AltWeeklies Wire
The Future of Music 2005new
More competition, more MP3s, more gigs and more gigabytes, more free-agent artists, more great sounds – expect 2005 to be a hell of a year for music.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
01-19-2005 |
Music
Tags: Joanna Newsom, comets on fire
Bohemian Rhapsodynew
Brightback Morning Light -- or Brightblack for short -- would probably be huge by now if it weren't a trio of big, lovable hippies.
SF Weekly |
Garrett Kamps |
01-19-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ala.Cali.Tucky, Brightblack
Complicated, Addictive, Riotous Rocknew
The liner notes of Batter the Drag's self-released debut EP reference "the Higley Ranch 'incident' of May 2003." Was it a farm machinery mishap? Cattle stampede? Turns out it was more like a riot -- appropriate for a band that rocks.
Phoenix New Times |
Michele Laudig |
01-19-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
A Workaholic Who Likes to Have Funnew
Erick Morillo is a top DJ and producer, one of the few American leaders in an international dance scene traditionally dominated by Europeans.
Miami New Times |
Mosi Reeves |
01-18-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Demon's Claws Antithetical to Canada's Wussy Waysnew
Montreal's Demon's Claws give angry Americans one more reason to move to Canada.
Columbus Alive |
Stephen Slaybaugh |
01-18-2005 |
Reviews
Cruising Out of the Undergroundnew
Columbus emcee Copywrite mixes it up with major-label interest.
Columbus Alive |
Wes Flexner |
01-18-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Indie Kid Talks About the Campaign, Religion and Musicnew
Conor Oberst, the star of Bright Eyes, says he wants to write songs about whatever inspires him -- including politics. His band is releasing two new CDs.
Montreal Mirror |
Lorraine Carpenter |
01-17-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Girls Rock!new
Benefits across Arizona are planned to aid the Rock 'n' Roll Camp for Girls, based near Portland, Ore. Featured performers include Naim Amor, Loveland, 50 Cent Nose, Sara Belham and Galactic Federation of Love.
Tucson Weekly |
Annie Holub |
01-13-2005 |
Music
Tags: Naim Amor
Recordings Show Twosome at Most Sublimenew
The intuitive communication between guitar and bass is evident on two sets from the Sweetwater club. Here the sound is stripped to its folk-blues essence as Jack Casady's nimble but thunderous bass supports and prods Jorma Kaukonen's agile picking.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hal Horowitz |
01-13-2005 |
Reviews
Newest Release Serves Stunning Assortment of Tidbitsnew
The newest release, Lonely Runs Both Ways, serves up another stunning assortment of musical tidbits, each as savory as the one before. It's almost as if Krauss and Co. have found the perfect recipe and don't need to experiment anymore.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
James Kelly |
01-13-2005 |
Reviews
No Choicenew
Early "out of the closet and into the pit" queercore statesmen Limpwrist return to the trenches, and Latino punk vet Martin Sorrondeguy relocates to the Bay Area.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
George Chen |
01-12-2005 |
Music
Beat a Retreat?new
While Kanye West looks within and Mos Def styles himself as a quasi-jihadist, a head wonders, what happened to the rage, urgency, and political direction in hip-hop?
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Oliver Wang |
01-12-2005 |
Music
Ghost Writer Returns to His Old Haunt: the Stagenew
Garland Jeffreys' last album, Wildlife Dictionary, was released only in Europe, but the 60-year-old singer-songwriter is performing on stage again, and Universal Records has agreed to put out his next disc.
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
01-12-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Here Come the Copsnew
One of Seattle's fastest-rising rock bands Go Wrong in all the right ways.
Seattle Weekly |
Michaelangelo Matos |
01-12-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Cops, Why Kids Go Wrong
Famed South Florida DJ Does His Second Spinnew
Gabriel Fain was spinning records at one of America's most illustrious dance clubs, Voodoo Lounge and Club Space in downtown Miami, before he surrendered himself to the Drug Enforcement Administration. Now he's back.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jonathan Zwickel |
01-11-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
