Artsweek

February 6, 2003

Add a Little Spice to Make Things Nice

By Jessica Jardine

Pepper is signed to Volcom Entertainment and consists of Bret Bollinger on bass and vocals, KaleoWassman on guitar and vocals, and Yesod Williams on drums. Their "Kona-dub-rock," as it's been coined, melts'80s influences...

February 6, 2003

Tummy Turning Toons

By Drew Mackie

What noise does a bunny rabbit make as it flies through a running jet engine? What about a beaver wearing construction boots stomping out the flaming carcass of formerly cute she-skunk?

February 6, 2003

Failure to Recruit

By Luke Chamberlin Josh Tosney

Where have all the average films gone, a long time passing? Where have all the B movies gone, a long time ago? They've gone to the shelves of the local video store, every one, there to be rented one night when bored with...

February 6, 2003

Various Artists | Morvern Callar | Warp Records

By Mr. Bell

Warp Records may have taken a gamble by releasing a soundtrack to a movie most people won't see, but "Morvern Callar" will be known for this very soundtrack alone. The film is not at all about broken condoms and dirty ne...

February 6, 2003

Johnny Marr + The Healers | Boomslang | BMG

By Gary Epper

Johnny Marr was in The Smiths, or, more accurately, that well-dressed band from the '80s fronted by Morrissey. Although never in the limelight after The Smiths dissolved, Marr has played an active role in many groundbrea...

February 6, 2003

KCSB Hip Hop Top Ten: week ending 2/6/03

By Mr. Bell

1) Mr. Lif | I Phantom | Def Jux2) Embedded Music | The Bedford Files | Embedded3) Daedelus | The Quiet Party | Plug Research

January 29, 2003

If You Can’t Stand the Heat, Get out of Canada!

By Jessica Jardine

Besides being at the forefront of yet another recent musical movement, the Canadian quartet Hot Hot Heat just might be able to break Artsweek's habit of cracking totally unfounded Canadian jokes on the basis of them bein...

January 29, 2003

Do the Allegory Thing

By Luke Chamberlin Staff Writer Josh Tosney Staff Writer

Look. If you had one shot, or one opportunity, to seize everything you ever wanted, one moment, would you capture it? Or just let it slip? Or would you package it and sell it as a Spike Lee joint?

January 29, 2003

Zwan | Mary Star of the Sea | Reprise

By Alex Scordelis

Corgan, the singer/songwriter/tyrant responsible for catapulting the Smashing Pumpkins to fame and fortune, only to induce the band's self-destruction in 2000, has assembled an all-star lineup for his latest venture.

January 29, 2003

Boom Bip | Seed To Sun | Lex

By Mr. Bell

Boom Bip's somberly successful "Seed to Sun" projects a range of emotions, some unsure of themselves and others standing out as being among the best experimental hip hop beats of the year.

January 29, 2003

KCSB Top Ten: January 30, 2003

By Mr. Bell

1) Hot Cross | A New Set of Lungs | Level Plane2) Morven Callar | Soundtrack | Warp3) Bleeding Kansas | Giving Emo Something to Cry About | self-released

January 23, 2003

Vegan Punks AFI bid Farewell to The Living Room

By Jessica Jardine

AFI has earned a devout following after six independent releases and has changed its sound, as well as its lineup, significantly over the last decade.

January 23, 2003

Money Mark’s Playhouse

By Alex Scordelis

Unofficially recognized as the fourth member of the Beastie Boys, creator of four eclectic solo albums and participant in numerous collaborations, this wonder behind a Wurlitzer is hitting the stage at Absinthe on Friday...

January 23, 2003

Movie Review | The Hours: Who’s Afraid of A Prosthetic Nose?

By Lara Bradshaw

Adapted from the novel "The Hours," director Stephen Daldry takes the interestingly interwoven tale of three women, and visually connects their stories into one cohesive yarn about ultimate alienation and longing for fre...

January 23, 2003

Holopaw | Holopaw | Sub Pop

By Gary Epper Staff Writer

Modest Mouse. Loved by all, right? From the swollen, my-head-is-surprisingly-too-big-for-my-already-oversized-body jocks, to the socially inept, never-going-to-get-laid-cause-I-dress-weird indie kids, they are esteemed b...

January 23, 2003

Common | Electric Circus | MCA

By Mr. Bell

Common's latest release narrowly spares him from the pitfall of wackness: His commercialized rapping sounds forced, as if he was brought into the studio against his will to record lyrics that are simply dumbed-down.