Glorious Noise April 2003
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The Datsuns drive all over the Motor City The Datsuns with The D4 Magic Stick, Detroit, March 29, 2003 Rock and roll's popular emergence over the last couple of years has manifested itself mostly as a statement of fashion. Groups...
By Johnny Loftus April 1, 2003

By Derek Phillips April 1, 2003
A Harvard student's thesis on Weezer. [via Jeans and a T-shirt]...
By Jake Brown April 1, 2003

By Derek Phillips April 2, 2003
Clem Snide Southpaw, Brooklyn, March 28, 2003 Near the end of their set, Clem Snide sang a song whose chorus went something like: “It's so close I can see it, I can feel it, I can taste it, so therefore,...
By Kristy Eldredge April 3, 2003
Rapper Paris releases new album, Sonic Jihad, on his own label and Whitey is freaking out! MP3....
By Jake Brown April 3, 2003
A recent New York Times article discusses the recurrence in our culture of melodrama and earnestness, especially since 9/11. The writer was focusing on recent movies like “Far From Heaven,” that despite appearances, have steered away from ironic distance and...
By Kristy Eldredge April 4, 2003
Be wary of an album that leads off with its best track. "Seven Nation Army," a furious slide guitar-propelled rocker and an anthem for the best music on The White Stripes' new Elephant, opens the new disc just as it...
By Jeff Sabatini April 7, 2003

By Jeff Sabatini April 7, 2003
In August of 1992, I arrived at Tiny Private College in Nowhere, Wisconsin with a record collection built of cassettes. It was my prized possession — even if half of it was swill. But soon, I fell in with a...
By Johnny Loftus April 8, 2003
Swizzle-Stick interview with the Flaming Lips' Steven Drozd....
By Jake Brown April 8, 2003
By any measure—particularly financial ones—General Electric is a big company. It employs over 300,000 people in some 100 countries. Its 2002 revenues were $131.7 billion. It places number 5 on the Fortune 500 list. Its total 2002 assets are $575...
By Stephen Macaulay April 9, 2003
"Little Acorns" fans go here for more Mort Crim....
By Jeff Sabatini April 9, 2003
Justin Timberlake Wears the MC5 (and Wayne Kramer Likes It) - An Open Letter to Fans & Critics....
By Jake Brown April 10, 2003
The Notwist Magic Stick, Detroit, April 10, 2003 By now, the firewall separating IT from DIY has been effectively dismantled. It's no longer a red flag to step up in the club and see a laptop or a sampler sharing...
By Johnny Loftus April 11, 2003
The Morning News gives the Stone Roses' Second Coming another chance....
By Jake Brown April 15, 2003
Cat Power Majestic Theatre, Detroit, April 15, 2003 Chan Marshall had a neat trick up the sleeve of her shapeless flannel Tuesday night. Performing her dark-toned folk tales for an unruly hodgepodge of indie fashionistas, reverent fans, and blathering curiosity...
By Johnny Loftus April 16, 2003
"I grow old, I grow old / I shall throw out my Dixie Chicks discs." — Apologies to T.S. Eliot Although it is not nice to characterize people broadly because of some attribute, it may be unavoidable in this case....
By Stephen Macaulay April 17, 2003
The White Stripes Hammerstein Ballroom, New York, April 19, 2003 Everything about the White Stripes' Hammerstein Ballroom show on April 19 felt a little oversize, a little out of focus. Part of it was their opening act, Loretta Lynn, whose...
By Kristy Eldredge April 21, 2003
When I'm Gone: Unwell. The Remedy: Sing for the Moment Like a Stone. Clocks, Lights Out: Why, Georgia? (Miss You, Fighter, Angel.) I'm Glad; Come Away With Me: Rock Your Body, Beautiful. Picture American Life: Times Like These: Big Yellow...
By Stephen Macaulay April 24, 2003

By Jake Brown April 24, 2003

By Paul Robinson April 29, 2003
The Kills want to sex you up. The Kills Magic Stick, Detroit, April 29, 2003 The heady crawl of "Venus in Furs" will make a nun sweat. The song's torn, dirty lingerie is that dark spot in the corner of...
By Johnny Loftus April 30, 2003
The only good thing on MTV cancelled? And just when I was about to get TIVO......
By Jake Brown April 30, 2003
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