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WAKING
UP SLOWLY
Ambient travelers Windy & Carl open new levels of "Consciousness"
with their latest recording
KEEP
REACHING
The members of Aden may never be stars, but that isn't stopping
them
BREAKING
THE SURFACE
"Underwater Moonlight" resurfaces, and the Soft Boys with it
SIMPLY
LEGENDARY
Hanging with punks, talking reincarnation--what's up with Merle
Haggard?
LOVE
HANGOVER
Female musicians dish about dating guys in bands
GRIN
& PLAY IT
Everclear learns how to smile
RELAXED-FIT
ROLLINS
On his spoken-word CD "A Rollins In The Wry," Henry Rollins is an
improv-monologist with a humorous disregard for all things PC
FREE
LOVERS
The Bigger Lovers' "How I Learned to Stop Worrying" was caught in
record-label red tape for a year. And they're a better band for
it.
PLEASANT
POP
Barenaked Ladies might be the happiest group on Earth
HOW
NICE
Coldplay: all-around good guys from the U.K. with a hit album--"Parachutes"--and
a world tour
READY
FOR THE WORLD
Can reggae cross over again? Jamaican producer Jeremy Harding sizes
up the post-Shaggy world.
WE'RE
A POST-AMERICAN BAND
Tortoise reveals secrets of the coming Tortocracy
THE
OUTSIDERS
With "Songs in the Key of Z," Musicologist Irwin Chusid salvages
the very best in bad musical recordings
SNAKE
EYES
Crooked Fingers' "Bring on the Snakes" slithers through the darkness
of substance abuse
SWEET
INSANITY
The difficulty of being Matthew Sweet in a Fred Durst world
SESSION
IN PROGRESS
Slum Village is in the recording studio, experimenting with new
sounds and making music for themselves first
CARRYING
THE TORCH
The Mary Janes deliver sophisticated roots-rock on "Flame"
ORIGINAL
BECK
A guitarist without peer, Jeff Beck takes a new approach on "You
Had it Coming"
THE
KING OF COOL
Jazz philosopher Mose Allison on life, music and the pursuit of
hipsterism
MALL
BRATS
Getting high on Mall's chill electronic ecstasy
POP
PORN
There's nothing dirty about The New Pornographers
DUTCH
TREAT
What's Get Up Kid Matt Pryor doing on his winter vacation? Playing
with his New Amsterdams.
FAMILY
VALUE PAK
Aaron and Leslie Carter hope to follow their Backstreet Boy big
brother Nick to pop stardom
ROUND
TWO
Former Blind Melon guitarist Christopher Thorn returns with Unified
Theory
DROP
DEAD, FRED
Taproot attempts to put its Fred Durst feud aside
LOVE
NOTES
These artists make beautiful music together, professionally and
personally
KING
SALMON
Leftover Salmon swims to the top of the jam-band stream
LIKE
FATHER
Ronnie Baker Brooks, son of Chicago blues legend Lonnie Brooks,
is out on his own now
BLUEGRASS
BONANZA
Banjo maestro Béla Fleck is master of the "high-tech primitive"
BEEN
DOWN
But things are looking up for the groundbreaking trio Low
NOT
JUST A COMMODITY
Folk-rock pioneer Richard Thompson says, "The music business is
not for people interested in music"
CELTIC
CHAMPS
The Chieftains take to the road
FLYING
HIGH
With guest stars and a newfound spirituality, Max Cavalera and Soulfly
continue to crank out heavy-metal gems
MOTOR
CITY MAGIC
Detroit violinist Regina Carter dazzles the jazz world
THINGS
ARE FINE
The Fairways make ultramelodic pop music that's a staple of the
music underground
YOU'RE
NOT THE BOSS OF ME
They Might Be Giants make a comeback with "Malcolm in the Middle"
AS
NASTY AS THEY WANT TO BE
Twiztid carries on Insane Clown Posse's filth & fury
FOLKED
UP
Hip-hop folkie Everlast continues down a newfound path
TEXAS
REBELLION
The Union Underground has no problems carving a hardcore niche of
its own
ONE
IS THE LOVELIEST NUMBER
Keller Williams proves you don't need a band to jam
FOR
THOSE ABOUT TO FUNK
Call Galactic funk. Call it jazz. But, for God's sake, don't
call it a jam band.
