AltWeeklies Wire
All-Time QBnew
E-40 might finally get the national adoration he deserves with My Ghetto Report Card.
East Bay Express |
Eric K. Arnold |
03-20-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: E-40
Thumb Kind of Wonderful
This compilation is refreshingly raw and unique.
Washington City Paper |
Aaron Leitko |
03-17-2006 |
Reviews
Full Metal Jackets
If metal really is the new indie rock, then Mogwai's latest was a wise career move.
Washington City Paper |
Brent Burton |
03-17-2006 |
Reviews
Our Wild Americannew
Kris Kristofferson has lived enough for 20 men, and he's not done yet.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
03-17-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Kris Kristofferson, This Old Road
A Novelty Thingnew
The super-producer and Roots drummer discusses white audiences and why hip-hop is the new minstrel show.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Dean Kuiper |
03-17-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Something to Chew Onnew
French Toast soak in the strange.
Montreal Mirror |
Lorraine Carpenter |
03-17-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: French Toast
Boss's Budsnew
The National have a fan in Springsteen.
NOW Magazine |
Jason Keller |
03-16-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The National
Burnin' Lovenew
The big buzz is on Sweden's Love Is All.
NOW Magazine |
Tim Perlich |
03-16-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Love Is All
Indie Cred With Hokey Twangnew
Were it not issued on a cool indie label, Sun, Sun, Sun wouldn't sound out of place on adult contemporary radio between Bonnie Raitt and the Eagles.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
03-16-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Sun, Sun, Sun, The Elected
Joking With Jesusnew
Whereas the Beatles once suggested they "might be more popular than Jesus," Loose Fur pokes fun at Christianity with a sense of awkward Americana.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
03-16-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Born Again in the USA, Loose Fur
Dairy Queen Empire Strikes Backnew
When Grace Braun's band debuted in Feb. 1986, she thought she would be dead long before the group celebrated its 20th anniversary.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
03-16-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dairy Queen Empire
Singular Focusnew
The Dirtbombs are prolific in terms of shows, songs and quality.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
03-16-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Dirtbombs
Blog Breaknew

What's in a name? For Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, almost everything.
Tucson Weekly |
Annie Holub |
03-16-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Take Your Croon and Shove Itnew
Pianist Jamie Cullum ain't your mom's Harry Connick Jr.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Carlton Hargro |
03-16-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Catching Tales, Jamie Cullum