AltWeeklies Wire
Highway 281 Revisitednew
Bob Dylan's fascination with the border continues to impact his work.
  
    San Antonio Current  |  
    Gilbert Garcia  |  
    04-12-2006  | 
    Profiles & Interviews
  
  
  
    Tags: Bob Dylan
  Voodoo Reduxnew
The Gris Gris have balanced their fondness for elder weirdos with a whole palette of sounds all their own.
  
    Dig Boston  |  
    Jed Gottlieb  |  
    04-12-2006  | 
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    Tags: The Gris Gris
  Non-Sequiterrific!new
The fun of Paper Thin Stages is, thankfully, less evening at the Improv and more screaming down a waterslide -- lots of scripted non sequiturs, flailing melodic movements and catching one's breath.
  
    Dig Boston  |  
    Devin King  |  
    04-12-2006  | 
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    Tags: Paper Thin Stages
  Ultra-Pragmatic MCnew
Ghost has towered over hip-hop and emerged as an enigmatic presence on par with no other MC.
  
    Dig Boston  |  
    Chris Faraone  |  
    04-12-2006  | 
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    Tags: Ghostface
  Be Here Meownew
We chase the tale of urban folksters Margot and the Nuclear So and So's.
  
    San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  
    Ari Messer  |  
    04-12-2006  | 
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  Weird, What Is That?new
It's spacey rockers the Secret Machines, opening their new album cycle by making a movie.
  
    The Village Voice  |  
    D. Shawn Bosler  |  
    04-12-2006  | 
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    Tags: The Secret Machines
  Try a Little Tendernessnew
 
    
    Jamie Lidell has blue-eyed soul.
  
    Seattle Weekly  |  
    Rachel Shimp  |  
    04-12-2006  | 
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    Tags: Jamie Lidell
  General Practitionersnew
If your indie rock 'n' roll aches, go see the Can't See.
  
    Seattle Weekly  |  
    Laura Cassidy  |  
    04-12-2006  | 
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    Tags: The Can't See
  'That's America'new
Band of Horses discuss Tom Petty, AIDS Wolf and Burt Reynolds.
  
    Seattle Weekly  |  
    Mike Seely  |  
    04-12-2006  | 
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    Tags: Band of Horses
  Uncanny Wisdomnew
If Joe Good wasn't born with a mic in his fist, then the doctor must have handed him one after pulling him out of his mama's womb.
    
  
    Tags: Hi, May I Help You?, Joe Good
  Not a Throwawaynew
Roots Manuva goes deep once again and comes up with another funky treasure.
  
    New Times Broward-Palm Beach  |  
    Jonathan Zwickel  |  
    04-11-2006  | 
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    Tags: Alternately Deep, Roots Manuva
  Ground(ed) Controlnew
Hello Astronaut, Goodby Television say farewell to hook-less noise.
  
    L.A. Alternative  |  
    Michael Manheimer  |  
    04-11-2006  | 
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  Band of Brothersnew
With Our Album Year, the Meese might inherit the earth.
  
    Westword  |  
    Dave Herrera  |  
    04-11-2006  | 
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    Tags: Meese
  Support the 'War'new
 
    
    Fortunately, this Bush-inspired disc isn't a one-dimensional screed, but an eccentric slab of pop psychedelia that wraps topical references in weirdness.
    
  
    
  Adults Onlynew
Like, the 'Blisters can be fun!
  
    Phoenix New Times  |  
    Brendan Joel Kelley  |  
    04-11-2006  | 
    Profiles & Interviews
  
  
  
    Tags: The Loveblisters