Email Author Jess Harvell

2004 Stories by Jess Harvell

• '04 Times 42

  published December 29, 2004

  From quiet amplifiers to runaway koalas, from the lies of the living dead to circles of hair, Seattle Weekly's music writers pick two... More >>

• 2004 in the Mix

  published December 29, 2004

  Seattle Weekly's music writers were asked to compile a CD-R of their favorite music from the year. Here's what they came up with. More >>

• Black 2 the Future

  published November 24, 2004

  MOODYMANN Black Mahogani (Peacefrog) Detroit's Kenny Dixon Jr. has been part of a loosely defined movement... More >>

• Isis

  published November 17, 2004

  Le Tigre, Haiku d'Etat, Drive-By Truckers, Lesbians on Ecstasy, The Late Great Daniel Johnston, Junior Boys, Turing Machine, Beastie Boys/DJ Green... More >>

• A Reasonable Guide to Horrible Noise Dudes

  published November 10, 2004

  Nearly 40 years ago, poet Ted Joans compared the sound of Albert Ayler's trio to someone screaming "fuck" in St. Pat's cathedral. Ever... More >>

• Gogol Bordello vs. Tamir Muskat

  published November 3, 2004

  Also: Les Savy Fav, Ted Leo + The Pharmacists. More >>

• Keren Ann

  published October 27, 2004

  Also: Travis Morrison, Hot Snakes. More >>

• Reign in Blood

  published October 6, 2004

  Blood Brothers bassist Morgan Henderson isn't quite sure he wants to label them a "Seattle band." "It's... More >>

• OMG, WTF, LOL!

  published September 15, 2004

  ASHLEE SIMPSON Autobiography (Geffen) Most of the alt-rock '90s was a slog, so is it any wonder we wanted... More >>

• Mastodon

  published September 1, 2004

  Also: Monster Magnet, The Killers, Garden State, Geri Allen, DJ Shadow, Merge Records, The Meat Purveyors, and Slum Village. More >>

• Pushing Too Hard

  published September 1, 2004

  THE ETERNALS Rawar Style (Aesthetics) Rock may be dead, but zombies are way more tenacious than the living.... More >>

• Brian Eno

  published August 25, 2004

  Also: the Gris Gris, Mento Madness: Motta's Jamaican Mento 1951–1956, Neurosis, Lansing-Dreiden, Omara Portuondo, Brandy, and... More >>

• Renegades of Funk

  published August 18, 2004

  LIL JON & THE EASTSIDE BOYZ We Run the South (no label) KANYE WEST Kon the Louis Vuitton... More >>

• Loosening Up

  published August 11, 2004

  Almost a year ago, in these very pages, I called Cologne, Germany's Kompakt the best record label in the world. A shame that its 100th... More >>

• CD Reviews

  published July 28, 2004

  Also: Miss Kittin and Jon Langford More >>

• CD Reviews

  published July 14, 2004

  Also: Joel R.L. Phelps and the Downer Trio, Robert Roth, Ragga Ragga Ragga! 2004, Phoenix, Tanya Stephens, Avril Lavigne, De La Soul, and... More >>

• CD Reviews

  published July 7, 2004

  Plus: 50,000 Fall Fans Can't Be Wrong: 39 Golden Greats, The Real New Fall Album Formerly "Country on the Click", Lenny Kravitz, Cachao... More >>

• CD Reviews

  published June 23, 2004

  Also: The Helio Sequence and Rachael Yamagata More >>

• CD Reviews

  published June 16, 2004

  Also: Kid606, Jason Forrest, Keith Hudson, Petey Pablo, and the Book of Knots More >>

• CD Reviews

  published June 9, 2004

  Also: Old Time Relijun, Shannon Wright, Jimmy Giuffre/Paul Bley/Steve Swallow, Sugababes, Kerrier District More >>

• Grime Pays

  published June 9, 2004

  WILEY Treddin on Thin Ice (XL, U.K.) Snobs call grime "PlayStation garage," but if they were smart, grime... More >>

• Ghost Stories

  published June 2, 2004

  Ghostface Killah was never the Wu-Tang Clan's most charismatic member (that'd be Method Man), perceived as the group's musical "brains"... More >>

• CD Reviews

  published May 12, 2004

  Also: We Ragazzi, Your Enemies Friends, JC Chasez, Kill Rock Stars Compilation 2: Tracks and Fields, and DJ Olive More >>

• CD Reviews

  published April 28, 2004

  Also: Fennesz, The Owls, Kill Bill Vol. 2, the Girls, and Sam Phillips More >>

• Pimping Ain't Easy

  published March 31, 2004

  Far from their bespectacled and backpacked stereotype, most underground rappers are sonically and sartorially indistinguishable from... More >>