AltWeeklies Wire
Sidestepping Sophomore Slump?new
Sometimes needlessly complicated, other times ingeniously quirky, News and Tributes requires repeated listening.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
06-22-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: News and Tributes, The Futureheads
Spanning Musical Genresnew
The Codetalkers may enjoy a sterling live reputation, but Rodgers promises that they'll soon be known for making great records, too, starting with Now.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
06-22-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Now, The Codetalkers
No Masterpiecenew
While the music has grown more authoritative, the beats feel a little tired and the squirrelly energy of the first release is gone.
Style Weekly |
Amy Biegelsen |
06-22-2006 |
Reviews
Well, You Need Itnew
This newly released CD set reveals how Monk taught Coltrane to be himself.
Sacramento News & Review |
Jonathan Kiefer |
06-22-2006 |
Reviews
Belle, Without Sebastiannew
Isobel Campbell, the mythical Belle of Belle and Sebastian, makes an odd pairing with The Screaming Trees' Mark Lanegan -- but it definitely works.
Style Weekly |
Ira Calos |
06-22-2006 |
Reviews
VH Cover Album Misses the Marknew
These covers are mostly from early Van Halen records (thank all that's holy), but it seems unintentionally funny when disciplined country singing meets cock-rock lyrics.
Style Weekly |
Brent Baldwin |
06-22-2006 |
Reviews
Aphex Twin Resurfacesnew
After 2001 Aphex Twin's Richard James kept his distance and released no new music; many assumed he’d retired -- in 2005, he returned with 11 new EPs.
Style Weekly |
Mark Richardson |
06-22-2006 |
Reviews
Polymorphously Perversenew
The self-made sexual revolutionary dirties up the old boys' arena sound.
NOW Magazine |
Sarah Liss |
06-22-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Peaches
More Good Stuffnew
Seamlessly tied together by the pristine production of Rick Rubin, this is one of the year's best albums.
Style Weekly |
Hilary Langford |
06-22-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Dixie Chicks, Taking the Long Way
Have Fun, F*ck Sh*t Upnew
Youth is not wasted on teen punks Be Your Own Pet.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott T. Sterling |
06-22-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Be Your Own Pet
Music Is an Expressionnew
AWOL One bemoans hypocrisy, competition in the music business.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
06-21-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: AWOL One, The War of Art
Better Late Than Nevernew
Band of Horses' Ben Bridwell will never have to make pizzas again.
Tucson Weekly |
Stephen Seigel |
06-21-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Sweet Snarl of Successnew
Even the most imaginative hip-hop geek out there couldn't theoretically morph enough artists to paint Mike Skinner.
Dig Boston |
Chris Faraone |
06-21-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Streets
What Does Boston Sound Like?new
It sounds something like We're All Gonna Die.
Dig Boston |
Luke O'Neil |
06-21-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: We're All Gonna Die
Sensitive Smart-Assesnew
Guster go hard rock -- sort of.
Nashville Scene |
Michael McCall |
06-21-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Ganging Up on the Sun, Guster
