Glamorama Bret Easton Ellis Alfred A. Knopf By: Eric G. Eight years in the making, Glamorama, the new book by Bret Easton Ellis, starts off as a subversive yet highly moralistic take on the frivolous and aimlessly shallow fashion scene in New York, but then quickly and strangely develops into a deliberately self-conscious terrorist caper. […]

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David Bowie Hours… Virgin By: Eric G. As prolific as David Bowie was in the seventies it seems strange that his output in the past two decades combined has not only been far less frequent but also of a sadly inconsistent and uninspired caliber. There have been a few exceptions like Let’s Dance (although, Bowie […]

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Jeremy Boyle Songs From The Guitar Solos Southern By: Eric G. For his debut solo record, Jeremy Boyle, the keyboardist/guitarist for the Chicago-based Joan of Arc has taken six famous but not necessarily influential guitarists of the 1999’s and deconstructed their guitar solos to the point of unfamiliarity. The selection of guitarists is not unpredictable […]

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Bright Eyes Every Day And Every Night Saddle Creek By: Eric G. Bright Eyes is Conor Oberst’s pseudonym for a raw, emotional strain of confessional folk that pushes the levels of tolerance for the out-of-key singing trend made infamous by fellow lo-fi pioneer Will Oldham. I saw Bright Eyes live this past summer and was […]

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Mr. Bungle California Warner Bros. By: Eric G. Mr. Bungle is the ultimate dilettante-type band, crossbreeding genres and styles in turbo-charged changes and complex structural experiments. For its third record in a decade, the band makes a soulful and melodic album, trading some of the avant-garde speed-metal improvisation for genuine tunes with choruses and everything. […]

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Six Finger Satellite Law Of Ruins Sub Pop By: Eric G. Since the debut EP in 1992 Six Finger Satellite has advanced a formula that mixes elements of Devo, Big Black, Kraftwerk, Joy Division, and Gang of Four among others. The band reached an apex of sorts with 1995’s Severe Exposure, which integrated these elements […]

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Cake Like Goodbye, So What Vapor By: Eric G. When Cake Like’s amazing debut, Delicious, busted onto the scene on John Zorn’s Avant label almost five years ago, it was an exciting time. An all-female, experimental band with clever lyrics laced with black humor and gutsy, brazen songs that rocked without the trappings of ‘girl-band’ […]

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