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"Figure 8" by Elliot Smith

If Paul McCartney and George Harrison would have hooked up for a side-project right after the White Album, I can't imagine that it would have sounded much different or any better than Elliot Smith's newest, Figure 8. Oftimes music critics (by no means do I consider myself one) will complain about Th... [More]

Written By: Kevin Jones

"Smile" by The Jayhawks

The aching harmonies of co-founders Mark Olson and Gary Louris made The Jayhawks the standard-bearers for the alt/country set throughout the 90s. After two critically acclaimed albums, however, Olson quit the band, leaving its future uncertain. Without the trademark dynamic duo, the rest of the band... [More]

Written By: Kevin Jones

"Flying Saucer Blues" by Peter Case

Every now and again I'll have a dream where for some reason I'm hanging out with somebody really cool like Bill Murray, and I'm cracking him up saying all these funny things and he thinks I'm cool too. While it lasts I'm deliriously happy--and it's about the only way I can think of to describe the w... [More]

Written By: Kevin Jones

"Pump Up The Valuum" by NOFX

No Ska, no Reggae, no Jazz, just Punk and Punk and a little Polka, is how Eric Melvin, NOFX guitarist, describes the latest opus by LA's Phat-four. He couldn't have summed it up more succinctly. NOFX doesn't f--k around. Pump Up The Valuum starts off with power chord thrash-core and doesn't let up.... [More]

Written By: Wayne Kerr

"Beachwood Sparks" by Beachwood Sparks

When you think of experimental Country bands I guess the prototypes are the Grateful Dead and Gram Parsons Flying Burrito Brothers. Later came X and Cowboy Junkies and then bands like the Jayhawks and Uncle Tupelo to carry on the tradition and push the envelope. Nowadays with Country music glossing... [More]

Written By: Kevin Jones

"Transcendental Blues" by Steve Earle

Transcendental Blues couldn't be a more apt title for a Steve Earle record. From Guitar Town to hell and back, through six marriages and a stint in the big house--Earle is perhaps the world's foremost authority on the blues (the emotional kind). It may be a high price to pay, but it is a price that... [More]

Written By: Kevin Jones

"Wasp Star (Apple Venus Vol. 2)" by XTC

Because of a lengthy contract dispute, XTC had not put out an album since 1992's Nonesuch. After sitting on their new crop of songs for several years and then realizing that the songs fit nicely into two categories, orchestral and electric, they decided to release their eleventh and twelfth albums a... [More]

Written By: Kevin Jones

"Dreamworld" by Dreamworld

I'll admit that when I first picked this album up, I was afraid that the music contained on the disc wouldn't match the atmosphere it advertised, i.e. the music wouldn't be dreamlike. As is turned out my assumptions were completely wrong and as a result, I have since found a new disc to leave in my... [More]

Written By: Wayne Kerr

"Alone With Everybody" by Richard Ashcroft

A few months back I gave a 4 1/2 to the new album from Travis - The Man Who . . . Truth be told, if I were to review that album today, I would have given it a 5. I give movies and albums perfect scores very rarely, which brings me to the debut album from The Verve lead singer Richard Ashcroft.... [More]

Written By: Adam Mast

"Riding With The King" by B.B. King & Eric Clapton

This dream collaboration between these two fret-veterans is definitely one of the best records to cruise down the pike for some time, and is destined to become a Blues classic. The first track Riding With The King is as smooth as the Caddy Clapton is driving on the cover. And don't be fooled by... [More]

Written By: Thayer Davis

"The New America" by Bad Religion

Bad Religion has been around in one incarnation or another since the earliest years of the southern California punk movement (TSOL, Social Distortion, Black Flag). Members have played for Redd Kross, Circle Jerks, and a number of lesser known proto-punk outfits. They are also responsible for the cre... [More]

Written By: Kevin Jones

"Afterglow" by Crowded House

Crowded House's biggest hit came over 15 years ago--a haunting ballad that you'll still hear in the grocery store, now and again "Don't Dream It's Over." "Hey now, hey now" guess what? It's over. But the cheeky lads from down under have left us with Afterglow--a collection of B-sides and previously... [More]

Written By: Kevin Jones

"The Rising Tide" by Sunny Day Real Estate

The prevailing definition of Emo is punky, mostly indie bands who dabble in melody. The fact that Sunny Day Real Estate is considered an Emo band, renders this music classification as useless as any other. What about "Eskimo" that could be a hot new craze--the kids they love to bundle up and mosh ar... [More]

Written By: Kevin Jones

"Tonight and For the Rest of My Life" by Nina Gordon

Nina Gordon used to be half of Veruca Salt, and after listening to this album I'd have to say that it must have been Louise Post who pumped most of the saline into Veruca Salt. The recent VS release sans Gordon, although uneven, was a good record that carried on the piss and vinegar sound of that ba... [More]

Written By: Kevin Jones

"Acoustic. com" by Dwight Yoakum

Dwight Yoakum's career is one of the best examples of how weird the world of country music has become. Most of Yoakum's music has been as traditional as country gets. He sings with the most pronounced hillbilly twang of anyone, and yet he's always been a fringe-dweller where Nashville is concerned a... [More]

Written By: Kevin Jones

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