AltWeeklies Wire
Former Wilco Member Debuts First Solo Albumnew
The ash from Jay Bennett's cigarette is about to burn his fingers. Suddenly he feels the heat, snaps from his trance, crushes out the cigarette, and begins fiddling with knobs and faders. The song's finished, and he's pulling up another one.
Chicago Reader |
Bob Mehr |
08-07-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Carolyn Mark Enjoys Infamy
Despite much radio play and some prime spots at the upcoming South by Southwest fest, alt-country singer-songwriter Carolyn Mark keeps it goofy and low-key.
Monday Magazine |
Greg Pratt |
08-07-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Ringer's Trionew
The touring Nick Luca Trio -- aka Nick Luca, Chris Giambelluca and Jim Kober -- learn that getting sleepy can be a good thing.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
08-05-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Nick Luca Trio
Tipping Ever So Slightly to the Centernew
Even though Tipping is weaker that The Roots' last album, Phrenology, it still smacks the pants off most commercial-rap-radio fare.
Illinois Times |
René Spencer Saller |
08-05-2004 |
Reviews
Phish Say Pharewell to Phans
Phish may be fading away, but not without leaving their musical mark.
Monday Magazine |
Greg Fenske |
08-03-2004 |
Reviews
Exploring Paul Simon's Solo Catalognew
Listening to this compilation CD, it becomes clear that our most nostalgic songwriter has an uneasy relationship with time.
Seattle Weekly |
Neal Schindler |
07-27-2004 |
Reviews
The Bright Lights Tonightnew
Generally positive review of the band's latest disc, includes conversation with band members, look at their history.
Mountain Xpress |
Marsha Barber |
07-23-2004 |
Reviews
That Comeback Urgenew
Fame stiffed Urge Overkill, but the band is on the way back up after two decades of up and down.
Mountain Xpress |
Frank Rabey |
07-23-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Young Heart Attack Rocks Out Texas Style
Mouthful of Love is a short ride to a good time, a hair more than 35 minutes of drug-addled, sex-crazed, head-bangin’ blues rock – just enough to tease, not enough to revolutionize.
Austin Chronicle |
Darcie Stevens |
07-23-2004 |
Reviews
UT's College Radio Station Masters the Mix-Tape
This eighth installment of tracks from the college radio station’s touted Local Live Sunday night show shines with a melange of genres and an honest representation of Austin’s rabid music scene.
Austin Chronicle |
Darcie Stevens |
07-23-2004 |
Reviews
Midlake's Debut Full-Length Is a Masterpiece
Somewhere in the sea of disenchantment floats Midlake, kept adrift by rolling waves of keys and Tim Smith’s lighthouse vocals that warn of future doom and tell life’s stories, and the Denton quintet’s full-length debut, Bamnan and Slivercork, comprises limestone layers and swirling pools, dreamscapes and foggy mornings.
Austin Chronicle |
Darcie Stevens |
07-23-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Midlake, Bamnam & Slivercork
Austin's Li'l Cap'n Travis Build up Steam for the Future
This is Li'l Cap'n Travis, five grown Austinites taking life one breath at a time and preparing to take over the world.
Austin Chronicle |
Darcie Stevens |
07-23-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
PJ Harvey's Newest Proves She's Still the Queen
Four years after PJ Harvey illustrated Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea, her voice growls with unbelievable ferocity and passion with Uh Huh Her.
Austin Chronicle |
Darcie Stevens |
07-23-2004 |
Reviews
Trail of Dead Kill at Last-Minute Austin Show
Austin’s anarchist sons, Trail of Dead, rock a new lineup carrying a batch of tracks off their recently completed, Mike McCarthy-produced album set for a late-September release.
Austin Chronicle |
Darcie Stevens |
07-23-2004 |
Concerts
The Great VH Debate: Hagar or Roth?new
Shortly before leaving on a vacation, I asked a member of each VH camp -- calendar editor and Roth fan Paul Friswold and staff writer and Hagar-hugger Mike Seely -- to settle the Sammy Hagar v. David Lee Roth argument once and for all. Here, edited for length, libel and sanity, is that debate.
Riverfront Times |
Mike Seely & Paul Friswold |
07-23-2004 |
Concerts
