AltWeeklies Wire
Post Whatevernew
Stereolab and Mogwai fumble around in a future they never made.
Baltimore City Paper |
Mikael Wood |
03-01-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Stereolab, Fab Four Suture
Ray Barretto, 1929–2006new
Latin music's most intellectual cat made sure we listened.
The Village Voice |
Pablo Guzman |
03-01-2006 |
Music
A Cellarful of Noisenew
When it comes to an inviting linear pulse, The Cellar Door Sessions box is one to groove on.
Seattle Weekly |
Keith Harris |
03-01-2006 |
Reviews
Hot Freaksnew
Man Man plays guitarless music that sounds like Mike Patton mating with Gogol Bordello -- naturally, this pisses a few people off.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Andrew Parks |
02-28-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Man Man
Misery Loves Companynew
Four great songwriters join forces to ratchet up the emotional torque.
Houston Press |
Scott Faingold |
02-28-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Undertow Orchestra
A Riveting Monumentnew
Though its early to make predicitions, What the Toll Tells will stand as one of 2006's best albums.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jonathan Zwickel |
02-28-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Two Gallants, What the Toll Tells
Fragile, Elastic Masterpiecenew
Destroyer actually does destroy indie-rock wussitude, by channeling it into the sonic equivalent of a passive-aggressive apocalypse.
Tags: Destroyer, Destroyer's Rubies
Rocking Class Heroesnew
"The Two-Man Who" holds steady on the fringe.
Westword |
Jason Heller |
02-28-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Swearing at Motorists
Twice As Icenew
Meet the women behind the men of Iceland's Sigur Ros.
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
02-28-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sigur Ros
Bloodsportnew
Bleeding Through isn't as hardcore as it used to be.
Westword |
Tuyet Nguyen |
02-28-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bleeding Through
Hey, Hey, They're the Monkeysnew
Jaded rock hacks just love their monkeying around.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Neil Ferguson |
02-27-2006 |
Music
Tags: Arctic Monkeys
Blast of Fresh Airnew
Future Women harks back to a time when rock bands could make you move your ass without feeling guilty about it.
Dallas Observer |
Noah W. Bailey |
02-27-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: The M's, Future Women
Had to Be There?new
With Eels augmented by strings and autoharps and musical saws and other somber-shit extras, the music all sounds and feels the same -- there's no slap in the face to snap you out of the tremulous stupor.
Dallas Observer |
Robert Wilonsky |
02-27-2006 |
Reviews
Gang of Four-mulanew
Young as they are, the Arctic Monkeys already get it, and they've left behind a solid document of '00s rock that will last even after the Internet hype machines run out of electricity.
Dallas Observer |
Sam Machkovech |
02-27-2006 |
Reviews
Deliciously Nostalgicnew
Listening to The Unusual is like waking up before dawn, drinking a cold cup of coffee and skimming yesterday's paper -- you get the sense of being suspended in time.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
02-27-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: El Da Sensei, The Unusual
