Tag Archives: Alternative Rock

During the Cold War, the legenadry Hansa At the Wall recording studios in Berlin, were just that, at the wall, and at the junction of two staggerlingly different worlds: It was this potent combination of Cold War stand-off and hedonism that inspired David Bowie, Iggy Pop, U2 and Depeche Mode …

Lollapalooza is returning with its founder and original headliner, Perry Farrell and his band Jane’s Addiction: Jane’s Addiction, Queens Of The Stone Age, Audioslave, Incubus, and Jurassic 5 are among the acts that will topline the revived Lollapalooza festival this summer. The event, initially spearheaded by Jane’s frontman Perry Farrell, …

Dolour’s Suburbiac is a beauteous, jangly one-man band album in the manner of early Rundgren. Dolour is Seattle’s slight, young and very talented Shane Tutmarc who sings, writes, plays guitars, bass, piano, organ, drums, synths, and in keeping with his Brian Wilson jones, glockenspiel, mellotron and theremin for good measure. …

On Monday I told you about the freaking amazing concert Dawn (by the way, read this beautiful post, she rules) and I went to last weekend: Cordero and Los Lobos. The Cordero review is here but I wanted to take some time to think about Los Lobos and let the …

Martin Atkins is one of the most central figures in the evolution of post-punk and industrial music: drummer for PIL, Ministry, Killing Joke, Damage Manual; founder and leader of evolving collective Pigface; founder and owner of Invisible Records and Underground Inc.; producer, remixer. Pigface will be touring the US in …

While I am not a crazy-go-nuts fan of the Indigo Girls, I sure am wild about Indigo Girl Amy Ray’s Daemon Records label. Her not-for-profit concern is as diverse as it is packed with quality. Ray’s own punk, indie-noise CD Stag is an eye-opener, and I also particularly enjoy the …

We mentioned back in December that Pearl Jam was going to do authorized bootlegs for each show on their upcoming Riot Act World Tour, to be sold exclusively online. Now the details are out: Pearl Jam announced today that they will release an official bootleg of each show on their …

Hey, my bud and Cleveland native Chris Butler, former leader-songwriter-guitarist-producer for the Waitresses, Tin Huey member, solo artist, has a hypercool, zeitgeist-humming new CD out called The Museum of Me, wherein he recorded new songs with the ur technology of wax cylinders, wire recorders, and vintage tape, all mixed up …

ARTISTdirect announces SnoCore 2003, “America’s first and only winter-season, road-show celebration of cutting-edge rock and the snow-sports lifestyle.” The tour begins February 11 in Albuquerque, NM, and will play at least thirty-one dates before it winds up on the east coast in late March. “We’ll be doing the same show …

After years of being better in theory than in execution, Nick Cave executes.