If there were an award for the Overachieving Bass Player for the last four decades, Bill Laswell would win it, hands down. With a discography dating back to the sixties and lined with guests representing the cream of the crop for just about every musical genre worldwide, it would be appropriate to say that he […]
To some, The Tragically Hip is the most important Canadian rock act of the last two decades, even more so than Rush, Bryan Adams, Alanis and those cute and cuddly boys from Sum 41. But to the average passerby, the band is little more than the answer to the question “What would happen if Midnight […]
AMERICAN JOBS (GREG SPOTTS ) “If Nafta tonight threatened the jobs of editorial writers and network news anchors and Wall Street bankers, this bill wouldn’t have a prayer.” That hard-hitting argument was made by Democratic Representative David R. Obey from Wisconsin as the House voted to renew NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement that […]
The MelvinsTuesday, September 1, 2004The Gothic, Denver Seeing a Melvins show is something any fan of rock music should do at least once in their life. Whether you are familiar with the albums or not, it will certainly remain a unique feather in your show-going cap, and you will likely never see or hear any […]
The Black Keys with The CutsWednesday, Sep. 15th, 2004Gothic Theater, Denver I had been waiting to see The Black Keys ever since they rolled through the Fox Theater for an afternoon photo shoot one day last July. At this point I was an office intern at the Fox, filing business receipts and wondering, “Who the […]
Greg Collins – Drums/PercussionAnthony Roman – Vocals/Bass/KeyboardsTommy Williams – Vocals/GuitarGerard Garone – KeyboardsP.J. O’Connor – Percussion Two years ago the New York based band Radio 4 had just released Gotham! that included the single, “Save Your City.” The song, drenched in waves of post punk and small club dance nights, was taken as an ode […]
Eli Mishkin – lead vocals, guitar Bryan Feuchtinger – bass, vocalsElaine Acosta – drums Chocolate milk, tight pants and a savvy wink of the eye are just a few toys in the Hot IQs bag of tricks. Add in just one year’s time since they first penned a song, and you’ve got the makings of […]
Months later my CD is still stuck in my CD player in my car, leaving me the choice of either listening to Poole for the 100th millionth time in a row or radio. When it comes to the dial (which is much of a dial as my phone I suppose), there’s ’60s and ’70s Oldies […]
There are very specific music memories I have in my repertoire, memories held near and dear to my heart: seeing Beck in a small club in San Jose to comfortable crowd of a 100 people or so, a double bill with Soul Coughing and Jeff Buckley, Stone Temple Pilot’s secret acoustic show at the Fillmore, […]
God love John Mellencamp for trying to bring politics to the center stage by forming a legion of über-rock artists and embarking on a nationwide tour to promote voter registration. Unfortunately, straight talk and stern yet cautious diplomacy just aren’t strong enough. In fact, despite his admirable intentions, if you combined Mellencamp’s heartland hits, his […]
