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A Politicial Prescriptionnew
Ted Leo critques the current administration and lack of health care coverage in his latest release.
Tucson Weekly |
Curtis McCrary |
10-28-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Faces Get Properly Boxed on Five Guys Walk Into a Barnew
A new, exhaustively researched and lovingly compiled four-disc box set teems with treats culled from the group's relatively brief but offhandedly brilliant history.
Boston Phoenix |
Jonathan Perry |
10-28-2004 |
Reviews
The Sun Shines on R.E.M.new
Michael Stipe talks about how R.E.M. regained its footing as the enigmatic yet accessible pop band that made the journey from indie-rockdom to major-label stardom.
Boston Phoenix |
Matt Ashare |
10-28-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: r.e.m., Around the Sun
First CD Remastered, Remixednew
Cerberus Shoal's 1994 self-titled debut walks a fine line between cool exploration and formulaic wankery. The remixed CD reissue of the group's initial album offers a comprehensive look at the group's then-budding yet often misguided sound.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
10-28-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Cerberus Shoal
Interpol Aims for the Top of the Popsnew
Interpol's second LP, Antics, is a band-on-the-bus record. The tension of Bright Lights is largely replaced by a more confident sound. The album's effect is more immediate, and the band is tighter.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Nikhil Swaminathan |
10-28-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Father of Inventionnew
Col. Bruce Hampton reunites with legendary bandmates.
Mountain Xpress |
Stuart Gaines |
10-27-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Killing Timenew
The Killers are taking the best parts of the music they were influenced by, putting them in their songs and making them their own, says drummer Ronnie Vannucci.
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
10-26-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Look Inward, Voyagernew
Los Angeles buzz-band Midnight Movies stands out from the pack with its love of '60s rock and spiritual themes.
SF Weekly |
Mosi Reeves |
10-26-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tastes Like Teen Spiritnew
When Stefan Pruett and John O'Keefe started a band last summer, the notion seemed like a total joke to them. Except they didn't expect the real punch line: success.
Phoenix New Times |
Michele Laudig |
10-26-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Girls' Night Outnew
Teedra Moses grew up studying her mother, a successful gospel singer on the church revival circuit. Later, she studied Prince songs like calculus problems, writing her own lyrics over his music.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Audra Schroeder |
10-26-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Heave Honew
The deeply visceral Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes is praised for taking listeners through a wide range of emotions.
Miami New Times |
Mosi Reeves |
10-26-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
No Remorsenew
The Dwarves' most eclectic and unbounded LP pairs chest-pounding rap battles that diss everyone from Good Charlotte to the Queens of the Stone Age with foreboding gospel that imagines Christ as an MC.
Cleveland Scene |
Jason Bracelin |
10-25-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
American Healingnew
After a decade apart, the members of American Music Club are together again, tighter than ever.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
10-22-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Van Der Slice Generatornew
The phrase Cellar Door, borrowed from the 2001 film Donnie Darko, is a reminder to pay attention, for something remarkable this way comes.
Tucson Weekly |
Curtis McCrary |
10-22-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: John Vanderslice, Cellar Door
Jimmy Eat Worldnew
This time around Jimmy Eat World had a lot more time and money to record the album they truly wanted to make. "I think you can hear it, too," bassist Rick Burch says of Futures.
Tucson Weekly |
Stephen Seigel |
10-22-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jimmy Eat World, futures
