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Music

If I’m a slave, I’m a slave to the rhythm

by Jennifer Schneider
Published February 27, 2003

All those pining for the authentic rock bands of your youth, take heart. Audioslave is neither Soundgarden nor Rage Against the Machine, nor does it strive to be, but when former Soundgarden front man...

Even in lovin’, it’s who you know

by Brianna Riplinger
Published February 27, 2003

Although John Doe once fronted one of America's most important, intelligent punk bands, you might know him better from his film career. His comical role as the father of child bride Winona Ryder in the...

The future sound of Norway

Published February 27, 2003
Sondre Lerche brings intelligent psychedelic pop from the land of rosemaling and lutefisk

“Hot Action Cop” By Hot Action Cop

by Nathan Hall
Published February 20, 2003

Of all the millions of subgenres of pop music that exist today, one of the most fascinating to follow is sexually-explicit music that is in no way, shape or form erotic to anybody save the creators themselves....

“200 kmh in the Wrong Lane” By t.A.T.u.

by Nathan Hall
Published February 20, 2003

Almost every single piece of press devoted to t.A.T.u. heralds them as America's first mainstream dyke pop artists. Did I miss something here? Where exactly does that put lesbian music pioneers such as...

Ice Cube reissues

by Nathan Hall
Published February 20, 2003
"Amerikkka's Most Wanted" "Death Certificate" "The Predator" and Lethal Injection"

Consider this a message

by Nathan Hall
Published February 13, 2003

Anyone who attended a mainstream rap concert in the 1980s should remember how awful live hip-hop used to be. Although isolated groups like the Fat Boys were developing unique personas and genuine lyrical...

Make new friends, but keep the old

by Jennifer Schneider
Published February 6, 2003

Don't ask the members of Friends Like These to discuss in detail their musical backgrounds or philosophies. These boys are much more interested in letting their music do the talking. When asked what inspired...

A heart like lightning

by Brianna Riplinger
Published February 6, 2003

At first blush, Tim Easton's voice sounds like a generic bar band lead who worships Bob Dylan's "Nashville Skyline." But when you listen to the entirety of his new album, "Break Your Mother's Heart," you'll...

A little bit crazy, a little bit bad

by Nathan Hall
Published February 6, 2003

The British are on to something; that's for sure. Virtually every popular Yankee TV show of late is a dumbed-down, regurgitated version of a U.K. program. Everything from punk to techno cuts its proverbial...

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