AltWeeklies Wire
On the 'Mark'new
These Southern gothic stories bristle with Howle's usual sense of drama and detail.
  
    Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  
    Lee Valentine Smith  |  
    04-27-2006  | 
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    Tags: Danielle Howle, Thank You Mark
  Where Is Jerry Bruckheimer?new
Cinemechanica is hyperactive as fuck, churning out smashmouth action rock full of complicated time changes and ramped-up sequences.
  
    Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  
    Mosi Reeves  |  
    04-27-2006  | 
    Profiles & Interviews
  
  
  
    Tags: Cinemechanica, The Martial Arts
  Death, Drugs, Rap and Redemptionnew
Is all this talk of sex, death and addiction merely calculated theatrics, or is Avalon truly the skinny, white Hollywood version of turning pain and hardship into art and money?
  
    L.A. Weekly  |  
    John Albert  |  
    04-27-2006  | 
    Profiles & Interviews
  
  
  
    Tags: Mickey Avalon
  Fresh Mozzarellanew
Moz moves to Rome, turns born-again extra-virgin -- Abbondanza!
  
    L.A. Weekly  |  
    Siran Babayan  |  
    04-27-2006  | 
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  Phil Walden, 1940-2006new
Walden single-handedly revived the rock scene in the South.
  
    Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  
    Scott Freeman  |  
    04-27-2006  | 
    Music
  
  
  
    Tags: Phil Walden
  Back to Front(Man)new
Elf Power's Andrew Reiger discusses Jeff Magnum, the reclusive Neutral Milk Hotel frontman.
  
    New York Press  |  
    Brian Heater  |  
    04-27-2006  | 
    Profiles & Interviews
  
  
  
    Tags: Elf Power
  Can You Hear Me Now?new
Talking on the phone with soul and gospel legend Al Green can be difficult at times.
  
    Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  
    Mosi Reeves  |  
    04-27-2006  | 
    Profiles & Interviews
  
  
  
    Tags: Al Green
  Living Up to His Namenew
Devendra Banhart is not an investment banker.
  
    San Diego CityBeat  |  
    Cortney Harding  |  
    04-26-2006  | 
    Profiles & Interviews
  
  
  
    Tags: Devendra Banhart
  Acoustic Rekindlingnew
Two old Jayhawks friends have made amends for a new short tour.
  
    Tucson Weekly  |  
    Gene Armstrong  |  
    04-26-2006  | 
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  Extinction of The Unicornsnew
The Islands sound almost nothing like their Montreal-based predecessor.
  
    Tucson Weekly  |  
    Stephen Seigel  |  
    04-26-2006  | 
    Profiles & Interviews
  
  
  
    Tags: Islands, Return to the Sea
  Ruling Partynew
Rising hip-hop star J-Stalin morphs from d-boy to Go Boy.
  
    San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  
    Garrett Caples  |  
    04-26-2006  | 
    Profiles & Interviews
  
  
  
    Tags: J-Stalin
  Love Is Blondnew
Sweden's Sounds are dying to sink their pop hooks into the kids in America.
  
    San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  
    Jimmy Draper  |  
    04-26-2006  | 
    Profiles & Interviews
  
  
  
    Tags: Sounds
  Herbie Reloadednew
With cameras in tow, a legendary jazz pianist once again slips outside the box.
  
    San Antonio Current  |  
    Cole Haddon  |  
    04-26-2006  | 
    Profiles & Interviews
  
  
  
    Tags: Herbie Hancock
  Guilt and Pleasurenew
 
    
    Rock criticism's power couple get their talk on at Experience Music Project's Pop Music Studies Conference.
  
    Seattle Weekly  |  
    Rickey Wright  |  
    04-26-2006  | 
    Music
  
  Brit-Hopnew
Mike Skinner's shambling, off-beat delivery -- mistaken by first-time listeners as a defect -- is the perfect voice for his tales of sex, drugs and mortality.
  
    Boston Phoenix  |  
    Chris Nelson  |  
    04-25-2006  | 
    Profiles & Interviews