Category: Music
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Alanis Morissette – Interview
Alanis Morissette went from an unknown to superstar at the age of twenty-one. Now years later she has matured and—if you can believe it—grown better with age. We caught up with Alanis and discussed life and her latest release “So Called Chaos.” I’ve listened to every record and now with “So Called Chaos” something really…
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Fastball – Keep Your Wig On
Artist: Fastball Title: Keep Your Wig On Label: RYKO Rating: 5/10 CORPORATE LINE: Fastball is back with contributors from Spoon’s Mike McCarthy, NRBQ’s Al Anderson, Fountains of Wayne’s Adam Schlesinger, and Sheryl Crow songwriter Jeff Trott. THE GREAT: “I Get High” – Tony Scalzo offers the albums best song and is sounds amazingly close to…
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Uncle Kracker – 72 and Sunny
Artist: Uncle Kracker Title: 72 and Sunny Label: Lava Rating: 4.5/10 CORPORATE LINE: 72 AND SUNNY is also the title of Uncle Kracker’s third album, and it’s, well, pretty perfect itself. Following 2000’s double-platinum DOUBLE WIDE and 2002’s chart-topping NO STRANGER TO SHAME — which launched Uncle Kracker’s record-setting rendition of Dobie Gray’s “Drift Away”…
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Ashlee Simpson – Interview [2005]
Ashlee Simpson Steps Up By Colleen M. Quill As I arrived at Ashlee Simpson’s hotel, there were paparazzi camped outside the doors. I wondered if they were waiting for her. It was the day of several television channels ‘Upfronts,’ to announce the upcoming season’s show line up. Ashlee was happy to find herself in the…
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Beastie Boys – To The 5 Boroughs
Artist: Beastie Boys Title: To The 5 Boroughs Label: Capitol Rating: 4/10 “Your rhyme technique it is antique” shouts MCA and the irony is enough to literally make you laugh out loud. The Beastie Boys have had these wonderful box seats looking down upon the music scene. How did they get these seats? One great…
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Uncle Kracker – Interview [2004]
Uncle Kracker is back for more! We chat with him about his latest record 72 & Sunny. This record leans more toward country—what inspired it? It’s just traditional songwriting. I love pedal steel guitars. Even when I was doing more of the rap stuff there was still pedal steel guitars on there. There is always…
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Lit – Lit
Artist: Lit Title: Lit Label: DRT Rating: 4.5/10 THE GREAT: “Looks Like They Were Right” – An overdone style that usually leaves you yawning yet Lit still make you tap your toes and singing alone. “Pictures Of You” – This cover song should have been on a soundtrack not on a full release. I will…
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Avril Lavigne – Interview
Unapologetically original. Unabashedly in your face. Avril Lavigne’s 2002 debut Let Go gave young women a defiant voice and set it to music they could rock out to. Fourteen million albums and eight Grammy nominations later, the Canadian chanteuse returns with Under My Skin but if you’re expecting a whole lot of the same, you’ve…
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Rachael Yamagata – Happenstance
Artist: Rachael Yamagata Title: Happenstance Label: Private Music Rating: 6/10 CORPORATE LINE: Happenstance, produced by John Alagia (John Mayer, Dave Matthews etc.), is a collection of songs inspired by my obsessions, often love related, but not always. It’s about the battle between chance circumstances and the belief that everything happens for a reason. The title…
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The Corrs – Borrowed Heaven
Artist: The Corrs Title: Borrowed Heaven Label: Atlantic Rating: 4.5/10 CORPORATE LINE: The Corrs are offering up a piece of heaven in May! Their all-new album, “Borrowed Heaven”, marks the Irish quartet’s first studio album since 2000’s platinum-certified “In Blue”. “Borrowed Heaven” will also be their first U.S. release since 2002’s “VH1 Presents The Corrs…