AltWeeklies Wire
Youth on Paradenew
The Subways are rock's fresh, new, twitterpated faces.
San Diego CityBeat |
Seth Combs |
03-23-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Subways
Subdued and Softnew
South's new album won't set the world on fire, but the group puts on a winning performance in its own quiet way.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
03-23-2006 |
Reviews
Futile Optimismnew
Even in the depths of entropy, Quasi remains strong to the finish.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
03-23-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Quasi, When the Going Gets Dark
Sonic Peccadilloesnew
Sound levels shred the red line into ribbons on this record -- a brutal balance of drone and melody.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
03-23-2006 |
Reviews
Lacking Personanew
Everything Is isn't bad, but it may get lost amid more ambitious competition.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
03-23-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Everything Is, Nine Black Alps
A Hefty Declinenew
When Hefty Records said that "the recording quality and overall fidelity matches the scope of the composition," the label was clearly not putting Vox Humana out.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
03-23-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Samadha, Vox Humana
Braggin' Rightnew
Billy Bragg rethinks his old material.
NOW Magazine |
Jason Richards |
03-23-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Billy Bragg
Blade Runningnew
Eric Tchort finally gets fists pumping with Ash Lee Blade.
NOW Magazine |
Evan Davies |
03-23-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ash Lee Blade
Oh, Sunshiny Gothnew
Brooklyn's Kudu twists dark lyrics and unpredictable beats.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
03-23-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Death of the Party, Kudu
Cut the Micsnew
Stavros Anthony believes rap music can kill -- and he wants rap groups banned from Nevada's college campuses.
Reno News & Review |
Dennis Myers |
03-23-2006 |
Music
Stratocaster Collagenew
Glenn Branca describes his Hallucination City as "large, almost architectural blocks of sound that move around each other, inside of each other, on top of each other."
L.A. Weekly |
Alec Hanley Bemis |
03-23-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Glenn Branca
From Denial to Acceptancenew
There are five stages of South by Southwest.
L.A. Weekly |
Kate Sullivan |
03-23-2006 |
Music
Growing Painsnew
This was clearly the band's first tour, given the miscues, the lyric sheet and the sold-out crowd's anticipation.
New York Press |
Nikhil Swaminathan |
03-23-2006 |
Concerts
Tags: Silver Jews
Jazz Ambassadornew
Legend Dave Brubeck keeps on going -- with some help from his kids.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
03-22-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Chris Brubeck, Convergence
They Did Itnew

The Cuts are chaotic, crazy, and making a great noise -- could they be the Bay Area's last rock band?
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
03-22-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Cuts