ELECTRIC
TROUBADOUR
Singer-songwriter Tim Easton takes the long road home as he releases
"The Truth About Us"
DURABLE
GOODS
The Tarbox Ramblers blow the dust off traditional tunes
SCRATCHING
POST
Kittie singer Morgan Landers talks about drinking with Pantera,
her band's next album and how a gymnastics class changed everything
STORM
FRONT
Former Beastie Boy DJ Hurricane is creating his own identity
BUDDY
OF MINE
Hendrix's sideman, Buddy Miles, is a legend and a friend of this
critic
NIPPING
AT NAPSTER
The site that put the year's best album on your hard drive is getting
boarded by the real pirates: major labels
SELF-MADE
MAN
Exploring Woody Guthrie's hard road from Dust Bowl vagabond to cultural
icon
DEL
TONES
West Coast MC Del the Funky Homosapien teams with producer Dan Nakamura
and Canadian DJ Kid Koala for the ambitious "Deltron 3030"
REQUIEM
FOR MAXWELL STREET
Generations of bluesmen cut their teeth on Chicago's Maxwell Street.
But now, much of that musical history is being swept away.
ONLINE
DEALS
A Breeders fan watches history in the remaking through his browser
COVER
YOUR EARS
The 10 most annoying things about music in 2000
THE
IMPORTANCE OF BEING ELVIS
Impersonator Rick Marino takes a 27-year ride on the coattails of
the King
FEEDBACK
ON 2000
Several artists look back on the highs and lows of playing music
this year
HERSELF
EVERY TIME
Jill Scott brings a new poetic sound to hip-hop
RATING
THE CAROLS
Grandma may be dead from a reindeer collision, but that makes her
affair with Santa seem less wicked
MOVE
IT
When everyone is ziggin', house music godfather Marshall Jefferson
likes to zag
90
DAYS IN 60 SECONDS
An unconventional talk with rock's 90 Day Men
ASS
KISSERS, INC.
Jockeying for position at the Billboard Awards
CORROSION
NEVER SLEEPS
Corrosion of Conformity continues to redefine the concept of heavy
music
PLAYING
MASTAMIND
The masterminds of horrorcore rap emerge from Detroit's netherworld
PROVING
THEIR WORTH
The Go-Betweens, destined for cult worship, resurface instead with
"The Friends of Rachel Worth"
EYE
OF THE TIGER
The Selby Tigers might get weird stares from emo kids, but the band
likes it that way
KITTIE
POWER
So what if Kittie is an all-woman neo-metal band? "I think people
tend to focus on the female aspect too much," says 18-year-old lead
singer Morgan Lander
THE
ART OF PUNK
Frat guys, tattoos and grits--just a few days in the life of AFI
THEY
GOT THE BEAT
Seattle's ROCKRGRL Conference rocks the gender gap
THE
HUMAN ODOMETER
Tracking the distance traveled with Robert Earl Keen
UNKNOWN
QUALITY
As "Soulmates" proves, the multitalented DJ Nobody is somebody to
watch
GHOST
OF A CHANCE
With his band Songs: Ohia, guitarist Jason Molina recruits an ever-changing
cast into the studio. His latest, "Ghost Tropic," shows he knows
how to pick friends.
