AltWeeklies Wire
Fall Anticipationnew
After an exciting summer of new releases, music lovers might be left wondering if things could get any better.
Jackson Free Press |
Briana Robinson |
10-24-2013 |
Music
Chance the Purchasenew
Blind-purchasing music can put your preconceived tastes to the test.
Jackson Free Press |
Micah Smith |
10-17-2013 |
Music
Deltron 3030's Long-Awaited Returnnew
The Bay Area hip-hop supergroup's sophomore album picks up where its debut left off.
East Bay Express |
Nick Veronin |
10-09-2013 |
Music
How the Internet, like George Clinton before it, has reinvigorated samplingnew
"We never mind them sampling or covering a song. You're not supposed to get sued all over the place for doing it. We'd rather be doing it together." —George Clinton
Tags: Sampling
Why Your Band Should Forgo "Fuck" for its Namenew
The F-named band has become not the face tattoo of band names but instead the trucker's cap of band names.
Tags: Bands Named Fuck
New Orleans artists to watchnew
There's no shortage of interesting personalities and sounds in New Orleans. We've had our eyes and ears on a few emerging artists — from cutthroat MCs and bluegrass young guns to heavy metal beasts. [image-1]
Who: 3D Na'TeeWhat: quick-witted, take-no-prisoners MC with storytelling chops...
Tags: New Orleans Music
Truth Universal discusses his new album and politics in hip-hopnew
After Truth Universal watched a b-boy competition at the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition, he grabbed cardboard from supermarket Dumpsters and rummaged through music store bins for 12-inch records. His family couldn't afford a set of turntables, so he learned
to rap...
Tags: Truth Universal
A Critique on Criticsnew
Music reviews are often polarizing because music itself is polarizing.
Jackson Free Press |
Micah Smith |
09-09-2013 |
Music
We The Commonnew
Thao Nguyen of Thao & The Get Down Stay Down is of the new generation of singer-activists.
Eugene Weekly |
Alex Notman |
09-06-2013 |
Music
Doug Kershaw on Collapsing Ceilings and Cultural Identitynew
With the popularity of New Orleans musicians like Fats Domino, Doctor John and the Neville Brothers, it's easy to forget that the Crescent City occupies less than 1 percent of a state that has its own vibrant musical traditions. Rural Louisiana musicians — be they Cajun, Creole or somewhere in between — have never received mainstream recognition.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
08-21-2013 |
Music
A Celebration of George Duke, a Great Musicion and a Good Guynew
The death of keyboardist George Duke at 67 last week brought back memories of the ‘70s when I smoked dope with him nearly every day.
Random Lengths News |
lionel Rolfe |
08-12-2013 |
Music
Unlikely hitmaker Ke$ha crashes the club-pop party with purposenew
Ke$ha is a big, black fly in the pristine, pre-packaged pop ointment: She dismantles modern pop using the same tools that built it. And she is, at the moment, our strangest pop star.
Ten the Hard Way: Introducing the Houston Music Hall of Famenew
Houston has a lot of museums, but the city sorely lacks anything tangible that salutes its rich musical legacy... until now.
Houston Press |
Chris Gray and William Michael Smith |
07-31-2013 |
Music
Pop: A Social Mirrornew
What does Elvis have in common with Daft Punk? Pop music holds the answer.
Jackson Free Press |
Micah Smith |
07-29-2013 |
Music
The Liberation of CSSnew
When CSS (“Cansei de Ser Sexy,” Portuguese for “tired of being sexy,” supposedly something Beyoncé once told the press) set out to record Planta, their fourth album, the electro-pop band was at a crossroads.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
07-18-2013 |
Music
Tags: CSS
