Music Writing

Music has always been part of New Times' journalistic mix. We feature music stories on our covers, we sponsor local-music showcases in our markets, and we devote a big chunk of our papers to our music sections, which regularly produce some of the nation's liveliest criticism, interviews, and in-depth news and feature stories from the world of hip-hop, rock 'n' roll and DJ culture. Here are a few of our greatest hits:

LA Weekly August 8, 2007 “No Sympathy For You” Want to buy one of the coolest independent rock labels in the world? How many llamas you got? By Randall Roberts

Village Voice July 31, 2007 “Still Wheels” The short, unhappy life of hip-hop producer Disco D. By Adam Matthews

Village Voice May 22, 2007 “Munchkin Revolution” Battles unveil their primal, robotic, bewildering, anthemic lullabies to paralyze. By Rob Harvilla

Seattle Weekly May 2, 2007 “She’s A Big Freak” A muse to Miles, Jimi and Sly, Betty Davis remains a funk-drenched mystery wrapped in a soul-ridden riddle By Brian J. Barr

Seattle Weekly April 4, 2007 “I AM Trying to Hear That” Can a Seattle "music recommendation" startup beat your favorite record store clerk? By Karla Starr

Village Voice March 13, 2007 “He’s Hot And You Not” A graphical dissertation on Mims’s “This Is Why I’m Hot” By Rob Harvilla

Houston Press October 19, 2006 “When The Saints Go Marching Home” Immediately after Katrina, New Orleans musicians brought Houston a short, sharp shock of incredible music. And then they went home. By John Nova Lomax

East Bay Express September 6, 2006 "Dark Shadows" Experimental East Bay turntablism can't hack it in the California mountains. By David Downs

LA Weekly April 26, 2006 "True Hollywood Stories" A young Jewish sleaze-rapper slips Hollywood’s pretty people a Mickey By John Albert

Houston Press November 10, 2005 "Road Trip" Chili-diems, beer IVs and broken promises: The touring misadventures of mid-list band Fatal Flying Guilloteens By Brian McManus

Riverfront Times November 2, 2005 "The Mad Blogger" Who says you can't piss off Kanye West's mom without leaving your basement? By Ben Westhoff

Phoenix New Times May 19, 2005 "It Ain't Easy Being Cheesy" Mark Davis wants to kill Richard Cheese, his swankified lounge singing creation. If only his fans will let him. By Jimmy Magahern

East Bay Express March 30, 2005 "Roboscalper" In the maddening world of concert-ticket scams, it's not just human beings who are screwing you over. By David Downs

East Bay Express March 2, 2005 "Lock the Casbah" Oakland's Heavenly States set out to become the first American band to rock Libya. But making history is never that easy. By Rob Harvilla

SF Weekly February 9, 2005 "Still They Ride" Gimme back my mullets: The true tale of Journey's long, strange trip back to pop-culture relevance. By Dan Reines

Westword February 3, 2005 "Iraq and Roll" How a group of rock and rollers joined the Army and wound up sampling the Iraq War. By Laura Bond

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