NO
DARK ROOTS
Blonde Redhead is a trio of naturals
PALACE
GAIT
Will Oldham kicked off the indie-rock boom of would-be rustics,
and he's still creating a carefully tended, rigorously pursued body
of work
COCK
THE HAMMER
Cypress Hill is still smokin' after all these years
SECOND
COMING
Dropped by her label after selling 1.5 million copies of her debut,
Joan Osborne gets back to her roots with "Righteous Love"
IN
THE MOMENT
Call MxPx punk; call MxPx pop; just don't call them Christian rock
F
TROOP
Foreign Legion puts the fun back in hip-hop
ENCOUNTERS
WITH THE BIG MAN
An email discussion, a radio interview, a soundcheck, a dinner,
a concert and a drinking session with David Thomas of Pere Ubu
TRUE
BELIEVERS
Forget rap-metal: Machine Head is all about blood, sweat and tears
URBAN
HYMNS
Fuel takes up residence in New York City and comes out "Something
Like Human"
PANIC
BUTTONS
The Georgia jam-rockers of Widespread Panic add an indie disc and
a concert film to their repertoire
GERMAN
B-BOY INVASION
Jazzanova proves hip-hop is an international language
NIGHT
OF THE ZEBRA
The pop-rap-metal men of Zebrahead keep on pushing "Playmate of
the Year"
PHASE
II
With "Kid A," Radiohead emerges from the rock 'n' roll chrysalis
AND
NOW FOR THE HARMONICA SOLO
Blues Traveler has survived heart attacks and overdoses only to
come back stronger
ANI
STICKS TO HER GUNS
A disarming talk with unconventional folkie Ani DiFranco about her
life, career and socially conscious new album, "To The Teeth"
BIPOLAR
BRIT
Badly Drawn Boy's international exchange program shares the roots
of American songwriting while remaining wholly British
THE
T WORD
DJ/producer Dave Ralph puts a little distance between himself and
trance music--but don't take it the wrong way
HARDCORE
TROUBADOUR
Everlast talks about songwriting, Islam and singing the panties
off girls
NATURAL
ONE
Ekoostik Hookah creates a musical stream of consciousness that somehow
makes sense
PASSING
THROUGH
With "Contemporary Jazz," his first studio effort since the death
of pianist and musical soul-mate Kenny Kirkland, Branford Marsalis
looks forward
ELECTROFUNK
101
Professor Hip-Hop and Afrika Bambaataa
MAN
INSIDE THE MACHINE
Techno producer Carl Craig says Detroit is your new bohemia
WHOLE
LOTTA SOUL
Gargantua Soul hopes to be huge
SUCKED
IN
Hooverphonic is more than just sexy blips and bleeps
FRIGHT
NIGHT
The Witches' new CD casts a universal spell
JUNGLE
LINGO
No longer just a sidekick, the MC helps ignite the DJ-fueled jungle
scene
CALM
WATERS
The Sea and Cake's sound is easy like Sunday morning
GOOD
TO THE BONE
Tragedy and persistence bring positive things to alternapop quintet
Good Charlotte
DINOSAUR
RAP
Jurassic 5 spreads positive hip-hop vibes with the Word of Mouth
Tour
STEALTH
SOUNDS
When Ninja Tune plays, the world listens
DETROIT
WHEELERS
At The Drive-In's smart metal done dirt cheap
HEF'S
HOUSE BAND
Zebrahead's "Playmate of the Year" has Hugh's full approval
ALMOST
HOME
Tonic's Emerson Hart on the record label blues, making nice with
Cameron Crowe and heading home
REALIZING
MAGIC
Dar Williams perseveres through chronic crises of faith
ON
THE REBOUND
Recent major label dumpees Grant-Lee Phillips and Robyn Hitchcock
hit the road
RUSH
JOB
Checking in with blues legend Otis Rush, inspiration to Clapton
and architect of Chicago's West Side sound
HOLLY
DOESN'T GO LIGHTLY
Singer/activist Holly Near is still a piece of work
BACK
TO THE REAL WORLD
Counting Crowes face the future after nearly two years of touring
PUBLIC
RECORD
With his latest release, folkie Dave Alvin proves he's a master
of "Public Domain"
MATURING
NIGHTMARE
Alice Cooper still has the goods to make your sleep uneasy
CONSCIOUS
PARTY
The Lyricists Lounge tour brings back hip-hop's righteous meanings
LEAGUE
OF GENTLEMEN
Why the Brit-pop American curse doesn't rain down on Travis
LOOSE
LIPS
There are few groups today that can match The Flaming Lips for poignancy,
eclecticism and humor--and still rock with conviction
BEWITCHED
Trance music sweeps dance floors all over the world
QUALITY
STICKS
What do you call a lyric-writing, music-writing, band-leading drummer
who spreads himself among three bands with very different sounds?
Kevin O'Donnell.
