January 28–February 4, 1999 hit and run Tears for Fear Factory Concertgoers who tried to attend the sold-out Fear Factory/System Of A Down/Spineshank show on Saturday night, Jan. 23, at the Trocadero were no doubt disappointed to discover that the…

January 28–February 4, 1999 hit and run Tears for Fear Factory Concertgoers who tried to attend the sold-out Fear Factory/System Of A Down/Spineshank show on Saturday night, Jan. 23, at the Trocadero were no doubt disappointed to discover that the…

January 28–February 4, 1999 hit and run Tears for Fear Factory Concertgoers who tried to attend the sold-out Fear Factory/System Of A Down/Spineshank show on Saturday night, Jan. 23, at the Trocadero were no doubt disappointed to discover that the…

July 22–29, 1999 loot Walking the Web Stepping in style used to mean going the distance — to New York. Fortunately, a few fashionable-but-far-away shoe stores now have Web sites. Start with Shoesonthenet.com, which will link you to Nordstrom and…

February 18–25, 1999 critic pick Diane Izzo     Chicago singer/songwriter Izzo draws lots of comparisons to fellow hometownie Liz Phair. But the songs on her debut, One (Sugar Free), display grim and grit more akin to Ani or Patti.…

January 14–21, 1999 city beat The Magazine Story The Tammy Pierce As large as it is, the world is not a very big place. Last week, in the first part of “The Kimberly Conundrum,” City Paper wrote about an effort…

January 14–21, 1999 six pick Ari Eisinger     In his press release, Ari Eisinger describes himself as a blues and ragtime guitarist who plays music from the 1920s and 1930s. Modesty prevents him from mentioning how the music of…

May 13–20, 1999 disc quicks|roots Stacey Earle Simple Gearle (Gearle Records) You can just see Stacey Earle sitting on the porchof an old rickety farm house, curved around her guitar, tellingstories of heartbreak and redemption. Singing in a clear, twangysoprano,…

December 9–16, 1999 critic pick|performance Your Hakobi/Carriage Awaits You Pound on a sheet of corrugated iron while rhythmically rocking from one leg to another, twirl and leap fearlessly into half-lit shadows and roll a noisy, wobbly cart underneath the light…