Sonic Reducer Like labelmate Suzanne Vega, Vanessa Carlton has a knack for setting her deepest emotions to craftily hewn melodies in such a way as [...] Michael Henningsen \ Dec 02, 2004 Read More
Edith Frost With Manishevitz And Fast Heart Mart Monday, Nov. 29; Launchpad (21 and over, 9 p.m.): I might as well just say it: Despite all her formidable indie rock cred—associations [...] Michael Henningsen \ Nov 25, 2004 Read More
Music To Your Ears Congratulations to Joe Anderson and Kara XXX on the birth of their baby daughter, Tannyn Jane, who joined the waking world on Tuesday, [...] Michael Henningsen \ Nov 25, 2004 Read More
Blue Note Ever had a fever dream, those slippery scenes that play themselves out in your mind's eye as your body tries to rid itself [...] Michael Henningsen \ Nov 25, 2004 Read More
Colin Cleanse The Last Glimmer Of Hope In The Bush Administration Burns Out While I, like millions of other Americans, was disappointed in the outcome of the 2004 presidential election, I can't say I was surprised. [...] Michael Henningsen \ Nov 18, 2004 Read More
Kartik Seshadri Classical Music Of India Saturday, Nov. 20; Outpost Performance Space (all ages, 8 p.m.): If your idea of sitar music is George Harrison plinking away at the [...] Michael Henningsen \ Nov 18, 2004 Read More
Darkest Hour With Between The Buried & Me, Cattle Decapitation And Fear Before The March Of Flames Tuesday, Nov. 23; Launchpad (all ages, 7 p.m.): Darkest Hour are the band Metallica might have become if they hadn't gone all egotistical, [...] Michael Henningsen \ Nov 18, 2004 Read More
Music To Your Ears In May of this year, Chris Hotchkiss of local band Morning Wood was killed in a tragic accident. An all-ages benefit show for [...] Michael Henningsen \ Nov 11, 2004 Read More
The Man Who Wasn'T There Jandek On Corwood “In 1978, a musician released his first album, Ready for the House. It featured a lonely voice accompanied by acoustic guitar. His subsequent [...] Michael Henningsen \ Nov 11, 2004 Read More
Blue Note Although he's become an increasingly renowned saxophonist, Dave Pietro's fluid passages sound as though they were charted by a pianist. One is compelled [...] Michael Henningsen \ Nov 11, 2004 Read More