IN
THE HOUSE
Photek says there's more to life than 170 bpm
DRINKING
ALONE
Ryan Adams pours his own sound from the heart
GRANDPA
MADE ME DO IT
Hank Williams III: Being a punk when country isn't cool
STILL
PLAYING
Moby goes from little man on campus to the biggest fish in electronica's
pond
MOON
SHOT
Major-label status becomes Modest Mouse
SOMEBODY
With the release of "Soulmates," hip-hopper Nobody is making a name
for himself
SIGHS
MATTER
Athens, Georgia's Vigilantes of Love find redemption in the garage
with "Audible Sighs"
THIS
IS JILL SCOTT
The multitalented Philly native talks about her gift, her work and
using bad-ass modifiers
LOVE
& HAPPINESS
With a new autobiography and compilation album, Al Green returns
to the spotlight
GROWING
ON YOU
After rolling with it, going with it, never giving in, never giving
up, 75-year-old jazz vocalist Little Jimmy Scott is finally a big
success
A
SLOBBERBONE TO PICK
Singer Brent Best puts his documentarian training to work, crafting
intricate lyrics that tell engrossing stories
I
AM HIP-HOP
Rap elder KRS-One delivers a sermon
FOR
THOSE ABOUT TO ROCK
More than two decades and 17 albums later, AC/DC is still rude,
crude and not fit for consumption
KIDS
IN AMERICA
Barnstorming overseas has earned the Get Up Kids plenty of new fans,
but the group looks forward to seeing some familiar faces
FRESH
FRANKNESS
Ani DiFranco still thrives on speaking her mind through her music
LISTEN
UP
After selling their souls to rock 'n' roll, a handful of music junkies
find justice and jobs in the world of online music
END
OF THE AFFAIR
Post-riot grrl band Sarge says good-bye
NOT
JUST ANOTHER NASHVILLE CAT
Folk-tinged Doug Hoekstra breaks the cliches associated with being
a Nashville singer/songwriter
UNPLAIN
JANES
Chicago women's DJ collective SuperJane plays house on a national
tour
BANGIN'
THE WALLS OF STONE
The thrash-metal trash-rockers of Alabama Thunderpussy aren't really
stoners, but their music will get you loaded
TODAY'S
CLASSICS
Despite a prolonged dry spell, post-grunge pop band Weezer finds
itself more popular than ever
HONKY-TONK
MAN
With each record he releases, Jack Ingram says he's coming closer
to a classic
MAXIMIZING
MINIMALISM
OlO discuss their new album, "Still Life," and upcoming Japanese
tour
ACHIN'
TO BE
The Jayhawks' "Smile" flirts with major success
JURASSIC
JUKEBOX
Phonozoic Records attempts to bring recorded music's past into the
future
STAYING
CALIENTE
Rock en Español hits the States with the Watcha Tour, but can it
transcend the linguistic barrier to reach a mainstream audience?
SELLING
EVERYTHING
Slobberbone, favorite sons of Denton, Texas, have been nonstop road
warriors
BROKE
DOWN BUT NOT BROKEN
Slaid Cleaves takes on broken hearts, broken homes and lives gone
to pieces
WHILING
AWAY
Two new releases separate Chris Moore from the electronic pack
MOROCCAN
SOUL
Known for his spiritually moving performances, Hassan Hakmoun sings
his traditions to the world
A
DIFFERENT KIND OF HEAVY
With their expansive "White Pony," the Deftones are redefining metal
DOES
NOT COMPUTE
Electronic-music guru Paul Lansky discusses why all the computer
bells and whistles in the world won't ever be a substitute for true
musical innovation
BLACKS
& BLUES
Danny and Gina Black are a pair of dark and disturbing songwriters,
but not a pair
YOUNG
MAN'S BLUES
Alvin Youngblood Hart may be the best blues artist you've never
heard of
GZA,
DECK & GHOST TALK
Wu Tang Clan are on the road, and they're ready to serve up a new
album
END
OF THE ROAD
The New Duncan Imperials finally run out of pavement
DRY
MOUTH RHETORIC
The Kottonmouth Kings are out to change America one joint at a time
ROYAL
RHYTHMS
Cuban singer Celia Cruz still rules as the Queen of Salsa
THE
DAWN OF KRACKER
With a solo debut hitting the streets and a new Kid Rock album in
the works, Kracker won't be crying "Uncle" anytime soon
REVENGE
OF THE NERDS
Moxy Fruvous' erudite ditties draw an odd-but-loyal crowd
INDIE
FABLE
The talented but chronically ill-fated Aimee Mann gets the recognition
she deserves
DEATH
ROW RECORDS
Steve Earle's lyrics might have mellowed somewhat, but the songwriter
still speaks with candor about capital punishment, his label and
Napster
WALKER,
TEXAS RANGER
Singer-songwriter Jerry Jeff Walker wears his 35 years of experience
like a badge
VINYL
ANSWER
Charting the resurgence of LPs
DOWN
WITH THE CLOWNS
Insane Clown Posse fans celebrate their antiheroes at the Gathering
of the Juggalos
TRACE
ELEMENTS
Tracy Bonham survives the post-Lilith fallout and releases a strong
sophomore effort, "Down Here"
RADIO-ACTIVE
Stroke 9 succeeds with the catchy "Little Black Backpack" and massive
airplay
MEET
JOHN DOE
Former X man returns with an introspective look at life
TWO-FACED
PUNKS
After 25 years, the subculture struggles to define itself in the
wake of warped commodification and sexual violence
SMOKIN'
IN THE GIRLS ROOM
Musicians sound off about what it's like being "the chick" in the
band
TASTE
TEST
Bagpiping superstar Eric Rigler blows back onto the scene with Bad
Haggis
GHOST
DANCE
Their combination of singing and rhyming may remind you of The Fugees,
but the Spooks have their own score to settle
IN
NAME AND BLOOD
They spurt fake gore. They spout Bible verses. The Deadlines are
just your average Misfits-loving, God-fearing Christian horror-punks
from Beaverton.
