http://altmusic.about.com/ Get the latest headlines from the About.com Alternative Music GuideSite. http://z.about.com/f/lg/s10.gif http://www.about.com/ 118 20 en-us 2008-09-04T09:50:30Z Thu, 04 Sep 2008 09:50:30 +0000 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://altmusic.about.com/b/2008/09/05/and-death-shall-have-a-vessel.htm Death Vessel sounds like the name of a marauding metal combo. And, given the flowing mane of DV main-man Joel Thibodeau, immediate metal misconceptions are given a vote of tonsorial... http://altmusic.about.com/b/2008/09/05/and-death-shall-have-a-vessel.htm Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:44:50 +0000 2008-09-05T08:44:50Z http://altmusic.about.com/b/2008/09/04/in-the-land-of-women.htm Though their all-male membership totals naught but four strapping young Stampede City lads, Calgary quartet Women still trade by the name, uh, Women. And under the name, uh, Women, these... http://altmusic.about.com/b/2008/09/04/in-the-land-of-women.htm Thu, 04 Sep 2008 09:50:30 +0000 2008-09-04T09:50:30Z http://altmusic.about.com/b/2008/09/02/tv-on-the-radios-dear-science-comma.htm In a move that will arouse punctuation-fetishists and annoy sub-editors everywhere, TV on the Radio's latest opus is entitled Dear Science,. Yes, that comma is inclusive. Even though the actual... http://altmusic.about.com/b/2008/09/02/tv-on-the-radios-dear-science-comma.htm Tue, 02 Sep 2008 01:16:23 +0000 2008-09-02T01:16:23Z http://altmusic.about.com/b/2008/08/28/frida-hyvonens-horse-stories.htm With the indie world going Swede-crazy in recent seasons, it was strange that Frida Hyvönen's utterly amazing debut album, Until Death Comes, didn't receive a more rapturous reception upon its... http://altmusic.about.com/b/2008/08/28/frida-hyvonens-horse-stories.htm Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:20:47 +0000 2008-08-28T10:20:47Z http://altmusic.about.com/b/2008/08/26/gang-gang-dance-dance-revolution.htm Brooklyn's Gang Gang Dance have made some of the most beautifully-bizarre, ridiculously-good, totally-off-the-dial music of the past decade. All that's been missing is the classic album to cement that status.... http://altmusic.about.com/b/2008/08/26/gang-gang-dance-dance-revolution.htm Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:00:32 +0000 2008-08-26T11:00:32Z http://altmusic.about.com/b/2008/08/17/stereolab-play-chemical-chords-in-the-milky-night.htm The white-coat clad retrophonic modular-pop boffins of Stereolab have recently unleashed their ninth longplaying experiment, Chemical Chords; another charmed set of synth-splattering bleeps, bloops, blips, and drips. In honor of... http://altmusic.about.com/b/2008/08/17/stereolab-play-chemical-chords-in-the-milky-night.htm Sun, 17 Aug 2008 22:07:50 +0000 2008-08-17T22:07:50Z http://altmusic.about.com/b/2008/08/07/bradford-deerhunter-go-to-microcastle.htm Deerhunter —the Atlanta, Georgia-based band fronted by the infamous Bradford Cox— have announced the details of their forthcoming third LP, Microcastle. The follow-up to 2007's well-regarded Cryptograms is due to... http://altmusic.about.com/b/2008/08/07/bradford-deerhunter-go-to-microcastle.htm Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:25:22 +0000 2008-08-07T23:25:22Z http://altmusic.about.com/b/2008/08/06/richard-swift-swift-on-the-ground.htm For the prolific artist, the quickness and ease of issuing music in a digital format must feel like a welcome release. Richard Swift is described by his record label, Secretly... http://altmusic.about.com/b/2008/08/06/richard-swift-swift-on-the-ground.htm Wed, 06 Aug 2008 22:58:39 +0000 2008-08-06T22:58:39Z http://altmusic.about.com/b/2008/07/25/meet-frightened-rabbit.htm This decade, from Parades to AIDS, Wolves have been at the top of the band-name animal totem. Yet, with the recent arrival of White Rabbits, 7 Year Rabbit Cycle, and... http://altmusic.about.com/b/2008/07/25/meet-frightened-rabbit.htm Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:32:46 +0000 2008-07-25T10:32:46Z http://altmusic.about.com/b/2008/07/25/of-montreal-ride-skeletal-lamping.htm Kevin Barnes' gleeful psych-funk jamboree Of Montreal broke out of the twee-pop underground in a big way with 2006's Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? The eighth album for the... http://altmusic.about.com/b/2008/07/25/of-montreal-ride-skeletal-lamping.htm Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:52:01 +0000 2008-07-25T09:52:01Z