The Polyphonic Spree @ Warsaw Glyn Emmerson March 2, 2005 Concerts It was a night of choral thunder and sanctimonious boom where the band’s sonic swirls, bombastic pop and bouncy beats sucked the bad karma out of the room like a meeting with the Dalai Lama. The Polyphonic Spre... Read More...
Omarion: O Adrian Gregory Glover March 2, 2005 Albums B2K was pretty whack if you are an adult urban fan.That’s just the way it is. If you’re a preteen or a teen or were so when the shit was hot you might disagree but whatever, the shit was whack to these ears bec... Read More...
Entombed @ B.B. King Blues Club & Grill JJ Koczan February 23, 2005 Concerts Tours come and tours go. Great shows last forever in the memories of those lucky enough to have seen them. Entombed, among the forefathers of the original Swedish death metal sound, met with Crowbar, the kin... Read More...
Ani DiFranco: Knuckle Down Adrian Gregory Glover January 26, 2005 Albums This is a different ADF record because home girl finally lets someone else in on the production side of the album and it shows. Fellow musician Joe Henry comes through and earns his keep by shifting things arou... Read More...
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... Read More...
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... Read More...
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... Read More...
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... Read More...
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... Read More...
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... Read More...