MISSHAPEN
IDENTITY
Recently signed to a Hollywood label, Detroit foursome Elephant
Gerald slides between a few old genres into something sexy
CORE
MESSAGE
Five years into its career, Bane finds itself among the hardcore
scene's leading lights
HOUSE
AFIRE
DJ Feelgood gets into the national mix
REVOLUTION
EVOLUTION
DJ John Kelley is continuing to explore the nether-regions of Technoville
METAL
ON THE MOVE
Earth Crisis takes its inspirational mosh music to the masses
WRIGHT
TAKES FLIGHT
Shannon Wright's emotion-splattered acoustic punk hurtles toward
the heart
DRY-MOUTH
RHETORIC
The Kottonmouth Kings attempt to change America one joint at a time
IT'S
OFFICIAL
After four years, De La Soul is finally ready to release a new album,
"Art Official Intelligence"
THE
NAKED TRUTH
Warped Tour warrior princess Bif Naked does it her way
ONCE-AND-FUTURE
QUEEN
Hip-hop/soul poet Bahamadia returns to her Philly roots
THE
RULES HAVE CHANGED
Veteran rock writers Dave Marsh and Daniel J. Wolff exchange email
about the uncertain future of the music biz
SECRETS
OF SEMI-SUCCESS
Cracker fans snack on a new compilation disc
SIZE
DOESN'T MATTER
The Dwarves continue to show how it's done
VERBAL
ACROBATS
Jurassic 5 tries to bring lyrical skills back to hip-hop and change
L.A.'s hardcore image in the process
DEVILED
HAMS
The Supersuckers fight for truth and justice with the evil powers
of rock 'n' roll
HANDSOME
REWARD
Rennie and Brett Sparks find success with their Handsome Family
values
THE
KINGS OF MONTERREY
Hanging out with a passel of up-and-coming Mexican rockers
KEEPING
IT SIMPLE
Meredith Monk talks about making "folk music from another planet"
UPPING
THE DOSAGE
Orchestra Morphine takes Morphine's spare jazz-rock to new improvisational
heights
STILL
WATERS
While he works on a new studio album, Roger Waters tries to brighten
the corners one candle at a time
MOUSE,
ROARING
Major-label backing hasn't diminished Modest Mouse's indie ethos
ALL
TOGETHER NOW
After battling inner demons and record-label devils, Trent Reznor
is ready to tour behind "The Fragile"
MOOG
GROOVING
Synth pioneer Robert Moog has retained the passion of an inventor,
the focus of an engineer and the spark of a revolutionary
SHOCKED
TREATMENT
Folk-rocker Michelle Shocked makes a fighting comeback
I
DON'T WANNA GROW UP
The boys of Blink 182 are the Peter Pans of punk
JUST
LIKE STARTING OVER
Cowboy Junkies find new life by going independent
WHAT
IT IS
Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians return to tell the world what
they are
RETOOLED
Billy Howerdel and Maynard James Keenan turn A Perfect Circle into
a head-on collision between beauty and decay
HORSE
OF A DIFFERENT COLOR
The Blacks reach beyond the boundaries of rockabilly, punk and garage
rock
FUSCHIA
POP
Pop sensation Pink's sinewy vocals and melodic funk workouts put
Britney and Christina to shame
GETTING
DIGI WITH IT
The Anticon collective jacks hip-hop straight outta cyberspace
BRIDGE
OVER FUNKY WATERS
Cypress Hill issues an open invitation to rap and rock fans everywhere
DON'T
FENCE THEM IN
Impossible to pigeonhole, BR5-49's live shows attract hillbillies,
yuppies, punks and hippies
THE
OYSTERHEAD ENIGMA
How a tiny concert in New Orleans heralds the demise of rock journalism
DEATH
OR GLORY
After recent catalog re-issues and a documentary, The Clash reportedly
will play a London tribute gig
THE
CASE AGAINST AIMEE MANN
Critical acclaim for Aimee Mann doesn't necessarily make her ready
for primetime
BLAKE
BABE
Releasing two albums at once launches Juliana Hatfield into uncharted
territory
A
ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME
There's more to Nashville Pussy than nomenclature
PUNK
MAMA
Can motherhood take the edge off Boss Hog's Cristina Martinez?
