himself.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
09-29-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Meadow, Richard Buckner
The Hold Steady Slipsnew
This album extends Craig Finn's Bruce Springsteen-meets-Jack Kerouac babbling into anthemic, piano-anchored choruses but with as much -- if not more -- lyrical malady as melody.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
09-28-2006 |
Reviews
Sleeping Beautynew
After a No. 1 hit and label woes, Sleepy Brown finally releases his solo debut, Mr. Brown.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
09-28-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mr. Brown, Sleepy Brown
To Retract and Expandnew
Phon is a study in getting small to sound big.
INDY Week |
Grayson Currin |
09-28-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Phon
Citizen Becknew
Coming to terms with our native son now is like coming to terms with Los Angeles now -- some of my wide-eyed wonder is gone, but L.A. is home now more than ever.
L.A. Weekly |
Joe Donnelly |
09-28-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Beck
Conversation With Ninanew
Sometimes you don't have to talk about the music.
Tucson Weekly |
Annie Holub |
09-27-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Nina Nastasia, On Leaving
The Argentine Swedenew
Jose Gonzalez uses his light, airy tenor to bring focus to messy emotional issues.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
09-27-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jose Gonzalez, Veneer
Pop Will Please Itselfnew
The Rapture can't quite afford Timbaland, but their bright, sharp pop triumphs anyway.
The Village Voice |
Tom Breihan |
09-27-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Rapture
One Busy Zombienew
The musician/writer/director/producer leaves his ghoulish mark across the board.
Boise Weekly |
Amy Atkins |
09-27-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Rob Zombie
Out of Step, Out of Timenew
Black Flag, white guilt, and blood-red noses collide in self-congratulatory documentary American Hardcore.
The Village Voice |
Rob Harvilla |
09-27-2006 |
Music
Gang Mentalitynew
Gang Gang Dance kindly asks us to stop shopping and start jungle shaking.
L.A. Alternative |
Michael Mannheimer |
09-27-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Gang Gang Dance
Free Willie!new

Here's what they didn't find on the Red Headed Stranger's tour bus.
Seattle Weekly |
Michael A. Stusser |
09-27-2006 |
Music