AUGUSTUS PABLO King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown (Deluxe Edition) (1976, Shanachie) East of the River Nile (1977, Shanachie) Rockers Meet…
I wipe my hands on my apron and glance at the clock: 11:20, Christmas Eve. The landscape outside looks like…
Patty Griffin, “Cold as It Gets” (ATO; 2004). Arlo Guthrie, “Presidential Rag” (Rising Son; 1974). Marianne Faithfull, “Working Class Hero”…
If you blew off Sandra Bernhard’s Paramount Theatre gig a couple weeks ago, I have some bad news: You didn’t…
Not every hostess is an icy-eyed dominatrix ࠬa that Stewart wench, dispatching servants with detached precision while fixing her frosted…
Top-selling records at local independent record stores
A young Canadian DJ zooms from the underground with a playful perspective.
SPOTTED OUTSIDE OF: Orpheum Records, 618 Broadway E, 322-6370 NAME: Charlie Redell AGE: 27 WHERE DO YOU LIVE? Capitol Hill…
Critics, Academics, Musicians, and Writers Come together at EMPs second annual Pop Music Studies Conference.
The dark side of champagne music’s maestro.
The Muffs Alert Today Alive Tomorrow (Honest Don’s) In the Can’t Get a Break Sweepstakes, the Muffs have always been…
Last month, MTV bestowed the latest in a series of increasingly bombastic tributes upon one of its leading lights, Miss…
The return of Tuxedomoon.
Often portrayed as dark, driven bacchanals, the boys of Pleasure Forever really just wanna have some fun.
Love comes and goes poignantly in Seattle Opera’s opulent production.
Top-selling records at local independent record stores
The A Frames impose a new order, while the Dipers dance their mess around.
Reed returns, White Stripes get bass-ic, and more.
This week I continue my quest to sift through the white noise and bring you the gems you so richly…
From Thursday, April 14, through Sunday, April 17, Experience Music Project’s Pop Music Studies Conference, now in its fourth year,…
