Sunday, January 1 1995
Stereolab, Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage In the Milky Night
Stereolab did almost the unthinkable—the band took a break. It’s been two years since Dots and Loops, but the hiatus has done nothing to warm…
Sunless Day: Electric Ahhh…
San Francisco’s Sunless Day’s trippy ‘70s inspired rock means well. Playful as well as heavy, Electric Ahhh… is entertaining with its blatant rock and roll…
Tomasz Stanko: From the Green Hill
Jazz music has a long history as a social and cultural force in Eastern Europe. As documented so thoroughly in the novels of Josef Skvorecky,…
Sixty Watt Shaman: Seed of Decades
You know you’re in trouble when a band’s thank-you list is a page long and there’s not one recognizable contemporary musical act listed in the…
Starlight Mints: The Dream That Stuff Was Made Of
On their debut release, Norman, Oklahoma’s Starlight Mints create offbeat pop tunes that are as strange as they are catchy. Incorporating strings in a decidedly…
Sonny Sixkiller: This Is Your Heaven
Talk about a refreshing change of pace…. Sometimes when I’m sitting here listening to CD after CD of mostly loud rock, I catch myself waxing…
String Builder: self-titled
To some, the thoughts of anything strongly rooted in a shade of pure “Americana” are reason enough to jump out of the way in fears…
Shelter: When 20 Summers Pass
Twenty summers ago I was in high school marching band with Ray Cappo, he played the tuba. Little did I know at the time that…
Rod Stewart: Human
Rod Stewart’s glory days span several key moments in the evolution of post-Beatles British rock—from the rise of the white blues brigade around 1964 through…
Sugarcult: Start Static
What is it with bands and their apparent need to squeeze the word ‘sugar’ into their monikers? First we had Sugar Ray, more recently Sugarbomb…
Sweep the Leg Johnny: Sto Cazzo!
Akin to an amusement park ride hazardous to pregnant women and those with heart failure, Sweep the Leg Johnny return to the recorded format with…
Supersuckers, How the Supersuckers became the Greatest Rock and Roll Band in the World
So I’m sitting in the car outside the grocery store, eating ripple-style potato chips right out of the bag and washing them down with a…
SR-71: Now You See Inside
When Extreme’s beautiful acoustic ballad “More Than Words” permeated the airwaves in 1990 both it and it’s album Pornograffitti was an immediate success. One of…
Jill Scott: Who Is Jill Scott?
‘Round the Way Soul Sista It started with a dress. A hot little thing. A spaghetti-strapped Armani number, with a skintight bodice and a long…
The Spyders: The Youngster EP
The joke: What would happen if They Might Be Giants expatriated to England, dropped the musical gadgetry for four-on-the floor, kiddie-rocker sound, and started doing…
Sparkwood: The La-La Crutch
The Austin, Texas band, Sparkwood may not be a member of Elephant 6 stable, but their debut release, The La-La Crutch, reveals that the band…
Sons of the Never Wrong: One If by Hand
If folk-music is what you long for, look no further and take a listen to the Sons of the Never Wrong, which consists of Sue…
Mongo Santamaria: Afro American Latin/Greatest Hits
Latin music is in. Latin Music is hot. Beyond the pop sensations of Ricky Martin, Jennifer Lopez, et al., the popularity of Buena Vista Social…
Schema: self-titled
Being totally honest with myself, I have to admit that in my heart of hearts, I’m simply a pop fan, to the point that finding…
Shivaree: I Oughtta Give You a Shot in the Head
I Oughtta Give You a Shot in the Head is a fitting title for Shivaree’s first album. The record truly is a blow to the…
