Artsweek

May 3, 2001

Burning Airlines | Identikit | De Soto

By DJ FatKid

Postmodernism is hardly unknown to independent rock. Nearly every crap conceptual Polyvinyl band can quote Baudrillard or Foucault.

May 3, 2001

Unloco | Healing | Maverick

By Alex Makeyev

Someone should let these guys know that if their lyrics are simply going to suck, they should scream and blur them together like the rest of the grungy, heavy bassline-hitting hard rockers.

May 3, 2001

Operatica: 0 | Volume 1 | Emagine Music

By John Syquia

It seems like nowadays everybody feels the need to combine contrasting music styles. Rap-rock, ska-pop, but opera and electronica?

May 3, 2001

Martin Sexton | Wonder Bar | Atlantic

By Ian White

Martin Sexton will feel right at home under the sweet rays of the summer sun and the chill vibrations of beach-time lounging.

May 3, 2001

Destiny’s Child | Survivor | Sony

By Jenne Raub

Destiny's Child is the most important girl group since The Supremes. Push your thick-rimmed glasses back upon your straight-edge nose. You read that correctly.

May 3, 2001

Daft Punk | Discovery | Virgin

By Jenne Raub

While you've been out about town knocking back Red Bulls and vodka at an alarming rate, wrapping your arms around ladies in tube tops and snorting precious concoctions of lidocaine and laundry detergent, Daft Punk was do...

April 26, 2001

Interview: Dandy Warhols

By Andy Sywak

Hailing from the quiet, rain-soaked streets of Portland, Oregon, the Dandy Warhols have made their presence felt in the contemporary music scene with their delicious version of indie rock.

April 26, 2001

Interview: The New Deal

By Trey Clark

The New Deal isn't trying to impress you. They just want you to dance.

April 26, 2001

Hip Hop Column: Sound + Vision

By Robotsex

It's hard to keep a good Robotsex down, especially a beautiful, bikini-clad Robotsex.

April 26, 2001

Theater Review: “Collected Stories”

By Lyndsay Farmer

Where is an author allowed to draw inspiration for his story? Are all experiences fair game, or are others' experiences outside that realm?

April 26, 2001

Atmosphere | Lucy Ford | Rhymesayers Entertainment

By Trey Clark

Every once in a long while I hear an album that, upon first listen, I know will be the best album of the year.

April 26, 2001

Bats and Mice | s/t | Lovitt

By DJ FatKid

I feel dirty, sullied, debased, degraded and all around icky. But let me start at the beginning.

April 26, 2001

Sasha Alexander | Dedicated To … | Reprise

By Jenny Cho

Sasha Alexander boasts superstardom in Europe and a nomination for Best International Male Artist at the 1999 MTV Europe Awards.

April 19, 2001

Interview: Propagandhi

By Rebecca Pellman

Artsweek talks with frontman Chris Hannah from the Canadian punk rock band Propagandhi about the new album, politics and death threats.

April 19, 2001

Film Review: “Bridget Jones’s Diary”

By Andy Sywak

Every couple of months it seems a movie comes out featuring “thirtysomething” women looking for that dream guy who has escaped them their whole lives. “Sweet November,” “The Wedding Planner,...

April 19, 2001

Film Review: Memento

By Andy Sywak

At last we have a winner. British director Christopher Nolan has made the first truly great film of the year with “Memento.” An immaculate and challenging tale about a man with severe short-term memory loss w...