June 2005
Event Reviews
Autolux
Autolux will put you to sleep while keeping you awake. Lush, dreamy sounds with bursts of distortion that made Jen Cray's head feel light and her feet feel heavy.
Erasure
Dance/pop darlings of the 80's, Erasure, bring a flamboyant display of unadulterated fun to Orlando's House of Blues. Jen Cray is pleasantly surprised.
The Black Keys
A double bill of white boy blues rock starring The Black Keys and The Hentchmen, and Jen Cray reveals her long-obvious crush for Detroit.
The Gore Gore Girls
The Gore Gore Girls take the two best musical styles of Detroit, Motown and Garage Rock, and combine them with sexy, sultry attitude. Jen Cray reports from the white vinyl lounge.
Interviews
Darrell Scott
Darrell Scott is a man who does what he wants to do -- and he does it VERY well. David Whited gives insight into the songwriter.
Evan and Jaron
Jaron Lowenstein is treading a familiar path from musician to actor. Andrew Ellis finds out what more about his impending movie career and what he's been up to musically.
Music Reviews
Music B
Bear Claw
Find the Sun (Sick Room). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
The Boomtown Rats
Best of the Boomtown Rats (Universal). Review by Sean Slone.
Tim Booth
Bone (Koch Records). Review by Sean Slone.
Boyskout
School of Etiquette (Alive). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Bunky
Born to Be a Motorcycle (Asthmatic Kitty). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Music C
The Crash Moderns
The Crash Moderns (Maxim Artists). Review by Andrew Ellis.
Music D
Death In Vegas
Satan's Circus (Drone/Universal). Review by Kiran Aditham.
The Decemberists
Picaresque (Kill Rock Stars). Review by Aaron Shaul.
DJ Premier & Mr. Thing
The Kings of Hip Hop (BBE/Rapster). Review by Bill Campbell.
DJ Rupture
Special Gunpowder (Tigerbeat6). Review by Bill Campbell.
Music E
Estee Louder
Ohio's Best (Diaphragm). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
Music F
The Famous
Light, Sweet Crude (Leading Brand Records). Review by Kyrby Raine.
John Fogerty
Deja Vu All Over Again (Geffen). Review by Sean Slone.
Music G
Bebel Gilberto
Remixed (Six Degrees). Review by Kiran Aditham.
The Gourds
Blood of the Ram (Eleven Thirty). Review by Sean Slone.
Music H
Arlene Hattori
Finding Myself Again (). Review by Kyrby Raine.
Hothouse Flowers
Into Your Heart (Eleven Thirty). Review by Sean Slone.
Music J
Jaga Jazzist
What We Must (Ninja Tune). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Norah Jones
Artist's Choice: Music That Matters to Her (Hear Music). Review by Bill Campbell.
Music L
Leerone
Hail To The Queen (Fussy Music). Review by Andrew Ellis.
The Lift
Road To Hana (Little Red Records). Review by Andrew Ellis.
Lorna
Static Patterns and Souvenirs (Words On Music). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Music M
Magnolia Electric Co.
What Comes After the Blues (Secretly Canadian). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Music O
Orson
Bright Idea (Self-released). Review by Andrew Ellis.
Music R
The RadioSirens
Fearless (Dr. L's Music). Review by Kyrby Raine.
RZA and Keb Darge
Kings of Funk (BBE). Review by Bill Campbell.
Music S
Sasha
Fundacion NYC (Global Underground). Review by Kiran Aditham.
Shipping News
Flies the Field (Quarterstick). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Alina Simone
Prettier in the Dark (Fractured Discs). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Sunny So Brite
The New American Century (Self-Released). Review by Kyrby Raine.
Supercell
The New American Standard (Retrospect Records). Review by Andrew Ellis.
Music T
Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band
Horses in the Sky (Constellation). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Train
Alive at Last (Columbia). Review by Tim Wardyn.
Turing Machine
Zwei (French Kiss Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Music W
Lorraine Devon Wilke
Somewhere On The Way (Manitou Records). Review by Kyrby Raine.
Music Y
Year Future
The Hidden Hand (Gold Standard Labs). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
Print Reviews
Make
Tired of fruitlessly looking for a kite photography platform? Unwilling to pay thousands of dollars for a steadicam holder for those scenes in your homebrew slasher flick? Ian Koss thinks O'Reilly's Make may be the mag for those do-it-yourselfers with too much smart in their pants.
Snake Oil
You're stuck in the middle of nowhere, a hostile little hole where the residents look mean as toxic dump rats. Stranded without your wallet, without your car, and now you gotta figure out how you're going to scare up some food and cash to call for help. Maybe if you'd read Jim Rose's Snake Oil you'd know what to do. But you didn't. And Ian Koss thinks you're screwed.
Screen Reviews
Batman Begins
The Dark Knight Returns in a whole new epic franchise. Batman has been cleaned up, overhauled and given a dark sense of realism not seen since Tim Burton's first Batman feature back in the day. Rob Levy is spooked and overjoyed.
Beauty and the Geek
The time has come for revenge of the.... Nevermind. When Ian Koss watches Beauty and the Geek, all he sees is the end of television.
Bewitched
Da-duh. Da-duh. Da, da, da, da, da-duh. This summer's first all-star comedy has it all -- from the theme song to the obligatory broomstick. But our resident bumbling husband to a brainy, enchanting beauty isn't quite sold on Nora Ephron's latest concoction. In his review, Steve Stav attempts to explain his vague dissatisfaction with Bewitched.
Cinderella Man
Step aside, Sly -- Russell Crowe gives another Oscar-caliber performance as he quietly takes on all comers as boxing legend Jim Braddock. Director Ron Howard's latest hero of choice is no two-legged Seabiscuit or Apollo Creed-ducking Rocky; he's just a man determined to feed his family at all costs. Our man at ringside, Steve Stav, tallies his scorecard on this week's main event, Cinderella Man.
Bright Future
Director Kiyoshi Kurosawa new film about working class alienation and jellyfish mutation in Tokyo is called Bright Future. Aaron Shaul readily acknowledges it as a winning combination.
6ixtynin9
Finally! A film from Thailand titled 6ixtynin9 that's almost safe enough to watch with your parents and Aaron Shaul is incredulously impressed.
War of the Worlds
For over 100 years, H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds inspired just about every scary and/or schlocky sci-fi flick imaginable, from The Day the Earth Stood Still to Mars Attacks! Is War of the Worlds another hit for Spielberg? Did Tom Cruise give one last great performance before going completely wacko? Our resident vintage sci-fi nut, Steve Stav, ducked atomic rays just long enough to file this report.
Purple Butterfly
It took Aaron Shaul a couple of viewings to unravel the web surrounding Zhang Ziyi's latest film, Purple Butterfly, but it was effort well-spent.
