LEARN: The Songs Of Phil Ochs
The artistic schism comes down to this: Ben Barnett of Kind of Like Spitting is the Phil Ochs to Conor Oberst's Bob Dylan. Will this…
Echoes of the Past
If you love your rock and roll dark and heavy yet accessible, full of Mojo Rising and Ex-Catholic Voodoo and biting power chords and Charlie-Watts-on-speed-drumming,…
Shorthand for Epic
Shorthand for Epic can easily delude you. For one thing, there's enough meaningful content in these three songs for an ouvre of lesser bands. Also,…
AstroPOP! for June 2006
Your monthly imaginary horoscope told in album reviews!Gemini (May 21 - June 21) The duality of Gemini can be a dark and painful thing, as…
Can You Dig It?
Thee Emergency's Dita Vox is pure rock and roll hotness. She's all woman, no argument from me, but her vocals evoke brains, intensity, strength, and…
AstroPOP! for May-June 2006
Taurus (April 20 - May 20) Taurus is full of life, vivacious, often brilliant, but ultimately so healthy she may scare lovers with frail psyches.…
Sewed Soles
I was put off by The Greenhornes at first. Guitar player Craig Fox's vocals seemed fairly insouciant, like spat out phrases to add the right…
The Essential Pansy Division
I've been avoiding Pansy Division since they formed in San Francisco in 1991. Sure, I was a huge Tom Robinson fan, went to womyn's music…
The Familiar Glow of Colliding Particles
Young Sportsmen have released five shattering, pumping, bass-run, drum-pounding, air-guitar shredding power-post-punk-pop songs, written by Ryan Maxwell and Wesley Nelson, vocals and guitar and guitar…
Random Portraits of the Home Movie
For decades, people would record the daily lives of their families with Super 8s. Random Portraits of the Home Movie is a mesmerizing collection of…