AltWeeklies Wire
Youth on Paradenew
The Subways are rock's fresh, new, twitterpated faces.
  
    San Diego CityBeat  |  
    Seth Combs  |  
    03-23-2006  | 
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    Tags: The Subways
  Subdued and Softnew
South's new album won't set the world on fire, but the group puts on a winning performance in its own quiet way.
  
    Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  
    Mosi Reeves  |  
    03-23-2006  | 
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  Futile Optimismnew
Even in the depths of entropy, Quasi remains strong to the finish.
  
    Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  
    Chad Radford  |  
    03-23-2006  | 
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    Tags: Quasi, When the Going Gets Dark
  Sonic Peccadilloesnew
Sound levels shred the red line into ribbons on this record -- a brutal balance of drone and melody.
  
    Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  
    Chad Radford  |  
    03-23-2006  | 
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  Lacking Personanew
Everything Is isn't bad, but it may get lost amid more ambitious competition.
  
    Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  
    Mosi Reeves  |  
    03-23-2006  | 
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    Tags: Everything Is, Nine Black Alps
  A Hefty Declinenew
When Hefty Records said that "the recording quality and overall fidelity matches the scope of the composition," the label was clearly not putting Vox Humana out.
  
    Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  
    Chad Radford  |  
    03-23-2006  | 
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    Tags: Samadha, Vox Humana
  Braggin' Rightnew
Billy Bragg rethinks his old material.
  
    NOW Magazine  |  
    Jason Richards  |  
    03-23-2006  | 
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    Tags: Billy Bragg
  Blade Runningnew
Eric Tchort finally gets fists pumping with Ash Lee Blade.
  
    NOW Magazine  |  
    Evan Davies  |  
    03-23-2006  | 
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    Tags: Ash Lee Blade
  Oh, Sunshiny Gothnew
Brooklyn's Kudu twists dark lyrics and unpredictable beats.
  
    Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  
    Mosi Reeves  |  
    03-23-2006  | 
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    Tags: Death of the Party, Kudu
  Cut the Micsnew
Stavros Anthony believes rap music can kill -- and he wants rap groups banned from Nevada's college campuses.
  
    Reno News & Review  |  
    Dennis Myers  |  
    03-23-2006  | 
    Music
  
  Stratocaster Collagenew
Glenn Branca describes his Hallucination City as "large, almost architectural blocks of sound that move around each other, inside of each other, on top of each other."
  
    L.A. Weekly  |  
    Alec Hanley Bemis  |  
    03-23-2006  | 
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    Tags: Glenn Branca
  From Denial to Acceptancenew
There are five stages of South by Southwest.
  
    L.A. Weekly  |  
    Kate Sullivan  |  
    03-23-2006  | 
    Music
  
  Growing Painsnew
This was clearly the band's first tour, given the miscues, the lyric sheet and the sold-out crowd's anticipation.
  
    New York Press  |  
    Nikhil Swaminathan  |  
    03-23-2006  | 
    Concerts
  
  
  
    Tags: Silver Jews
  Jazz Ambassadornew
Legend Dave Brubeck keeps on going -- with some help from his kids.
  
    Tucson Weekly  |  
    Gene Armstrong  |  
    03-22-2006  | 
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    Tags: Chris Brubeck, Convergence
  They Did Itnew
 
    
    The Cuts are chaotic, crazy, and making a great noise -- could they be the Bay Area's last rock band?
  
    San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  
    Kimberly Chun  |  
    03-22-2006  | 
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    Tags: The Cuts