AltWeeklies Wire
All-Time QBnew
E-40 might finally get the national adoration he deserves with My Ghetto Report Card.
  
    East Bay Express  |  
    Eric K. Arnold  |  
    03-20-2006  | 
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    Tags: E-40
  Thumb Kind of Wonderful
This compilation is refreshingly raw and unique.
  
    Washington City Paper  |  
    Aaron Leitko  |  
    03-17-2006  | 
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  Full Metal Jackets
If metal really is the new indie rock, then Mogwai's latest was a wise career move.
  
    Washington City Paper  |  
    Brent Burton  |  
    03-17-2006  | 
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  Our Wild Americannew
Kris Kristofferson has lived enough for 20 men, and he's not done yet.
  
    Illinois Times  |  
    Rene Spencer Saller  |  
    03-17-2006  | 
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    Tags: Kris Kristofferson, This Old Road
  A Novelty Thingnew
The super-producer and Roots drummer discusses white audiences and why hip-hop is the new minstrel show.
  
    Los Angeles CityBeat  |  
    Dean Kuiper  |  
    03-17-2006  | 
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  Something to Chew Onnew
French Toast soak in the strange.
  
    Montreal Mirror  |  
    Lorraine Carpenter  |  
    03-17-2006  | 
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    Tags: French Toast
  Boss's Budsnew
The National have a fan in Springsteen.
  
    NOW Magazine  |  
    Jason Keller  |  
    03-16-2006  | 
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    Tags: The National
  Burnin' Lovenew
The big buzz is on Sweden's Love Is All.
  
    NOW Magazine  |  
    Tim Perlich  |  
    03-16-2006  | 
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    Tags: Love Is All
  Indie Cred With Hokey Twangnew
Were it not issued on a cool indie label, Sun, Sun, Sun wouldn't sound out of place on adult contemporary radio between Bonnie Raitt and the Eagles.
  
    Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  
    Mosi Reeves  |  
    03-16-2006  | 
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    Tags: Sun, Sun, Sun, The Elected
  Joking With Jesusnew
Whereas the Beatles once suggested they "might be more popular than Jesus," Loose Fur pokes fun at Christianity with a sense of awkward Americana.
  
    Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  
    Chad Radford  |  
    03-16-2006  | 
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    Tags: Born Again in the USA, Loose Fur
  Dairy Queen Empire Strikes Backnew
When Grace Braun's band debuted in Feb. 1986, she thought she would be dead long before the group celebrated its 20th anniversary.
  
    Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  
    Chad Radford  |  
    03-16-2006  | 
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    Tags: Dairy Queen Empire
  Singular Focusnew
The Dirtbombs are prolific in terms of shows, songs and quality.
  
    Tucson Weekly  |  
    Gene Armstrong  |  
    03-16-2006  | 
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    Tags: The Dirtbombs
  Blog Breaknew
 
    
    What's in a name? For Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, almost everything.
  
    Tucson Weekly  |  
    Annie Holub  |  
    03-16-2006  | 
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    Tags: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
  Take Your Croon and Shove Itnew
Pianist Jamie Cullum ain't your mom's Harry Connick Jr.
  
    Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  
    Carlton Hargro  |  
    03-16-2006  | 
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    Tags: Catching Tales, Jamie Cullum