Month: June 2000

Casket Lottery

Music Reviews

Rolling and crawling like thunder under your skin. The harshness only serves …

Tullycraft

Music Reviews

Tullycraft have spread their endearing, rough-cut pop songs far and wide over…

The Places

Music Reviews

I saw The Places on accident one night. I was at a show to see a friend’s ban…

Holly Golightly

Music Reviews

It’s late, where the hell is Buddy? The Crickets are more than just annoyed, …

Novatron

Music Reviews

“Let’s see what pushing this BIG RED BUTTON will do…”

How Only Mary Became Mary Only

Features

Who says in heaven there is no beer? James Mann reveals why the world will never end at the Star Bar, and how the wrong woman can become the right woman in the right circumstances.

Saint Etienne

Music Reviews

Though the musical arrangements here are as numerous as the number of tracks,…

Gas

Music Reviews

When a gas is released into an area, it immediately diffuses throughout. It f…

Belief Means Nothing!

Features

drew West takes William S. Burroughs’ Discipline of DE (“do easy”) to the extreme. Here he expounds on his personal doctrine of Selfish Me.

Marah

Music Reviews

Surrender yourself to Marah (ma-RAH). It’s really the only way to fully appre…

Lucksmiths

Music Reviews

Unfavorably compared to Belle and Sebastian, this Australian trio is far more…

Sumack

Music Reviews

A hybrid of genres with an eclectic flare for pop, Sumack classifies themselv…

The Scaries

Music Reviews

Lyrics that hardly ever rhyme infused with lost love’s yearning while pop pun…

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Swans

Event Reviews

40 years on, Michael Gira and Swans continue to bring a ritualistic experience that needs to be heard in order to be believed. Featured photo by Reese Cann.

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Eclipse 2024

Features

The biggest astronomical event of the decade coincides with a long overdue trip to Austin, Texas.

Sun Ra

Sun Ra

Music Reviews

At the Showcase: Live in Chicago 1976/1977 (Jazz Detective). Review by Bob Pomeroy.