Weekly
Youth Of America
Young People Five Sunsets In Four Days (Too Pure) Former Touch And Go/Dim Mak property find their inner Rid Of Me.
Carter Administration
Lil Wayne Tha Carter II (Cash Money/Universal) Katrina’s recorded impact, if for a moment.
Parselmouths
The Deadly Snakes Porcelia (In The Red) Last time I checked in with The Deadly Snakes, they’d widened their approach, but still seemed the kind of folks who’d just assume spit in your hand as shake it.
Falling behind
Lagwagon Resolve (Fat Wreck Chords) Suicide of a former drummer causes SoCal punks to mull their history.
Do The Hussle
Tony Hussle Sexy, Freaky, Electric (Reprise) The biggest problem with P-Funk and Prince is their offspring: you don’t know who’s cheating and who’s genuinely funked in the head.
Waiting Around To Screen
Townes Van Zandt: Be Here To Love Me Palm Pictures Margaret Brown‘s sympathetic tale of “legendary” singer-songwriter Townes Van Zandt plots a line between family and art, arguing Van Zandt’s ambivalence toward both led to his premature death at 52. Utlizing family movies, live footage, and interviews with Willie Nelson, Steve Earle, Guy Clark, and […]
Dem Franchize Boyz
Bow Wow, Dem Franchize Boyz Allstate Arena, Rosemont Thursday, December 22, 2005 Dem Franchize Boyz are the new hot hip-hop quartet out of Atlanta. Their single, “I Think They Like Me,” is climbing the Billboard charts with a full album, On Top Of Our Game, slated for release in February. DFB will open at WGCI’s […]
Close The Curtain
Eminem Curtain Call – The Hits (Interscope) It doesn’t take too long to realize some of Eminem’s biggest hits were his worst songs.
Gira’d up for Akron
Angels Of Light & Akron/Family Akron/Family & Angels Of Light (Young God) Proof you can get away with just about anything musically as long as you occasionally sing as a choir.
Curk Kirkwood solo
Curt Kirkwood Snow (Little Dog) When Kurt Cobain invited the Kirkwoods on Nirvana’s “MTV Unplugged” session, 10 years of indie cred bubbled on screen. Where has it gone?
Bolt Thrower review
Bolt Thrower Those Once Loyal (Metal Blade) For nearly 20 years, Bolt Thrower have been making death metal albums about war. Here’s to 20 more!
Floetry review
Floetry Flo’Ology (Geffen) Returning as one of the worst-named groups in pop history, Marsha Ambrosius and Natalie Stewart kick anger to the curb and float into oblivion.
MLTKK Go Disco
My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult Gay, Black And Married (Ryko) One of the most promising entrants into industrial dance are an erratic mess. This is the long-rumored disco tribute.
Donovan Live
Donovan Park West, Chicago Tuesday, December 13, 2005 Outside of a brief run of chart hits in the ’60s, Donovan Leitch’s legacy has been as the archetype of prosaic, hippy pop. His wispy, English melodies and faux acid-trip imagery drew the ire of rock critics, consigning him to the dustbin and a happenstance association with […]
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