2011
2011
MAGNET Magazine
“Winging It: Pterodactyl broadens its horizons without losing the psychedelic plot” (MAGNET #82) [jpeg]
“New Kinds of Kicks: San Francisco’s Thee Oh Sees get leaner and meaner on umpteenth full-length Carrion Crawler/The Dream” (MAGNET #83) [jpeg]
Cowbell Magazine
“Option Paralysis” (August, 2011) [at MAGNET Magazine]
Shuffle Magazine
“The Mountain Goats: The Pen is Mightier” (Spring, 2011)
“Whatever Brains: Unpopular Favorites” (Spring, 2011)
“Hog: Black Magic Melody” (Summer, 2011)
“Two is Kinetic Enough: Asheville Out-Rockers Ahleuchatistas Follow New Muses for Their Sixth Album, Location, Location“ (Summer, 2011)
“The Seeker: With Hiss Golden Messenger, M.C. Taylor searches for salvation — and maybe even finds it” (Winter 2011)
The Thread
“Alexi Murdoch & Mount Moriah: No Way Home” (10/19/2011)
“Tape It Up and Try Again: Archivists like the Numero Group crusade against unwarranted obscurity” (11/7/2011)
Our State
“A Name For Himself” (August 2011)
Independent Weekly
“After bailing on a major label, Against Me! returns to the road” (1/12/2011)
“Five years in, Bull City Records keeps spinning” (2/23/2011)
“Ty Segall outgrows other people’s songs” (3/2/2011)
“Weedeater shapes up its act—well, kind of” (3/9/2011)
“Bands help The Cave buy a New PA” (3/16/2011)
“Red Collar frontman Jason Kutchma returns from the road, Americana curios in tow” (4/27/2011)
“TV Ghost’s post-punk horrors draw light from the dark” (6/15/2011)
“Holiday Weekends: Whatever Brains save energy and ambition for their songs, not the road” (7/6/2011)
“Hopscotch day parties and more” (9/7/2011)
“Nobunny: Bay Area garage rocker makes a new identity of rock ‘n’ roll references” (9/14/2011)
“How Raleigh post-hardcore act Alesana quietly became one of the state’s biggest bands ever” (12/14/2011)
Charleston City Paper
“Girl Talk is a sound-stealing superstar: Gregg Gillis can be an outlaw on the road” (1/19/2011)
“Lost in the Trees aim for an evolving sound: Songwriter Ari Picker is no longer ‘Alone’” (1/15/2011)
“Lauryn Hill is back, maybe not as we remember: Is the hip-hop/soul legend on a new journey?” (1/9/2011)
Columbia Free Times
“Kylesa” (1/12/2011)
“Megafaun” (2/23/2011)
“Starlicker” (5/4/2011)
“Chemical Peel” (7/13/2011)
“Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit” (7/13/2011)
“Jason Ajemian & the HighLife” (8/10/2011)
“Glenn Jones” (10/19/2011)
Space Idea Tapes (11/16/2011)
“Touché Amoré” (11/30/2011)
Charlotte Viewpoint
“Yardwork, unbound” (2/28/2011)
“Charlotte hip-hop label raises its standard” (3/19/2011)
“Park the van: A profile of concert promoter Philip Shive” (4/6/2011)
“Young and in the Way brings the sound of Europe to NC” (5/1/2011)
“Great Architect’s shape of jazz” (6/25/2011)
“School’s out: Recess Fest brings extracurricular fun for everyone” (8/2/2011)
“Nick Goode’s Brain F≠ and Joint Damage lead pack of QC punks” (8/27/2011)
“Getting to Know Pullman Strike” (11/1/2011)
“Moenda’s challenging sounds reap unexpected rewards” (12/6/2011)
