AltWeeklies Wire
Musician Still Finds Ways to be Unpredictablenew
Kool Keith's often perverted and always incisive sense of humor is intact, even when it doesn't take much for a laugh (example: The 14th song on the album is called "14th Song on the Album").
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tamara Palmer |
09-15-2005 |
Reviews
Newest Album Sounds Professional, Little Too Slicknew
The shift from the comparatively stark "M" of his Soul Coughing days to the more fleshed out "Mike" corresponds with Doughty's newfound confidence on Haughty Melodic.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hal Horowitz |
09-15-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Mike Doughty, Haughty Melodic
Band Has Not Progressed Very Far Stylisticallynew
The album is as heavy and tight as any of the group's releases since the first album, but it's also not a departure.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chris Parker |
09-15-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Obituary, Frozen in Time
Musician's Work Characterized as Warm, Organic Soundnew
Everything Ecstatic changes the pace dramatically and emerges as a distinctly more beat-driven affair. Stuttering percussive clatter implodes against blissful, slowly morphing textures like a Diebold safe dropped into a pond, rippling with deep grooves.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chris Parker |
09-15-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Everything Ecstatic, Four Tet
Scandinavian Psych-Folk-Rock Finds Wide Appeal With Dungennew
Dungen is neither mythical nor antiquated; though on first listen some might swear its latest album was recorded while rock 'n' roll was still in its experimental teens.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
09-15-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dungen, Ta Det Lugnt
Supergroup Lives Up to Its Prefixnew
When word got out that Themselves, the central unit of the experimental hip-hop collective Anticon, were grouping with the glitch-pop magnates of Notwist, fans wanted to know what a band like this could possibly sound like.
Dig Boston |
Michael Brodeur |
09-14-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: 13 & God
Is Practice Making Them Less Weird? Weird.new
As always with Deerhoof, the question with every new album is: How will they pull this off live? The answer remains generally the same: They won’t bother.
Dig Boston |
Matt Parish |
09-14-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Deerhoof
The Middle-Aged Solo Artistsnew
Bob Mould and Paul Weller, two altrock legends at a crossroads in their careers, just made their most vital, satisfying solo albums in years.
A Lesson in Violencenew
Obituary has humanized death metal, eschewing satanic posturing for a much less dogmatic take on a genre that is often hated by parents.
Cleveland Scene |
Jason Bracelin |
09-13-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Bear With Themnew
Minus the Bear's latest CD represents a major shift away from the frenetic, knotty post-punk of recordings past.
Riverfront Times |
Michael Alan Goldberg |
09-13-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
What It Means to Miss New Orleansnew
Musicians in the city of blues and jazz have always played as if each day was its last.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
John Nova Lomax |
09-13-2005 |
Music
Redemption Songsnew
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club renew their faith in rock and roll.
Boston Phoenix |
Mac Randall |
09-12-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Howl
Riff Raff Kills Whitienew
Writer Riff Raff interviews two founders of Kill Whitie about their dance parties devoted to killing the whiteness inside.
The Village Voice |
Nick Sylvester |
09-09-2005 |
Concerts
Love, Indispensable and Inadequatenew
Pixel Revolt sounds so fantastic we'll forgive you for not noticing the lyrics immediately.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
09-09-2005 |
Reviews
Remixing Their Outlooknew
Interpol guitarist Daniel Kessler tells what led the band to do a remix album.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bettina Swigger |
09-08-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Interpol
