Steely Dan’s Donald Fagen said something in a recent interview about how one of the most important assets for a rock act is attitude. That’s true, and Roxy had that in spades from the get-go, along with a whole lot […]
Steely Dan’s Donald Fagen said something in a recent interview about how one of the most important assets for a rock act is attitude. That’s true, and Roxy had that in spades from the get-go, along with a whole lot […]
Fountains Of Wayne, God bless ’em, have little use for pop anthems. Masters of the colloquial, they preach to their devoted choir by hunkering down in the familiar, making mundane phrases (“Seatbacks and tray tables up”), ordinary character names (“Michael […]
Talk about your American odysseys — B.B. King’s has been like no other. To see where it’s gone, look at the photos on pages 31 and 32 of Treasures, a coffee-table book just published in honor of King’s 80th birthday, […]
Though Nashville based, and fronted by the son of country legend Bobby Bare, Bare Jr. play punchy modern rock, albeit with a twangy twist. On Brainwasher, the band’s second CD, leader Bobby Jr.’s personal struggles are wittily parodied once more. […]
A semi-precious gem dangles at the heart of the Smashing Pumpkins’ extravagantly bejeweled behemoth Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. The last track on disc one is a gentle love song written by James Iha and introduces his solo voice, […]
As the album title intimated, the Geraldine Fibbers’ 1995 major-label debut Lost Somewhere Between The Earth And My Home staked out uncharted musical territory. It was a mesh of art-rock sonics, street-tough stances and an underlying shade of rustic country, […]
It might have been easy to write off Jakob Dylan’s band as just another son-of-a-legend dalliance, a la Julian Lennon or the brothers Nelson. Fortunately, he proved right out of the gate, on the Wallflowers’ debut album three years ago, […]
If we are to believe that Cracker was formed as a reaction to the direction Camper Van Beethoven was taking at the end of their career, then we would also have to believe David Lowery when he says The Golden […]
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