AltWeeklies Wire
Muse of the Weirdnew
Animal Collective can't hide, even if it tried.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
03-16-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Animal Collective, Feels
Reinventing the Bluesnew
Former Swans drummer Jonathan Kane hits the blue note with measured minimalism.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
03-16-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: february, Jonathan Kane
Kill Them All!new
Music and video games: an endless, wretched love affair.
L.A. Weekly |
David Cotner |
03-16-2006 |
Music
Music Piracy = The New Terrorism?new
Is the war on terror in Iraq or in your iPod?
Sacramento News & Review |
Nicholas Miller |
03-16-2006 |
Music
Just Say Nahnew
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah tastes like Stella Artois.
San Diego CityBeat |
Seth Combs |
03-15-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
David Berman's Second Comingnew

In 1989, David Berman started the Silver Jews in NYC, when he and a couple of dudes from college decided they wanted to have a "silver" band -- so begins the story of the silver semites.
Dig Boston |
Michael Brodeur |
03-15-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Silver Jews
Meta Punknew
While Muldoon can't quite match the meta-explosion of this album's first two tracks, it deftly veers from mathematical guitar arpeggios to roaring, overdriven assaults.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
03-15-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: A Coat of Arms, Muldoon
The Boys With the Bandsnew
South By Southwest, which started 20 years ago as a "cool idea," has grown into the biggest music convention in the world, a film festival and an interactive conference.
The Texas Observer |
Joe Nick Patoski |
03-15-2006 |
Music
Franco Say Relaxnew
Never before has Congolese music been so smartly compiled.
Seattle Weekly |
Keith Harris |
03-15-2006 |
Reviews
It's Hailing Horrornew
The Seattle metal mainstays Himsa take their hardcore-inflected roar to the masses.
Seattle Weekly |
Rod Smith |
03-15-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Himsa
Fear Factornew
March Against Fear oscillates between screamo and metalcore, with a strong melodic foundation.
Phoenix New Times |
Brendan Joel Kelley |
03-14-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: March Against Fear
Collected Developmentnew
Stereolab maintains impeccable tastes.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Elliott Johnston |
03-14-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Stereolab
Beauteous Blokesnew
The Beautiful Girls make down home sounds from Down Under.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Josh Johnson |
03-14-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Beautiful Girls
Jesus Freaknew
Scott Stapp might think it's good to be the king -- until God comes calling.
Dallas Observer |
Noah W. Bailey |
03-14-2006 |
Music
Technical Ecstasynew
Serena Maneesh releases one bloody valentine of a record.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Andrew Parks |
03-14-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Serena Maneesh