https://stylusmagazines.com/blog/ en-us 2005-03-02T05:44:42-05:00 https://stylusmagazines.com/blog/archives/2005_03.php#001551 Ah, The Streets. My mind is still torn as to whether Mike Skinner is quite the chav poet he posits himself as, or whether he’s actually a very smart character actor concocting an identity which appeals on various levels across... NickSouthall 2005-03-02T05:44:42-05:00 https://stylusmagazines.com/blog/archives/2005_03.php#001549 Alright, let me dispense with the biases first. I've been a devotee of this band since around the release of Here Comes the Indian in 2003- that's not to thumb my nose and say I've been into them since Dave... Mike Powell 2005-03-01T10:49:23-05:00 https://stylusmagazines.com/blog/archives/2005_02.php#001547 Host Chris Rock cracked wise on rappers acting in films. If anyone can fault a career that includes both “Anaconda” and “Three Kings” they have more discerning tastes than I. The cameras consequently kept a close eye on several of... Erick Bieritz 2005-02-28T23:13:55-05:00 https://stylusmagazines.com/blog/archives/2005_02.php#001546 Billed as a Nick Cave solo show GOD was bolstered by a bassist, drummer and violinist and played to a sold out Gateshead Sage (it looks like a giant shiny metal and glass shell on the banks of the renovated... Scott McKeating 2005-02-28T11:45:56-05:00 https://stylusmagazines.com/blog/archives/2005_02.php#001544 This week has been, at least up in Guelph, Reading Week. I guess it's called Spring Break down in the states, but as you can guess by the name it's not nearly as fun up here. I've been spending the... Ian Mathers 2005-02-26T22:50:22-05:00 https://stylusmagazines.com/blog/archives/2005_02.php#001541 The music of computer games. From jaunty Dizzy ditties, chronicling notoriously egg-based tales of going from point A to point B and then back again, to the ear-piercing "OOOWEEEE OOOWOOOO, OOOWEEE OOOWOOO" signature riff of The Chaos Engine; these are... Peter Parrish 2005-02-23T14:14:55-05:00 https://stylusmagazines.com/blog/archives/2005_02.php#001540 Last week I was surprised by most of the night's concert. I had gone primarily to see the Sadies, but I showed up in time to seeing the opening act Visqueen. Never having heard of them, I expected some sort... Justin Cober-Lake 2005-02-23T12:52:31-05:00 https://stylusmagazines.com/blog/archives/2005_02.php#001538 Approaching genres for the first time can be a ridiculously exciting ritual. Although it seems goofy to think so now, I remember listening to the heavy anglophilia of Blur's "The Great Escape" for the first time and thinking it was... Michael F. Gill 2005-02-22T19:16:29-05:00 https://stylusmagazines.com/blog/archives/2005_02.php#001537 From Korn's very own mouths.... "KORN has parted ways with guitarist Brian 'Head' Welch, who has chosen Jesus Christ as his savior, and will be dedicating his musical pursuits to that end, KORN respects Brian's wishes, and hopes he finds... Scott McKeating 2005-02-22T14:44:31-05:00 https://stylusmagazines.com/blog/archives/2005_02.php#001536 Eyehategod are from New Orleans. It sounds to me like it’s a different guy singing on Confederacy of Ruined Lives than on their other records, but whenever I look it up it says it’s the same person. Maybe he has... Dave Queen 2005-02-22T03:46:38-05:00 https://stylusmagazines.com/blog/archives/2005_02.php#001534 The original "gonzo journalist", novelist, gun collector and contrary SOB Hunter S. Thompson shot himself dead last night at his home in the Colorado mountains. He was 67.... Scott McKeating 2005-02-21T05:03:00-05:00 https://stylusmagazines.com/blog/archives/2005_02.php#001532 At first I was peeved that DFA made Death From Above tack on the 1979. Now that I've finally heard LCD Soundsystem's "Tired", I understand it. 'Cuz fairly good as You're a Woman, I'm a Machine is, Mr. Murphy does... Dan Miron 2005-02-20T15:55:03-05:00 https://stylusmagazines.com/blog/archives/2005_02.php#001530 Thenk yew verrrry much! Dinosaur Jr are finally being remastered!! You're Living All Over Me was one of the true casualties of early cd pressing. I want to hear that Feast of Sludge beneath the studio faults! Let's hope it... Dan Miron 2005-02-19T11:37:02-05:00 https://stylusmagazines.com/blog/archives/2005_02.php#001529 I'd been going through my annual should-I-or-shouldn't-I debate since the announcement of Coachella's 2005 lineup. I mean, on the one hand, it's awfully rare to find a collection of so many great artists sharing the same stage... er, the same... Luke Adams 2005-02-18T22:19:45-05:00 https://stylusmagazines.com/blog/archives/2005_02.php#001527 I was reading a copy of the accursed SPIN in the Library the other day, and I was surprised to read a fan's reaction to their Modest Mouse feature from a few months back. Basically, she said: "Normally, when I... Ryan Hardy 2005-02-18T00:25:59-05:00