Artsweek

November 13, 2003

Plaid | Spokes | Warp

By Ian King

Finally, Plaid has come out with an album that doesn't sound like an attempt at rehashing Not for Threes. Sure, their past two albums sounded lovely enough, but you couldn't help but get the feeling that the duo was tryi...

November 13, 2003

Against Me! | The Eternal Cowboy | Fat Wreck Chords

By Chris Hendricks

Emerging from the underground with their second full-length album, anarcho-punks Against Me! are back and rocking as hard as ever. Their newest release, The Eternal Cowboy, resonates with the infectious hand-clapping, fo...

November 13, 2003

KCSB Top Ten: Week ending 11/13/03

By Courtesy of KCSB-FM 91.9

November 7, 2003

Sliding Down Chutes Too Narrow

By Jessica Jardine

Barely 24 hours after having waded through the debauchery that is UCSB on Halloween night, Artsweek, dressed head to toe in a fuzzy white bunny suit, found itself immersed in one of those magical moments straight out of ...

November 7, 2003

Bringin’ Down the House

By Ladan Moeenziai

Artsweek had yet to see a 73-year -old woman salsa. That is, until Monday night, when the pride of Cuba, the Buena Vista Social Club, took the stage with Omara Portuondo at its lead.

November 7, 2003

In the Cut | Not Quite Making the Cut

By Glenn Heath

During career low points, superstar actors often try and reinvent their careers by playing against type, usually villains, sex fiends or both. This tactic doesn't always work.

November 7, 2003

Iggy Pop | Skull Ring | Virgin

By Zoe Bower

Crawling half-naked through broken glass, smearing himself and horrified audience members with peanut butter, howling "I Wanna Be Your Dog," Iggy Pop's drug-fueled stage antics have become the stuff of rock 'n' roll lege...

November 7, 2003

R.E.M. | In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1998-2003 | Warner Bros.

By Brenna Boyce

I have to say, I never realized just how many hit songs R.E.M. has had over the last 15 years. R.E.M. does not particularly stick out as an incredibly influential band.

November 7, 2003

America Gets Screwed

By Alex Scordelis

Cross, a hipster/alternative comic who achieved cult fame on HBO's "Mr. Show with Bob and David" in the late nineties, has been slowly seeping into mainstream culture.

November 7, 2003

Ryan Adams | Rock N Roll | Lost Highway

By Monique Sherman

Everyone knows those too-dip-to-be-doing-anything-else-but-be-hip types. They sing duets with Elton John, they're pasted to the sides of buses in Gap commercials, they date gorgeous, indie-film stars named Parker Posey a...

November 7, 2003

Sweet Send-off

By Drew Atkins

The concert had been thrown together haphazardly, but admirers and friends were swift to respond. Elliott Smith, one of our generation's foremost singer/songwriters, had committed suicide Oct. 21, and the gathered musici...

November 7, 2003

Aesop Rock | Bazooka Tooth | Definitive Jux

By Edward Kim

Symptoms of schizophrenia include delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech and disorganized behavior. With the release of Aesop's newest full-length, a new symptom should be added to the list: rhyming.

November 7, 2003

KCSB Top Ten

By Staff

October 30, 2003

Pearl Jam Brings it Back Flannel Style

By Alex Scordelis

It was an occasion to dust off the ol' flannel shirt and ripped jeans when Seattle rock stalwarts Pearl Jam played the Santa Barbara Bowl on Tuesday night. With an eerie orange and smoke-filled sky providing the backdrop...

October 30, 2003

Burn Britney Burn!

By Drew Mackie

Britney Spears is going to hell. But she didn't get her reservations in Perdition for D-grade musical stylings, her vapid personality or her contamination of American young women with her whorish fashion sense.