Artsweek

November 21, 2002

David Gray | A New Day at Midnight | RCA

By Lara Bradshaw

As a singer/songwriter, Gray's rich, folksy voice blends potently with melodic guitar riffs, piano chords and an interesting play of rhythmic beats, making for a smorgasbord of original and quality sounds.

November 21, 2002

Various Artists | Electro Nouveau | Moonshine

By Matt-Lisa Hivemind

If you, like any decent human being, hold nothing but fondness for your old Kraftwerk, Depeche Mode and Human League albums, we have good news. Synth-pop is back, and it is fucking good.

November 14, 2002

A Joe of All Trades

By Angela Potter

You've probably never seen anything quite like the Joe Goode Performance Group - unless of course you were at the sold out, one-night-only performance on Nov. 7 in Campbell Hall.

November 14, 2002

White Chocolate

By Jessica Jardine

Though "8 Mile" is indeed worth a good bit of the hype, it's merely a heavily treaded, well-positioned spike used to anchor down Eminem's dominance in mainstream entertainment.

November 14, 2002

Bullets, Bowling & Blame

By Luke Chamberlin Josh Tosney

His youth in Michigan creates plenty of fodder for "Bowling for Columbine," a documentary about gun violence in America. Moore, a lifetime member of the National Rifle Association, questions why our right to bear arms tr...

November 14, 2002

Badly Drawn Boy | Have You Fed the Fish? | BMG/Artist Direct

By Drew Mackie

"Have you fed the fish?" inquires the title of Badly Drawn Boy's new release, seemingly reminding the potential purchaser of better things to do than bothering with Badly Drawn Boy's latest.

November 14, 2002

Mr. Lif | I Phantom | Def Jux

By Mr. Bell

Lif has boldly challenged the post 9/11 political climate, crafting such non-album classics as "Home of the Brave," with timely courage and wisdom unforeseen in today's hip hop.

November 14, 2002

The Kills | Black Rooster EP | Dim Mak Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Machine EP | Touch & Go

By DJ FatKid

"Could the White Stripes be as retro-revolutionary if Jack were the drummer and Meg the singer?" Or, in other words, can Zeppelin-esque cock rock be successfully reconstituted as clit rock?

November 14, 2002

Artsweek Five-Point Plan: November 14, 2002

By Staff

Point 1: Note to DMC and the Rev Run: if you disband the group, then the terrorists have already won.

November 8, 2002

Pinter, Parts, and ‘Pretension’

By A. C. Scordelis

That's right - this humble Artsweek writer somehow, through a series of happy accidents, found himself in the cast of an actual UCSB play, and I'm here to report the life on the other side of the fourth wall ain't all gl...

November 8, 2002

‘Ghost Ship’ of Fools

By Angela Potter, Jessica Jardine, Steven Ruszczycky

Angela, Steven and Jessica all sit nestled around yet another oversized container, this time holding too-salty popcorn, in hopes that this seemingly trite "ghost story" will justify a perfectly good actress like Julianna...

November 8, 2002

What the Funk?

By Alex Benowitz-Fredricks

Though many of you may be accustomed to thinking of Clinton as a technicolor-dreadlocked, extravagant '70s emcee who manages to incorporate the word "funk" into every sentence, the truth is slightly different - but only ...

November 8, 2002

Nirvana | s/t | DGC

By Angela Potter

Dave Grohl has many talents. He plays guitar, sings and writes songs for the Foo Fighters. He drums for the Queens of the Stone Age. And once upon a time, he was in a little group called Nirvana.

November 8, 2002

Tori Amos | Scarlet’s Walk | Epic

By Lana Bradshaw

In her seventh album, Tori travels the open and more mellow road through personal, post-9/11 reflection, ranging from an outcry over America's tragic treatment of Native Americans to feeling a sense of abandonment within...

November 8, 2002

Sigur Ros | ( ) | MCA

By Owen Salisbury

Sigur Ros' new album, "( )," is like an aural injection of Xanax; It leaves you disoriented, dazed and euphoric. Continuing in the idiom created with 1997's "Von" and cemented by 1999"s "Agaetis Byrjun," the semi-untitle...

November 8, 2002