Tag Archives: Alternative Rock

Jumping on the souvenir concert CD bandwagon with the likes of Metallica, Phish, String Cheese Incident and many others, the Pixies will be offering limited edition CDs of their upcoming concerts: On the upcoming Pixies’ North American “warm up” reunion dates which kick off Tuesday, April 13 at the Fine …

Kurt Cobain died 10 years ago – his myth is larger and his place in rock history more secure than ever before. Ultimately he was a sad little man who chose the easy way out, leaving his wife and daughter to fend for themselves in a cold, cruel world. But …

Is it me or is Lollapalooza getting a really late start this year? It’s almost April and they don’t even have a website or a full lineup to announce yet. This is the first press release I have received on it: Lollapalooza 2004 Runs With the Gypsies for First ever …

I have been aware of the famous experimental instrumental rock ensemble Tortoise for years, but had never actually heard them until I received an advance (April 6 release) of their fifth studio album, the exquisitely packaged It’s All Around You. Due to guitarist Jeff Parker’s participation in the avant jazz …

I have been a middling Counting Crows fan: put off by singer Adrian Duritz’s self-importance but drawn in by some great songs and a harder edge than most such self-consciously arty rockers. Although they have only had four studio albums, it’s time for the inevitable greatest hits package, typically cryptic …

Interesting story on the band Particle, which has played in front of as many as 20,000 people, and plays 140 dates a year without the benefit of a single recording: Particle, a Los Angeles band that plays disco-flavored, instrumental jam music, has done just that, building a devoted following strictly …

Far-flung '80s icons are returning home to roost. The new Tears For Fears album is their best ever - really.

Sophomore Slump, Version 2.5?

Rhino's new two-disc career retrospective.

This is huge music news. I remember very vividly interviewing the Pixies, especially Kim Deal, in the locker room of the Oberlin Field House in the winter of ’91 or ’92 – Daivd Bowie was hanging out with us also as his son Joey went to Oberlin at the time …