I'll say this up front: I'm not a fan of I-hate-my-girlfriend hip-hop. I'm not much of a fan of personalizing concert reviews, either.
But in bringing myself to write a positive review of Atmosphere, an underground rap group from Minneapolis who flawlessly rocked a small crowd at the Beaumont Club Friday night, I've had to ditch a few of my well-heeled perspectives.Dan MonickAtmosphere's Ant (left) and Slug
The fact is, music critics and reviewers have opinions. Like anyone, including t
Last week, KISS announced that its new album, Sonic Boom, is to be sold exclusively at Wal-Mart. Is this further evidence of what the Chicago Tribune's Mark Caro referred to as "the death of the record store"? Caro also asked if a rock band selling an album exclusively at a big box store counted as a sell-out.
I think it's a valid question. The Tribune's Greg Kott and compatriot critic Jim Derogatis on the Sun-Times have discussed this sort of thing time and time again on their program S
Come November, you'll be able to own one of the most-bootlegged concerts in history -- Nirvana's historic August 30, 1992 headlining appearance at the Reading Festival as a color-corrected video from the original film with audio sourced from the original multi-track masters. Nirvana Live At Reading will be issued in a limited deluxe edition of the CD and DVD as well as video or audio only discs, in addition to a double LP version. The CD and DVD drop on November 3, with the LP following two we
REVIEW BY IAN HRABE
I turn around to find Karl Blau sitting at the bar folding oragami. He looks absolutely insane. His hair is teased up into some kind of mullet mohawk with two pigtails coming out of the back. He's also extremely tall and wearing a Marty McFly vest, which makes the effect extra weird. Ian Hrabe
He also seems like the nicest guy ever, and though there was hardly anyone at the Jackpot, that didn't stop him from putting on anything less than an excellent performance.
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Q&A BY DANNY R. PHILLIPS
Since the early 1980s, the Meat Puppets have been confusing critics and influencing followers with their acid-fueled, psychedelic, country-punk freakouts. Few bands in the history of rock have so openly challenged existing boundaries like the Pups. Any given album (or song, even) features elements of punk, bluegrass, straight -ahead rock and beat poetry style lyrics.
Originally from Phoenix, Arizona, and now based in Austin, the band was formed by twin brothers
