Saturday, February 9 2002
Jill Sobule
S E T L I S T JetpackBitterJoey (Heatherton)(Ex-gay ministry song)MargaretKaren by NightThe Money Shot(I Live like a) FreshmanHeroesLucy at the GymPilar (Things Here…
Friday, February 8 2002
Baaba Maal
The Triumph of Pure Sound Baaba Maal was supposed to be onstage at 8:00 p.m., and now it’s 8:25, and the crowd is getting as…
Thursday, February 7 2002
Chris Smither
We had only been there five minutes and already I was annoyed. Having never been to McCabe’s Guitar Shop, it was not remotely what I…
Tuesday, February 5 2002
Stereophonics + JJ72
Stereophonics JJ72 What Comes After Britpop? Or, the Stereophonics Take Your American Hype and Shove It While much of his fellow UK fraternity are busy…
Monday, January 28 2002
The Charlatans UK + Starsailor
Starsailor S E T L I S T StarsailorAlcoholicPoor Misguided FoolShe Just WeptFeverLullabyLove is HereTie Up My HandsGood Souls Charlatans + StarsailorIt’s All Over…
Thursday, January 17 2002
Liars
By the night’s end, it seemed everything had been destroyed—including the band. Drummer Ron Albertson eyed his band mates venomously, gingerly re-erecting his toppled bass…
Wednesday, January 16 2002
Sleater-Kinney
I looked over my right shoulder. Just behind me, a couple was sharing a PDA unashamedly to the hot music. Their jaws were moving in…
Friday, January 11 2002
The Handsome Family
The club was packed, and the crowd by the bar only shushed when Brett and Rennie, like a young, perverse Johnny and June, took the…
Friday, December 28 2001
Evan Dando & The Rebel Crue 2002
Shunning Career As An Australian D.A.R.E. Counselor, Dando Appears Poised For Return Ah, yes . . . the comeback. Americans love to root for the…
Sunday, December 16 2001
Mercury Rev
S E T L I S T The Funny BirdChainsTides of the MoonTonite It ShowsDelta Sun Bottleneck StompHolesFriterringLincoln’s EyeNite and FogLittle RhymesYou’re My QueenGoddess…
Saturday, December 15 2001
Rainer Maria + Yeah Yeah Yeahs + Ted Leo & the Pharmacists
The one thing you never want to hear at a concert, as the band takes the stage, with the lead singer conspicuously absent: “So I…
Friday, December 14 2001
Drive By Truckers
They Caught Me Smilin’ Agin Forged in the fabled hamlet of Muscle Shoals, Alabama, the Drive-By Truckers are magnificent in concert. Magnificent, that is, if…
Wednesday, December 12 2001
Blonde Redhead
Demon pop. All I could think watching Blonde Redhead’s two hour set at New York’s Irving Plaza was that this band must surely be comprised…
Sunday, December 9 2001
Starsailor
Wait—did he drop the guitar on purpose? The song continued, but James Walsh quit playing in the midst of the action, visibly overwhelmed and signaling…
Saturday, December 8 2001
Nikka Costa
Nikka Costa is Jesse Helms’ worst nightmare come to rock your town. If Nikka Costa didn’t exist, Prince would have to invent her. Thirty-three years…
Friday, November 30 2001
John Hiatt and the Goners
“I‘m not thinking ahead / I’m just getting there / And if you want / You can help me steer”, states John Hiatt matter-of-factly during…
Thursday, November 29 2001
Goldfrapp
Most Americans haven’t heard of them, but in Britain, the press has spent the past year gushing over Goldfrapp, and rightly so. With their debut…
Coldplay / JJ72
Coldplay JJ72 The Empire Strikes Back 4.45 pm: Yours truly is speaking on BBC Radio 5 about the band Creed. That’s the focus of the…
Friday, November 16 2001
Reel Big Fish, Goldfinger, and Sugarcult
Fun to Be Had Both members of the SoCal punk scene located around Long Beach, California, Reel Big Fish and Goldfinger have been friends for…
The New Pornographers
Read the next sentence twice, and try not to laugh. The New Pornographers are a Canadian Super-Group! You probably let out a little chuckle, right?…
