AltWeeklies Wire
One Man's Mash
Gillis makes a junk-culture classic.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Richardson |
08-14-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Girl Talk, Night Ripper
Arachni-faux-bia
The Pink Spiders spin a web of repeat.
Washington City Paper |
Caryn Ganz |
08-14-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Pink Spiders, Teenage Graffiti
The Omnivore's Dilemna
Mehldau fills House on Hill with self-written material -- songwriting that, modern vibe aside, is never all that radical.
Washington City Paper |
Brent Burton |
08-14-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Brad Mehldau, House on Hill
Back in the Saddlenew
After 35 years, the James Gang rides again.
Cleveland Scene |
D.X. Ferris |
08-14-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The James Gang
The Next Big Thingnew
A middle-aged couple have a million dollars and a big dream: To make St. Louis a pop-music hub.
Riverfront Times |
Randall Roberts |
08-14-2006 |
Music
Enlightened Thumpingnew
What does Logic have to do with Zen? Also reviewed: Greg Grafffin's Cold as the Clay.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
08-11-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: DJ Logic, Zen of Logic
NOMO Fela Kutinew
The Motor City nu-jazz ensemble blows beyond Afrobeat.
NOW Magazine |
Tim Perlich |
08-11-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: NOMO
Brief but Beautifulnew
The Band of the Name close out their "career" with this posthumous three-song EP.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
08-10-2006 |
Reviews
Goin' Electro-Countrynew
Geoff Reacher makes strange and wonderful music.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
08-10-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Second Time's the Charmnew
This remastered re-issue lifts the fog, revealing that as much quaint charm shoddy recording gave to such mantras as "Wonderful, Wonderful" and "Kath," there is some genuinely great songwriting hiding in the haze.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
08-10-2006 |
Reviews
He Just Don't Stopnew
Charles "Wigg" Walker sticks to what he does best: belting out super soul and funk songs that resonate with the sound and passion of an era that's long forgotten.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
08-10-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Charles Walker
Refreshing Classicsnew
Take two angelic voices, back them up with an ensemble of the finest acoustic musicians in the world, and give them a baker's dozen of traditional and contemporary songs -- insert in CD player. Let your mind be blown.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
James Kelly |
08-10-2006 |
Reviews
Taking Mashing to New Levelnew
Mashups aren't a new thing, but Gregg Gillis takes his computer-made mixes to delirious highs.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
08-10-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Girl Talk, Night Ripper
Blasts from Recent Pastnew
If Boot Camp Clik was more ambitious, its efforts wouldn't sound as frustratingly conservative as this.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
08-10-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Boot Camp Clik, The Last Stand
Arthur Lee, 1945-2006new

A singer-songwriter capable of both extraordinary sensitivity and untamed ferocity, Lee was at the forefront of the mid-60s rock 'n' roll revolution.
L.A. Weekly |
Jonny Whiteside |
08-10-2006 |
Music