Terms like rock and pop, like lines of longitude, are just artificial constructs, while music itself is all-natural.
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Concert Review: Mofro
A Mofro show is something like a second coming of the Doors.
Read More »CD Reviews: Indie Round-Up for June 29 2006 – Adamson, Vecchione, Next Wave Compilation
Laura Vecchione's playful side, combined with the high quality of her songs, makes this soul-splashed country-rock CD a winner.
Read More »Book Review: Hotel California by Barney Hoskyns
How did the Eagles, with their perfect (too perfect?) symbiosis of country and rock, come to be the most popular band in America?
Read More »CD Reviews: Indie Round-Up for June 15 2006 – Chapin, Splitsense, Graffin, Apollo 13
Jen Chapin's slithery delivery, pop-inspired melodies and cutting lyrics turn even the homiest sentiment into art.
Read More »Theater Review: A Reading Of Masterpiece
Erudite and suspenseful, talky and moving, Masterpiece begs for a full production.
Read More »CD/DVD Review: The Clarks, Still Live
Personally, I've had it with edgy. Give me a good song over an intriguing attitude any day.
Read More »Chertoff to City: Drop Dead
Most absurd of all is DHS's determination that New York has no national monuments or icons.
Read More »CD Reviews: Indie Round-Up for June 1 2006 – Cass, McKean, Stigers
This CD is a whole lot of fun, and isn't that the main point of rock anyway?
Read More »CD Reviews: Indie Round-Up for May 18 2006 – Zach Hexum, The Animators, Josh Sason
"Buy Buy" suggests something Pete Townshend might have written after accidentally wandering into a Wal-Mart.
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