Run-D.M.C. Run-D.M.C; King Of Rock; Raising Hell; Tougher Than Leather Profile By: Eric Greenwood Barring nostalgia and sentimentality, listening to Run-D.M.C. in 2005 is kind of difficult. It sounds so basic and primitive compared to how far hip-hop has come in more than two decades. It’s not too far removed from going back and listening […]

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Death Cab For Cutie Plans Atlantic By: Robert Howell It's all too easy to lambaste quondam indie darlings for hopping to the majors, and Death Cab for Cutie will now receive such backlash reactions after its move to Atlantic. This will be a mistake. Not because its new album Plans, is good. It isn't. The […]

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World Leader Pretend Punches Warner Bros. By: Eric Greenwood One of the drawbacks of naming your band after another band's song, particularly when that song is by R.E.M., is that your music is viewed not only in context with the more famous band's culture but also compared directly against it. That's a setback upstart bands […]

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The Life And Times Suburban Hymns DeSoto By: Eric Greenwood Kansas City, Missouri's Allen Epley is underrated. And I don't mean underrated in the sense that he's a talented musician that maybe you should have heard of by now- I mean it in the sense that it's a crime that this man isn't worshipped by […]

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Embrace Out Of Nothing Lava By: Eric Greenwood Embrace (not to be confused with Ian Mackaye's short-lived Dischord band) popped up after the hoopla of Britpop had already started to wane in the late 90's with a string of singles, aping everyone from The Verve to Oasis. With its unfortunate penchant for slow, doleful tunes […]

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Kings Of Leon Aha Shake Heartbreak RCA By: Eric Greenwood As an avid despiser of "southern rock" and pretty much anything that holds onto the south as the root of its identity, I was skeptical of Kings of Leon's schtick from the get go. Ostensibly from Nashville (yet none of my friends deeply involved in […]

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The White Stripes Get Behind Me Satan V2 By: Eric Greenwood I just saw The White Stripes for the first time at Music Midtown in Atlanta a few weeks ago. Admittedly, it wasn't the best environment to see a band. Everyone knows that festivals are awful concert experiences, so my expectations were low. And the […]

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