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Huge in Japan

May 6, 2004 by

There are bands that claim Santa Barbara as their home turf and end up making it big that you'd rather not hear a great deal from - ahem, Trapt - and then there are bands like Sugarcult who've found i...
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David Cross | It’s Not Funny | Sub Pop

May 6, 2004 by

I'm not sure if any official declaration has been made, but I am pretty sure that there is a war being waged among our nation's comedians.
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The Magnetic Fields | i | Nonesuch

May 6, 2004 by

After 69 Love Songs, the Magnetic Fields' three-disc 1999 epic, fans of singer/songwriter/instrumentalist/band mastermind Stephin Merritt could only have had one question floating in their minds: "Whe...
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Patti Smith | Trampin’ | Columbia

May 6, 2004 by

Poet-cum-rocker Patti Smith has produced another brilliant album. The tracks on Trampin' cohere with a finesse that comes from 30 years of creating both art and music and maintaining their points of i...
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KCSB Top Ten

May 6, 2004 by

1) Mirah | C'mon Miracle | K 2) Squarepusher | Ultravisitors | Warp 3) Jem | Finally Woken | ATO
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The great BIG LIST issue!!

April 29, 2004 by

You can call it laziness if you like, but it came time for Artsweek to recognize the almighty power of the Top 10 List. The Top 10 List has become a distinguishing feature of a generation in love with...
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Office Supplies Laughs

April 29, 2004 by

In between campaigning for a pre-posthumous beatifying for Posh and Becks and secretly hoping for Prince William to slip and sprain his knee, the Brits managed to produce "The Office," an unassuming n...
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Walken on the Wild Side

April 29, 2004 by

Is it crazy to think Tony Scott may be one of the most underrated Hollywood directors of the past 20 years? His brother Ridley Scott ("Gladiator") gets all the acclaim, but Artsweek prefers Tony, who ...
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Alkaline Trio and One Man Army | BYO Split Series: Volume V | BYO

April 29, 2004 by

Melodrama is a tactic used best by those with the artistic ability to direct such feelings in a productive way, creating work that is either tongue-in-cheek hilarious or deliciously depressing.
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The Catheters | Howling… It Grows and Grows!!! | Sub Pop

April 29, 2004 by

The Catheters are an underrated, four-member Seattle, Wash., outfit currently touring in support of this, their second - and second horribly titled - album to be released on Sub Pop Records.
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Loretta Lynn | Van Lear Rose | Interscope

April 29, 2004 by

Let's face it: The Nashville country music industry is one of the most despicable operations in show business today. While Nashville force-feeds America the glitz of Shania Twain and the grunt of Toby...
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I’ll Take a Vowell, Please

April 22, 2004 by

Being on the phone with best-selling author and radio goddess Sarah Vowell is an experience akin to talking to that girl who sometimes sits by you in section and always seems to be so particularly fas...
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Battle over Spilled Blood

April 22, 2004 by

Tokyo, Japan: Uma Thurman slices through throngs of Yakuza, severing heads and literally painting the room red. Jerusalem, about 2,000 years earlier: Jesus Christ shakes in agony as Roman soldiers pou...
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Bowie Brings a Breath of Fresh Air

April 22, 2004 by

In today's troubled musical climate, one wonders how to escape the choking morass of teenage weltschmerz, slipshod technical ability and half-baked political dissent so prevalent in live shows.
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Living Legends | Creative Differences | Legendary Music

April 22, 2004 by

On their new album, the Living Legends eight-member crew, whose home turf includes the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, Europe and even Japan, manage to live up to their rather lofty name.
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