October 13-19, 2005 music BROGUES GALLERY: After Arab Strap, Adele Bethel (left) felt confident singing in her own accent in Sons and Daughters. Photo By: JOe Dilworth under the rock Lock up your sons and daughters, this could be a…
October 13-19, 2005 music BROGUES GALLERY: After Arab Strap, Adele Bethel (left) felt confident singing in her own accent in Sons and Daughters. Photo By: JOe Dilworth under the rock Lock up your sons and daughters, this could be a…
August 18-24, 2005 mixpicks School of Rock QUIZZO At most quizzos, we rock geeks usually sit quietly and get wasted while our teammates furrow their brows about oceans and war and shit. Occasionally, we get thrown a bone with a…
June 2- 8, 2005 art Nowhere Man AT THE DEPOT: (L-R) Actors Ned Eisenberg (The Salesman), Autumn Hurlbert (The Girl) and Denver Andre Taylor (The G.I.) rehearse a scene from The Middle of Nowhere at the Prince Music Theater. Photo…
May 19-25, 2005 musicpicks Doves/Mercury Rev Rock/pop With Morrissey and Elvis Costello now residing on this side of the hemisphere, who’s gonna explain the slate-grey plights of the ol’ U.K. for us Anglo-freaks? (Sure, The Guardian and Mike Leigh films…
May 12-18, 2005 under the rock The Question Is How SECOND WIND: “Good bands can have a little telepathy going on,” says Stamey. by Michael Pelusi It’s as simple as this: In August, Chris Stamey headed into a recording studio…
May 5-11, 2005 musicpicks The Wonder Stuff Rock/pop A month or so ago, www.thewonderstuff.com featured a sound thrashing of the band’s reconfiguration, courtesy of its two ousted Martins, Bell and Gilks. But now that URL just gets you the official…
May 5-11, 2005 music under the rock FOREVER HASN’T HAPPENED YET: X was a punk-oldies act even before the Pixies reunited. Beyond and Back by Michael Pelusi In punk rock, there are the bands you admire and the ones you…
April 14-20, 2005 under the rock Now You are Supposed To Like Garbage RECYCLing: “We’re not trying to do something that’s completely different,” says guitarist Steve Marker (second from left). “It’s more trying on a lot of different pop music…
March 10-16, 2005 cover story Let Them Rock CAPITOL GAINS: “People have heard everything under the sun now,” says Shai Halperin (second from right). “You have to really position yourself.” The Capitol Years get drunk on their first full band…