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KCSB Top Ten

May 2, 2003 by

1) Yo La Tengo | Summer Sun | Matador2) Postal Service | Give Up | Sub Pop3) Majesticons | Beauty Party | Big Dada
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A Mighty Wind | Spinal Tap Unplugged

April 24, 2003 by

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...
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Midwestern Art Rockers Dish a Lil’ Love

April 24, 2003 by

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-gaz...
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Madonna | American Life | Warner Brothers

April 24, 2003 by

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 - wa...
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Blur | Think Tank | Virgin

April 24, 2003 by

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.
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Lucinda Williams | World Without Tears | Lost Highway

April 24, 2003 by

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...
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KCSB Top Ten

April 24, 2003 by

1) Majesticons | Beauty Party | Big Dada2) T-Love | Long Way Back | Astralwerks3) Omid | Distant Drummer | Beneath the Surface
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Glory Be the Jam Band

April 18, 2003 by

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

April 18, 2003 by

"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.
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American Hi-Fi | The Art of Losing | Island

April 18, 2003 by

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

April 18, 2003 by

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

April 18, 2003 by

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 ...
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A Man Apart | At Least Give us an Arse Cheek

April 18, 2003 by

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...
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Where Sweden and the Sand Meet

April 10, 2003 by

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"?
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Phonebooth | Please Hang Up and Try Again

April 10, 2003 by

Independent films have always had to rely on the strength of their stories to compete with Hollywood blockbusters. These smaller films have the advantage of being able to take more risks, experimentin...
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