Man On The Moon Directed By Milos Forman Universal By: Eric G. Man On The Moon is not a great movie, but it’s not Jim Carrey’s fault. Carrey had his part down pat. It’s partly director Milos Forman’s fault for even attempting to make a biographical film about a man as puzzling as Andy Kaufman […]

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Cocteau Twins BBC Sessions Bella Union By: Eric G. The Cocteau Twins carved an unique niche for itself for the better part of two decades, crafting textural dirges rich in both atmospherics and vocal histrionics. The robotic and detached percussion aside, this band made beautiful music with the strangest combination of heavily affected guitars, wildly […]

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Supergrass S/T Parlaphone By: Eric G. This is classic British pop music on the same level as early Rolling Stones and even Abbey Road-era Beatles. "Moving" kicks off Supergrass' third album with a schizophrenic tone: the moody, string-laden intro slips effortlessly into the kind of funky rocker only Supergrass could pull off. Vocalist Gaz Coombes […]

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Subdebs Interview Nine Questions With Olympia, Washington's Subdebs! K Recording Artists By: Eric G. Drawer B: How did you hook up with your bandmates? Subdebs: Well, Star and I met at one of her solo shows in Olympia. My newly acquired friend Stella Marrs introduced me to her, cause I was new in town… Drawer […]

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Those Bastard Souls Debt And Departure V2 By: Robert H. So there's a mixed bag of good news and bad, Grifters fans. First, some bad: word has it that the Grifters are, at least, temporarily, on hold, if not permanently disbanded. Dave Shouse evidently feels that his songwriting is going in a direction other than […]

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Andrea Parker Kiss My Arp Mo' Wax By: Eric G. Kiss My Arp is an amazingly stylized and brilliantly crafted debut album by DJ and sometimes vocalist Andrea Parker. She began her career as a DJ back in 1993 and released her first single for Mo' Wax almost four years ago, entitled "Melodious Thunk." Parker […]

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Fracosos El Sexy Dyspepsidisc By: Eric G. Fracasos is an upstart band from Evansville, Indiana with many influences but little direction. Any band that evolves out of something called ‘Fernspank’ is already off to a bad start. El Sexy is full of genre-hopping, slightly self-indulgent instrumental interludes, acoustic guitars that sound like they were recorded […]

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