I suppose that I was given Doublewide and Live to review as a result of accent-ism. It’s kind of like racism, except you are judged by how you pronounce your A’s and R’s as apposed to the color of your skin. My speech patterns exhibit qualities most closely related with what is known as “Virginia […]
I first met John Doe after an X show in Denver, where I discovered that we share a taste for Jameson Irish whiskey as well as coffee (“It’s the blood of the gods,” he says). The co-frontman and bassist from L.A.’s (and possibly America’s) best punk rock band has recently put out a new solo […]
There’s a line in The Thing Called Love (the Peter Bogdanovich film about country musicians) where Dermot Mulroney’s character says that he likes country music because it has no sarcasm. Lately, I can definitely relate to that statement. I can also relate to Jason Ringenberg’s Empire Builders, a record inspired by the “alt-country” singer’s journey […]
In the midst of rapidly changing musical trends, bands breaking up and re-uniting, there’s been one thing you can count on over the last 15 to 20 years. The Reverend Horton Heat will be passing through your town at least once a year, bringing the wildest, rockin’-est, Texas psychobilly freak-out you’ve ever seen to all […]
Where Portland meets London, the foursome has twisted some cranium around to develop, frame for frame, the makings of a Guy Ritchie movie, where Mrs. Ritchie has been replaced by Cate Blanchett as the leading lady. There’s a jerky, fast forward approach to their camera work that contradicts the pace with a constant rhythm, leaving […]
