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Roller-coaster Ride

On September 10, 2001, a few months before they made the transition from underground sensation to full-fledged rock stars, Detroit’s White Stripes played at Earnestine & Hazel’s downtown. Mid-set, singer Jack White, who recorded the Stripes’ recent album White Blood Cells locally at Easley-McCain Studios, stopped to acknowledge the great debt his band owed the […]

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Short Cuts

Murray Street Sonic Youth (Geffen) Rock-and-roll is just full of surprises, isn’t it? Just when I thought it was safe to assume that avant-garde avatars Sonic Youth would age nobly and ease (relatively) quietly into some songless netherworld — where guitar tunings, dreamy vocals, and amplified buzz and percussion were the only virtues worth pursuing, […]

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sound Advice

For all the publicity Wilco got for having their art-rock opus Yankee Hotel Foxtrot rejected by their (major) label only to have it picked up and released by a smaller subsidiary of the same corporation, the tide seems to be turning when it comes to major labels taking a chance on interesting music. First, the […]

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Of Men and Girls

Men In Black was something of an anomaly: an effects-generated summer blockbuster that was actually more fun than anticipated. Like George Lucas’ recent Star Wars movies, this series is basically a cartoon, with half of every frame digitally animated. But if Star Wars‘ cartoon sensibility is that of pulpy sci-fi cover art come to life, […]

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Short Cuts

18 Again Amy Rigby (Koch) Rock critics get (most of) their records free and, as a result, have a responsibility to tell people about them. I’ve always believed this to be an important service, especially with major-label control of radio and MTV putting a serious limit on information music consumers have to draw from. Long […]

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sound Advice

The California-based all-female four-piece Erase Errata hit town this week carrying with them a string of dubious comparisons to bands such as Public Image Limited and Gang Of Four. Well, Erase Errata’s sound is a lot messier than those groove-oriented post-punks. Instead, judging from the band’s debut album Other Animals, Erase Errata sounds like a […]

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