Brain Robbery
By Martin Barna | October 19, 2001fter Butch, after Bonnie, there came Bandits.
fter Butch, after Bonnie, there came Bandits.
Wait for the video: Serendipity would be a much better bet if you had a remote control.
uestion: What do these three bands have in common: Phish, Primus and The Police?.
xtract the extraneous: in a word, minimalism. How does one arrive at this in techno? Excise the catchy vocals typical of French disco house.
Back in the day, Superchunk were known for creating their own raw brand of indie rock, defined by ragged guitar riffs and rock-out chords that said "Hey, look at us, we're a cool indie rock band.
"I'm a weenie in a bottle, baby. Come, come, come on and let me outÉ".
Turin Brakes are nice guys. You know the type--sensitive chaps. There will always be a place for the nice guys in music, if only because they're so damned earnest.
o refer to Jump, Little Children's new offering, Vertigo, as merely the "long-awaited follow-up to their last album" would be quite the understatement.
I approached Ben Stiller's newest film, Zoolander, with confidence. Maybe too much confidence.
Five years ago, a director named Scott Hicks was the talk of the town--he had completed the dark and inspiring Shine, a noble film. Since then he has slouched--twice.
It was a bold experiment and a remarkable television event. Only 23 days after the tragic events of Sept. 11, a prime-time drama addressed the terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C.
t all began seven years ago at Durham's Rogers-Herr Middle School.
He wears a vial of wife Angelina Jolie's dried blood around his neck and fancies himself the reincarnation of Benjamin Franklin.
Live's aptly titled fifth album, V, may sound a little different than their previous releases at first, but it doesn't last long.
Patty Davis has worked as a producer and correspondent for CNN since 1984.
What do Mos Def, a Dean Martin wannabe, a sultry alto and a jazz guitar virtuoso have in common? Probably not a lot, but when they get together, they make some damned good music.
ore neurotic than Seinfeld, more frank than Sex and the City, Beyond Therapy is a colorful look at that special quality that makes us human--imperfection.
I caught your show when you guys were at the Cradle in June, and it seemed to me that you were sort of the wild card of the band.