Artsweek

May 2, 2003

Rjd2 | The Horror | Definitive Jux

By Eliav Appelbaum

The Horror shimmies and struts with refreshingly vibrant and flavorful home-cooked beats and mixes that could perk up any old curmudgeon.

May 2, 2003

Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Fever to Tell | Interscope

By Alex Scordelis

Media hype is a persuasive weapon, and New York rock sensation the Yeah Yeah Yeahs are a case in point. The storm of street buzz and media hype surrounding the Yeahs has been so strong that this punk trio was hotter than...

May 2, 2003

KCSB Top Ten

By Mr. Bell

April 24, 2003

A Mighty Wind | Spinal Tap Unplugged

By Alex Scordelis

I've never found any genre of music to be more sleep-inducing than folk. Thankfully, you don't need to be a folk aficionado (or even a fan) to be entertained by Christopher Guest's latest mockumentary, "A Mighty Wind."

April 24, 2003

Midwestern Art Rockers Dish a Lil’ Love

By Jessica Jardine

Alongside labelmates Bright Eyes, Cursive and Desaparecidos, art-rock New Wavers the Faint have been rabidly taking over dance floors across the nation and causing even the most crossed-armed shoe-gazers to shake a tailf...

April 24, 2003

Madonna | American Life | Warner Brothers

By Kami Shallenberger

Maybe it's a recent addiction to electronic music that has made Madonna's new album, American Life a cheap fix, maybe it's the acoustic guitar or perhaps it's hearing the Queen of Pop herself rap - wait, rap?!

April 24, 2003

Blur | Think Tank | Virgin

By Drew Atkins

Pros at pillaging musical styles from those more skilled than them, each of Blur's albums finds them changing their sound to match their ever-changing influences.

April 24, 2003

Lucinda Williams | World Without Tears | Lost Highway

By Eliav Appelbaum

If you enjoy sipping froth off a double latte-espresso-mocha-quadruple-swirl and tethering your neck with a lavender cashmere shawl while sporting a staple clamped on your right eyebrow - then Lucinda Williams' smug and ...

April 24, 2003

KCSB Top Ten

By Mr. Bell

April 18, 2003

Glory Be the Jam Band

By Jessica Jardine

Behind the studded belts of indie rock and the bling bling of hip hop lies a smiling, overly relaxed posse of music lovers. These fans, often trademarked unfairly with long, not-so-clean hair and an air of patchouli arou...

April 18, 2003

Spirited Away | When Ariel Just Don’t Cut it No Mo’

By Drew Mackie

"Spirited Away" entertains, mystifies and - at least for the duration of the film - allows the viewer to recall how the world looked through a child's eyes.

April 18, 2003

American Hi-Fi | The Art of Losing | Island

By Sara Smith

The incessant rise of pop-rock, with its catchy beats and brain cell-killing lyrics, is an evil vacuum capable of sucking innocent bystanders into a world of corny adolescence.

April 18, 2003

A.R.E. Weapons | s/t | Rough Trade Records

By Eliav Appelbaum

These guys dare to be hip. And they succeed because they're just a tad bit deranged - armed with refreshingly dynamic lyrics and a foul-mouthed fightin' spirit to pull it off.

April 18, 2003

Moving Units | s/t | Rx RemedyDance Disaster Movement | We Are From Nowhere | Dim Mak

By DJ FatKid

Moving Units is one band trying quite hard to learn everything they can. Having opened shows for the holy disco-punk trinity of the Rapture, Hot Hot Heat and Radio 4, they debut four songs (a prelude to a purported major...

April 18, 2003

A Man Apart | At Least Give us an Arse Cheek

By Jessica Jardine

The only thing worse than seeing a predictable, paint-by-numbers action movie is seeing it and walking out confused. The audience expects "boom!" "bang!" "pow!" and some gratuitous plot involving some nekkidness.

April 10, 2003

Where Sweden and the Sand Meet

By Jessica Jardine

What has the average 12-year-old accomplished? Maybe making the club soccer team? Winning a few spelling bee trophies? Starring as Maria in "West Side Story"?