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Global Weirdnessnew
Os Mutantes' obscure psych classics are set to be rereleased.
Seattle Weekly |
Corey duBrowa |
06-28-2006 |
Music
Of Petals and Pedalsnew

We journey into the hive mind of Espers.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Sam Adams |
06-27-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Espers
Fish Onnew
Les Claypool stays alive by swimming through subcultures.
Phoenix New Times |
Jonathan Zwickel |
06-27-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Les Claypool
Trae Coolnew
An underground legend teams up with Rap-A-Lot in a bid to break nationwide.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
06-27-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Trae
Country Casualtynew
Gretchen Wilson is cracking up.
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
06-27-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Gretchen Wilson
Plugged Innew
Dallas bloggers fan the flames and flame the fans of local music.
Dallas Observer |
Sam Machkovech |
06-27-2006 |
Music
Everybody Yurts
The great accomplishment of this 52-minute-long disc is how well the spaces are filled.
Washington City Paper |
Brent Burton |
06-26-2006 |
Reviews
Multiculti Hip-Hop Insurgencynew
Nicaraguan, Puerto Rican, and Filipino hip-hop all thrive in the East Bay.
East Bay Express |
Eric K. Arnold |
06-26-2006 |
Music
Group Cexnew
Rjyan Kidwell and friends burn the sheets with Actual Fucking.
Cleveland Scene |
D.X. Ferris |
06-26-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Cex
Sonic Boomsnew
Sound Team hit the road in support of their fantastic new album.
Riverfront Times |
Annie Zaleski |
06-26-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sound Team
What Burns Never Returnsnew

Calexico champion environmental causes on a hot new album.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Doree Shafrir |
06-26-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Calexico
Was Beanie Sigel the Target of a Hit?new
The rapper's recent shooting smells like a warning.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Steve Volk |
06-26-2006 |
Music
Concise and Mind-Blowingnew
What makes this compilation exceptional is a marvelously written and meticulously researched set of liner notes along with a realistic perspective on a somewhat deified music scene.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
06-22-2006 |
Reviews
Too Much Hype?new
While the Pets bash out furious musical architecture, the question is raised: How does a group so visceral and raw, so young and sonically violent, so goddamned aggressively fun garner the sickening level of hype bestowed upon BYOP?
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
06-22-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Be Your Own Pet
Returning from Funk Rock, Ga.new
In truth, the greatest strength of Mother's Finest also turned out to be its greatest enemy -- it was a predominately black band that had a rock sound in an era when black groups were not played on rock radio unless their name was Jimi Hendrix.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Freeman |
06-22-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews