1997′s Time Out of Mind found Bob Dylan brooding on death at midnight; Love and Theft, his 43rd album, is much more lively, even joyful. It doesn’t really break any new ground, but …
Originally published March 6, 2001 on citysearch.com. It’s no longer online there, so I’ve reposted it in full here. Lori Wray’s third album is something of a grab-bag career retrospective, live …
Originally published August 16, 2000 on sidewalk.com. It’s no longer online there, so I’ve reposted it in full here. Suicide Commandos, The Commandos Commit Suicide Dance Concert (Garage D’Or) A slice …
Film review originally published March 30, 2000 on Citysearch.com. Nobody makes movies quite like Jim Jarmusch. It’s like looking through an old pane of leaded glass—things are distorted, wavy, often …
Originally published March 9, 2000 on Citysearch.com. The Rewind video column rounded up a collection of video recommendations based around a central theme, in this case the Best Supporting Actor …
Originally published February 18, 2000 on Citysearch.com. The Rewind video column rounded up a collection of video recommendations based around a central theme—in this case, horror movies. There’s a traditional …
Originally published January 25, 2000 on Citysearch.com. Smattering, once just a side project, became Matt Olson’s main artistic focus after his harder-rocking combo Balloon Guy broke up, the victim of …
When I told a friend of mine I was reviewing the new Grant Hart record, she frowned sympathetically and said, “Oh, that’s too bad.” I told her, no, it’s a …