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May 5, 2005

Ben Folds | Songs For Silverman | Epic

By Chris Otte

After a four-and-a-half-year break, which included numerous side projects such as the Bens, William Shatner's Has Been and a trilogy of EPs, Ben Folds has finally released the follow up to his solo debut, Rockin' the Su...

April 28, 2005

Big Hands You Know You’re The One

By Harrison Coltun

Even the glaring afternoon sunlight and perpetual dust cloud couldn't keep fans from rushing the stage just to grab a glimpse or even a high-five from their favorite rock bands at this, the first year of the Spring Addic...

April 28, 2005

Words of Wisdom

By Audrey Klammer

Radio Girl: So, you preformed “Country Death Song,” that’s a pretty old song for you guys. Brian Ritchie: Yeah, that came out in 1984, on our second album. It’s quite a popular song, which is surp...

April 28, 2005

#1 Reason Not to Blow a Horse in Your Bedroom

By Brenna Boyce

Rarely does an author come along that can pack people like sardines into a venue that has recently seen the likes of Modest Mouse, Spike and Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation and the Santa Barbara Film Festiv...

April 28, 2005

Premature E-Joke-ulation

By Chris Otte

Two theater troupes satisfied plenty of audience members last weekend as they sought to tickle a certain bone with the presentation of "Endless Climax" ...90 Minutes of Pain.

April 28, 2005

Los Angeles Plays Itself | Hate The Player, Not The Game

By Aly Comingore

It is no wonder that CalArts professor Thom Andersen's documentary plays out like a long-winded lecture. Heavy on the visual appeal, but lacking in emphasis or enthusiasm, "Los Angeles Plays Itself" comes across like the...

April 28, 2005

Hot Hot Heat | Elevator | Sire

By Brad Vargyas

It's become rather obvious that indie rock has taken over as the next logical progression in the popular music scene. Festival shows like Coachella have risen up from the extremely unlikely (who would have thought colleg...

April 28, 2005

The Mountain Goats | The Sunset Tree | 4AD

By Amita Chollate

Before writing this review, I'd never heard of the Mountain Goats; it's probably safe to say that neither have many of you. However, this is one band that should not go overlooked.

April 21, 2005

I Saw the Sign

By Brenna Boyce Staff Writer Aly Comingore Harrison Coltun Staff Writers

Slightly less in-your-face than those pesky campaigners storming the Arbor in droves, the art of political poster-making has taken campus by storm, leaving Artsweek to rate and rank the slogans, slant rhymes and finger p...

April 21, 2005

The Amittyville Horror | The Horror, The Horror

By Colin Marshall

Out of all possible film subgenres, the horror movie remake is almost certainly the least promising. History has shown that two approaches traditionally work, or, given the context, work as well as can reasonably be expe...

April 21, 2005

Live: 04-15-05: Pillowfight, Concrete Straight Jacket, Disconnect & End on End

By Rebecca Riley

After passing by the merchandise table stocked with vegan cookies and DIY 'zines, the first thing that hits the olfactory receptors is the smell: sweat. Then the noise: loud, disjointed, primal and, at times, pretty damn...

April 21, 2005

Dust to Glory | A Surf Movie about Off-Road Racing

By Harrison Coltun

Imagine yourself sitting atop a motorcycle, senses fried over the past 14 hours of straight racing. You are burning down some unnamed Mexican beach at 110 miles per hour when your vision focuses on a rock that seems to b...

April 21, 2005

A Mountain of Talent

By Jonathan Morin

Ever thought about seducing some blue turtles? Well, the South Lake Tahoe-based band, Blue Turtle Seduction certainly has. When I first heard a band with this name was playing at my house, I was a little skeptical as to ...

April 21, 2005

Mariah Carey | The Emancipation of Mimi | Island Records

By Amita Chollate

What can be said of the new Mariah Carey album The Emancipation of Mimi? Nothing positive. All of Carey's albums have become progressively more horrible than each previous one.

April 21, 2005

Garbage | Bleed Like Me | Geffen

By Jory Dominguez

Having followed Garbage since it's inception in 1993, it pains me to submit what you are about to read. Disappointingly, Bleed Like Me finds the band still heavily anesthetized from the medication of the imposed (recentl...

April 21, 2005

Nine Inch Nails | With Teeth | Interscope

By Matt Cappiello

On the first track of the new Nine Inch Nails album, With Teeth, Trent Reznor utters the words, "Why do you get all the love in the world?" in a blues-tinted falsetto.