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The Distillers | Coral Fang | Sire

October 16, 2003 by

Coral Fang is mostly a mat for Brody Dalle's vocal gymnastics as she tries to sell each song with the strength and versatility of her pipes. Unfortunately, Brody's vocal strength is matched by her med...
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Ladytron | Softcore Jukebox | Emperor Norton

October 16, 2003 by

Can't get enough of the sexy, futuristic, android electronica that is Ladytron? Ever daydream that you could get Mira to deejay your party? Well, imagine if the transcendentally hip men and women of L...
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Travis | 12 Memories | Epic

October 16, 2003 by

Here's a story children: One day, Travis, a band of sensitive Scot rockers, thought, "Hey, let's write pretty songs like Radiohead used to and get famous!" And so they did. And everyone loved them and...
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Kill Bill

October 16, 2003 by

Thurman, a nameless blonde swordswoman in a motorcycle suit with a yellowjacket color scheme, slices through countless Yakuza, the mad schoolgirl Go Go Yubari (Chiaki Kuriyama) and the notorious crime...
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KCSB Top Ten

October 16, 2003 by

1) Black Rebel Motorcycle Club | Take Them On, On Your Own | Virgin 2) Belle and Sebastian | Dear Catastrophe Waitress | Sanctuary 3) Pretty Girls Make Graves | The New Romance | Matador
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Citizen Kane’s Alter Ego

October 9, 2003 by

It's a great time to wear tights, even if Orson Welles never thought so. Since the success of 2002's "X-Men," which both earned subtle praise from critics and grossed $157,299,717 during its theatrica...
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Mobile Dwelling Units Get High Tek

October 9, 2003 by

If you have been anywhere remotely close to the UCen lately, you've noticed the large, red metal object resembling a garbage crate next to the University Art Museum. The first few weeks of school, Art...
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Taking on Tubby

October 9, 2003 by

A few years back, Travis Keller and his partner in crime, Aaron North, took a good, hard look at what record labels were churning out, (namely nu metal, manufactured punk and jock rap) and decided to ...
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David Bowie | Reality | ISO/Columbia

October 9, 2003 by

So David Bowie has just released a new CD entitled Reality. Guess what? The reality revealed on this album is that Bowie has slowly transformed from the pioneering rock 'n' roll producer and performer...
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Thrice | The Artist in the Ambulance | Island

October 9, 2003 by

If anyone needs proof that master planned communities with perfect landscaping and endless fields of track housing can rear teenagers who aren't void of emotions or souls, Irvine's hardcore punk rock ...
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Lost in Translation | We Heart Bill Murray

October 9, 2003 by

In her second full-length feature, Sofia Coppola, daughter of famed director Francis Ford Coppola, takes on the roles of writer, director and co-producer. The result of this multi-tasking is some of t...
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KCSB Top Ten

October 9, 2003 by

1) Chemical Brothers | The Golden Path | Astralwerks2) John Arnold | Neighborhood Science | Ubiquity3) Black Box Recorder | Passionoia | One Little Indian
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XXX

October 2, 2003 by

That's right, pornography has somehow magically jumped off the safe havens of computer screens and DVD players into the living room and bathroom floors of our very own Isla Vista. Smut-happy porn comp...
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Media Gadfly

October 2, 2003 by

The bastardization of a once earth-shatteringly political rock movement by an entire age group of poseurs totally deserving the label "Generation Z": priceless.
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Chemical Brothers | Singles 93-03 | Astralwerks

October 2, 2003 by

Spanning a decade and crossing several genres, the Chemical Brothers have transformed from the subterranean underground's acid house DJs to being household names.
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