Bing Cd Release Party Friday, June 25; The Paramount (Santa Fe, 21 and over, 9 p.m.): Co-founded by Molly Sturges (vocals, accordion) and Chris Jonas (saxophones), Bing [...] Michael Henningsen \ Jun 24, 2004 Read More
J Mascis With An Acoustic Guitar And Some Hippie Songs ... And Weapons Of Mass Destruction And Fivehundred Thursday, July 1; Former Dinosaur Jr. leader and indie rock guitar wizard J Mascis is giving his ears—and ours—a break this tour. Instead [...] Michael Henningsen \ Jun 24, 2004 Read More
Thanks For The Jewel Case Apparently, God has a record deal. Israeli Hewbrew teacher Uri Harel has taken a page from Michael Drosnin's book, The Bible Codes, and [...] Michael Henningsen \ Jun 24, 2004 Read More
Music To Your Ears If you've never seen Cape Breton fiddling virtuoso Natalie MacMaster and her phenomenal band, you'll get your chance on Friday, June 18, at [...] Michael Henningsen \ Jun 17, 2004 Read More
Band It Together The Mountainside Ymca Showcases Local Bands Friday, June 18; Mountainside YMCA (12500 Comanche NE, 292-2298, all ages, 7 p.m.): I've long held that the “Battle of the Bands” is [...] Michael Henningsen \ Jun 17, 2004 Read More
Railroad Earth With Young Edward Saturday, June 19; Stella Blue (21 and over, 9 p.m.): On the strength of a rushed demo and without ever having played a [...] Michael Henningsen \ Jun 17, 2004 Read More
W.c. Clark Cd Release Party With Memphis P Tales Who would have thought that listening to the blues can make you feel happy? This can be said for W.C. Clark's music which [...] Stephanie Garcia \ Jun 17, 2004 Read More
Blue Note Compared to his 2002 album, All Rise, which consisted of an extended composition for big band, gospel choir and symphony orchestra—some 200 players, [...] Michael Henningsen \ Jun 17, 2004 Read More
Sonic Reducer If it wasn't for bands like NYC's Candiria, filling the void left by the demise of Helmet and Quicksand, I'd have taken my [...] Michael Henningsen \ Jun 17, 2004 Read More
Blue Note On his first album for Heart & Soul Records, Bay Area bluesman Tommy Castro makes it abundantly clear that there's no room in [...] Michael Henningsen \ Jun 10, 2004 Read More