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Various Artists | Morvern Callar | Warp Records

February 6, 2003 by

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 ...
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Johnny Marr + The Healers | Boomslang | BMG

February 6, 2003 by

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

February 6, 2003 by

1) Mr. Lif | I Phantom | Def Jux2) Embedded Music | The Bedford Files | Embedded3) Daedelus | The Quiet Party | Plug Research
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If You Can’t Stand the Heat, Get out of Canada!

January 29, 2003 by

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 th...
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Do the Allegory Thing

January 29, 2003 by

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?
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Zwan | Mary Star of the Sea | Reprise

January 29, 2003 by

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...
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Boom Bip | Seed To Sun | Lex

January 29, 2003 by

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.
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KCSB Top Ten: January 30, 2003

January 29, 2003 by

1) Hot Cross | A New Set of Lungs | Level Plane2) Morven Callar | Soundtrack | Warp3) Bleeding Kansas | Giving Emo Something to Cry About | self-released
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Vegan Punks AFI bid Farewell to The Living Room

January 23, 2003 by

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.
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Money Mark’s Playhouse

January 23, 2003 by

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

January 23, 2003 by

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...
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Holopaw | Holopaw | Sub Pop

January 23, 2003 by

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,...
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Common | Electric Circus | MCA

January 23, 2003 by

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 simp...
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KCSB Top Ten: January 23, 2003

January 23, 2003 by

1) Hydroponic Sound System | Synthesis | Bomb Hip Hop2) Hot Cross | A New Set of Lungs | Level Plane3) Bleeding Kansas | Giving Emo Something To Cry About | self-released
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Confessions of a Dangerous Mind | Don’t Knock The Clooney

January 16, 2003 by

Artsweek landed an exclusive interview with the Dapper Dan man himself at the Santa Barbara screening of his new film, "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind."
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