AltWeeklies Wire
Scented Apprenticenew
Undie-rap agitprop mingles furious Bush bashing with sitcom humor.
The Village Voice |
Makkada B. Selah |
08-07-2006 |
Reviews
Dire Straights
The Bad Religion frontman's attempt to make a folk record sounds clinical and calculated.
Washington City Paper |
Justin Moyer |
08-04-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Cold as the Clay, Greg Graffin
Crossroads Scholarship
Graveyard Shift is raw -- nasty, funky, fucked up, and its warped vocals and hardscrabble guitars would appropriately horrify tourists in blues mausoleums like Memphis or New Orleans.
Washington City Paper |
Justin Moyer |
08-04-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Graveyard Shift, Scott H. Biram
Wild, Wild Guest
I Stand Alone is Ramblin' Jack standing alone, strumming his guitar, groping at melody lines with his gravelly old voice, and giving his distinctive stamp to traditional material while refusing to fix what ain't broke.
Washington City Paper |
Justin Moyer |
08-04-2006 |
Reviews
A Long Time Overcoming
Though a collection of folk tunes might not be enough to turn things around, the blueprint for contemporary artists to help revive the labor campaign is all here.
Washington City Paper |
Ryan Grim |
08-04-2006 |
Reviews
Beats Working
If these dudes have perfected anything over the past 15 years, it's the ability to choose some tip-top, smoked-up backing tracks.
Washington City Paper |
Joe Warminsky |
08-04-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Boot Camp Clik, The Last Stand
Vinyl Staticnew
Yo La Tengo prepares to kick your ass.
Illinois Times |
Marissa Monson |
08-04-2006 |
Music
Not Good Enough to be Awfulnew
Midlake goes for the quaint, agrarian, and the obtuse.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
08-04-2006 |
Reviews
Mojo Risingnew
Heavy Mojo smashes through genres and generates so many different kinds of musical energy that you're not sure what to call it.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
08-03-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Blow Out the Sound, Heavy Mojo
Reissue, Repackagenew
Ease into a bath of pleasantly lukewarm AOR water and revel in all that was so horribly right about mainstream rock in the late 70s and early 80s.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
08-03-2006 |
Reviews
A Few Miles Past Tupelonew
The genre is established and the bands play on, but all may not be well down on the alt-country farm.
Boston Phoenix |
Franklin Soults |
08-03-2006 |
Music
Long Time Gonenew
Graham Nash talks about CSNY and the importance of speaking your mind.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Freeman |
08-03-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Missionary Mannew
A 2004 documentary, Gram Parsons: Fallen Angel, just released on DVD is reviving interest (again) in one of alt-country's most influential legends.
Boston Phoenix |
Matt Asharre |
08-03-2006 |
Music
Tags: Gram Parsons
Eclipsed by its Own Shadownew
Black Holes aims less for cerebral pleasures than those of coital variety.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Jonathan Garrett |
08-03-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Black Holes and Revelations, Muse
Cerati Revisits His Rootsnew
Cerati's new record is a return to the original blueprint that made Soda Stereo such a rock powerhouse: progressive riffs, heavy kick drums and choruses apt for chanting.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Alejandro Leal |
08-03-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Ahà Vamos, Gustavo Cerati
