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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
10 Can't-Lose Boozing Tunesnew
Bluesman Bob Log III claims there are only three towns in America in which female audience members haven't obliged his request to dunk a boob in his drink. So he knows something about boozing -- and the right songs for it.
Cleveland Scene |
Jason Bracelin |
10-22-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bob Log III
Captain Kirk Sets Album to Stunnew
Shatner enjoys a third act afforded few in show business. He still has a film career, still writes best-selling sci-fi, still breeds award-winning horses and has a shiny new Emmy on his mantle. Yet lately he's become obsessed with mortality, disappointment, grief -- all the Big Stuff that a man eventually confronts.
Dallas Observer |
Robert Wilonsky |
10-22-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Has Been, William Shatner
Siblings Overcome Rivalriesnew
For the past few years, Eleanor Friedberger and her brother Matt have recorded together as the Fiery Furnaces, making whimsical, shape-shifting music that has won many critical raves. But recently when Spin released its annual "Cool List," Eleanor ranked No. 39, all by her lonesome. Matt was nowhere to be found.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Nikhil Swaminathan |
10-21-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Fiery Furnaces, Blueberry Boat
Composer Explores our Collective Recollectionsnew
Such early musical encounters are the launching pad for Harbison's newest composition for the Atlanta Chamber Players, Songs America Loves to Sing, scored for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mark Gresham |
10-21-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Helmet's Other Mattersnew
A monologue disguised as a conversation disguised as an interview with Page Hamilton.
Seattle Weekly |
Andrew Bonazelli |
10-20-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Helmet, Size Matters
Seeing Futuresnew
Drummer Zach Lind says the band's fifth album is representative of what they've done in the past but with a bit more seriousness.
Phoenix New Times |
Michele Laudig |
10-19-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Shut Up and Drivenew
After three career-defining records in a row, Drive-By Truckers will probably have to sit down and make a list of things they don't want their next record to be, says frontman Patterson Hood.
The Pitch |
John Nova Lomax |
10-19-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Die, Jeff Buckley, Die!new
In May of '97, Buckley died in ludicrously romantic fashion, drowning in the Mississippi River near Memphis during recording sessions for an album. Then the posthumous Jeff Buckley album industry sprung up to cash in.
Riverfront Times |
Rob Harvilla |
10-19-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Borough Boysnew
Even in this election year, the Beastie Boys seem reluctant to let their playful guards down. The Boston Phoenix does its best to draw the amused and amusing Adam Horowitz out of his Beastie Boy shell.
Boston Phoenix |
Matt Ashare |
10-19-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Beastie Boys, NA
Sleepwalker: Elliott Smith's Unhappy Dream Lifenew
Elliott Smith died on Oct. 21, 2003, of what most think was a self-inflicted stab wound to the heart. Now the entertainment industry has set a new world record: shortest period between an artist’s passing and the cottage industry created to exploit him.
L.A. Weekly |
Alec Hanley Bemis |
10-18-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Dangerous Magical Dirtnew
The Dirtbombs play in the rock and roll style.
Tucson Weekly |
Curtis McCrary |
10-14-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
A Different Medleynew
The Fiery Furnaces put together a boat that floats.
Tucson Weekly |
Annie Holub |
10-14-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Fiery Furnaces, Blueberry Boat
The Stripped Sounds, Dry Wit and Humor of Liverpool's Clinicnew
Clinic's music is built from small shards of melody and rhythm cobbled together unhurriedly rather than slogged out in terse studio sessions. That is surprising considering the taut nature of many of the concise songs.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
10-14-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Clinic, Winchester Cathedral
