Category: Music
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The Churchills – You Are Here
Artist: The Churchills Title: You Are Here Label: Universal Rating: 5.5/10 The Churchills write catchy hooks, lines, and sinkers. “Beautiful” is the first hook. I heard The Churchills have caught the attention of a lot of industry insiders in both the music and TV world. They’ve been on “Spin City” and have had their t-shirts…
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Our Lady Peace – Interview[2000]
It’s funny how music circles work. With a few phone calls to friends, Our Lady Peace pieced together one of the summer’s finest festivals in any country. The band worked hard putting the whole festival together, the whole time keeping one thing in mind: the fans. They pulled in some of the hugest household names,…
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Tsar – Tsar
Artist: Tsar Title: Tsar Label: Hollywood Rating: 5/10 Um, how on earth are you going to name a song “Calling All Destroyers”, make it sound like T-Rex, and do your own version of it? Now that is lame, almost sacrilegious. I just hope Tsar goes to their knees, pleading when the music gods come calling.…
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Zebrahead – Playmate of the Year
Artist: Zebrahead Title: Playmate of the Year Label: Columbia Rating: 6.5/10 These five guys from Orange County, California are as much rock as they are hip-hop. Zebrahead writes some pretty good hooks, which cover for their lack of excitable lyrics. “I Am” is fun. “Playmate Of The Year” doesn’t deserve to be the title track.…
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Yve Adam – Fiction
Artist: Yve Adam Title: Fiction Label: Atlantic Rating: 5/10 Yve Adam was born when Mollies Revenge crashed to earth and split to pieces. All that was left was Adam Popowitz and singer Yve. Instead of going their separate ways, they decided on collecting themselves and combining forces as Yve Adam. The songs are formulaic in…
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Wyclef Jean – The Ecleftic – 2 Sides II: A Book
Artist: Wyclef Jean Title: The Ecleftic – 2 Sides II: A Book Label: Columbia Rating: 8/10 Wyclef Jean opens The Ecleftic with a mock call to Columbia Records chief Tommy Mottola. It’s hilarious. I just hope Columbia got the joke. Either way, it was a good intro to the first track, “Where Fugees At?”. At…
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Wheatus – Wheatus
Artist: Wheatus Title: Wheatus Label: Columbia Rating: 6.5/10 Track # 1. Truffles I forgot to laugh. 5/10 2. Sunshine I haven’t heard that kind of guitar picking since my old man’s country jamboree days. 6/10 3. Teenage Dirtbag Though the vocals are limp, they’re perfect. I just wonder what their obsession with Iron Maiden is.…
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The Tea Party – Interview
Tripping with the tea party In their short career, The Tea Party has been one of those bands you either love or hate. And either way, you have to respect their talents and attitude. This band doesn’t care about dominating all musical fronts; they just want to make albums that are serious artistic statements about…
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Queens of the Stone Age – Interview [2000]
Getting a gig at this year’s Ozzfest isn’t an easy thing to do, especially if you’re Queens Of The Stone Age. They aren’t rap-metal, they aren’t a carnival of freaks, and they don’t tune their guitars down to sound like everyone else. In fact, they are easily the most unique band on the bill, but…
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Glassjaw – Interview
Legendary metal producer Ross Robinson was listening to a stack of demo tapes and was immediately drawn into Glassjaw’s energy and emotion after hearing only one song. Ross took the band’s undeveloped talents and turned them into an explosive group of musicians, making their debut record, Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Silence, one…