Music

Somebody needs to get Vic Chesnutt some Prozac. An accident while driving drunk as a teenager left him a paraplegic, and the pain and agony of his life infects every track on Silver Lake. The music and lyrics are downbeat, and if his voice were not so annoying, the CD could easily put anyone to sleep.
April 3, 2003 at 12:00 am

Get ready to embark on an introspective exploration of the musical roots from which Ben Harper has developed in his fifth studio album, Diamonds on the Inside. Backed by his band, the Innocent Criminals, Harper courageously experiments with a wide range of sounds, including reggae, Delta Blues, funk, gospel, hard rock and world music.
April 3, 2003 at 12:00 am

What ever happened to the days when a DJ actually moved crowds with his or her dexterity at the scratching and mixing of records?
April 3, 2003 at 12:00 am

The ambiguities that pervade our fair language consistently astound me. My most recent rendezvous with wooly English occurred during a stroll through the music department of the Bookstore.
April 3, 2003 at 12:00 am

Truly excruciating from beginning to end, Crooked Fingers's third full-length album falls embarrassingly short of endurable.
April 3, 2003 at 12:00 am

The Kills are another boy-girl indie band that conjures up memories of the White Stripes, but where their contemporaries failed, The Kills succeed.
April 3, 2003 at 12:00 am

In 1996, High/Low spawned the New York trio's lone hit, "Popular." Quite removed from their comparably glitzy mainstream debut, Nada Surf's minimalist indie-rock sensibilities set the tone for their third album Let Go. Switching record labels, the band relinquished the pretense of snaring mainstream acceptability, instead crafting thoughtful, personal delves into melancholic bliss. The sweet hum of the bass fused with the twinkling guitars nearly lulls the listener into a serene sublime state.
March 27, 2003 at 12:00 am

Teddy Riley is still a genius. That said, the new Blackstreet album, Level II, is still new-jack swinging like it's 1994.
March 27, 2003 at 12:00 am

It's hard to say what it is about the British that makes their music so appealing. Whatever it is, The Coral have got it by the boatload.
March 27, 2003 at 12:00 am

Hail Social Hail Social (EP) Self-released These days, seemingly every band wants to be the next post-punk talk of the town.
March 27, 2003 at 12:00 am

Mike Skinner, the British rapper better known as The Streets, moves across the stage, violently shaking a bottle of beer over his head, and spraying its contents all over himself and those near the front of the stage, without missing a lyric.
March 27, 2003 at 12:00 am

What is it like to be a Canadian in the music industry? I don't know. I don't really think of it.
March 20, 2003 at 12:00 am

In which Adele takes over the known universe.
January 1, 1970 at 12:00 am