Miles Davis: Tribute to Jack Johnson JJ Koczan January 19, 2005 Albums There’s something in the swagger of Miles Davis’ playing on these recordings that reminds me of a boxer walking down the aisle. There’s the limit of the people crowded all around the runway, the chaos of that m...
Thursday @ Starland Balllroom Amy Sciarretto January 12, 2005 Concerts SAYREVILLE, NJ—I juggled my vacation plans in order to catch both post-Christmas Thursday shows at the Starland Ballroom because I knew that this would be the last time the beloved New Brunswick band would be p...
Emok @ Knitting Factory NYC JJ Koczan January 5, 2005 Concerts What first caught my eye about the ground-level room of the Knitting Factory was the floor. At some point between the smoking ban and now, it has been replaced and it was so clean yuppies in expensive driving c...
Udet @ Lit Lounge Doktor John December 1, 2004 Concerts Udet, a garage rock trio, connected with localbandsnyc.com, performed a short, sweet 27-minute set in the ancient and atmospheric sub-basement of the Lit Lounge to introduce their second CD album, "Runaway Trai...
Gibby Haynes: Gibby Haynes and His Problem JJ Koczan December 1, 2004 Albums Warm summer, top down, driving off to nowhere low-edge rock music with all the outlandish and absurd lyrics you would expect from the former Butthole Surfers frontman's solo debut. Stripped down production, lig...
Mark Lanegan: Bubblegum JJ Koczan August 25, 2004 Albums The former Screaming Trees vocalist returns with his fourth solo offering, presenting a deceptively-titled and complex group of songs with guest appearances from P.J. Harvey, Nick Oliveri and Josh Homme (of Que...