FROM
RUSSIA WITH SHOVE
The Starbugs combine Russian passion and Yankee brawn into nuclear-powered
rock
NASH
KOWTOW
It's been a few years since Urge Overkill helped make Neil Diamond
cool again, but former frontman Nash Kato is back with a solo project
WHITE
TRASH WINS
Depraved, shocking and misogynistic, Pimpadelic may be the Lone
Star State's next big cultural export
SPONTANEOUS
COMBUSTION
While most hip-hop approaches life from a sex 'n' status POV, MC
Paul Barman approaches the microphone with lit-heavy lyricism and
truly dope rhyming skills
YOU
GOTTA SWING TO GET HITS
Despite the inevitable backlash, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy swings on
BETTER
DAYS
Citizen King has
turned a mess of styles into a hit machine
FULL
FRONTAL ASSAULT
British sludge-groover
One Minute Silence is taking over America one show at a time
BACK
ON TOP
After years of
tabloid troubles, Tommy Lee tries to bring some method to his mayhem
ROCK
YOUR PANTS OFF
The Supersuckers
want to be your rock 'n' roll saviors
ME
MYSELF
After a record
deal gone bad, Memphis rap sensation Lois Lane is ready to give
it another shot
LAUGHING
MATTERS
The Bloodhound
Gang and Nerf Herder differ dramatically in musical style and stage
presence, but they share an emphasis on humorous--and often insulting--lyrics
SPECIAL
K
Zeroing in on Kamikaze
Records and the idea of an "Asian American" label
WEEN'S
WORLD
Talking shop with
Dean and Gene from Ween
LE
TIGRE TALES
Celebrating Kathleen
Hanna's newest cause
THE
VIOLENCE OF TRUTH
The The's Matt
Johnson makes a raw-nerved exploration of the secret places in the
heart, both lyrically and musically, on "NakedSelf"
THE
GREAT PUMPKIN
Billy Corgan rises
again--and even confesses to having a sense of humor
SLEATER-KINNEY
HAS A SECRET
Every band has
something to hide, even a forthright trio of lady killahs
RISING
SPIRIT
D'Angelo climbs
the ladder of musical evolution and gets closer to the source
CHAN
THE DRIVING CAT
Chan Marshall of
Cat Power discusses why critics and soundmen drive her crazy, all
while driving into oncoming traffic
FISHIN'
BUDDIES
With a disc full
of guest stars, Fishbone tries to regain its status as one of the
most innovative bands in rock
E'S
ENTERTAINMENT NETWORK
Mark Oliver Everett--aka
E--strips the Eels down to a one-man band on his latest tour
NEW
YORK SOUNDTRACK
The Gunga Din sing
of love slaves and lost innocence--but they still know how to have
fun
SOMETHING
IN THE WAY HE MOVES
A club gig just
isn't complete without the legendary Beatle Bob grooving his way
onto the scene
CULTURE
JAMMING
Found-sound collective
Negativland takes pop memory over the edge
PONYS,
EXPRESSED
The life, death
& rebirth of the Ass Ponys
IN
A MINOR KEY
Blues phenom Shannon
Curfman plays well beyond her years
THE
STRUGGLE CONTINUES
Dead Prez position
themselves at the front line of hip-hop's political upsurge
UNCHECKED
EGO
Liam Gallagher
wants to remind you that Oasis is the best band in the world
SOUL
EXPLOSION
The Delta 72 hits
its stride with "000"
LIFE
OF BRYAN
From cover-band
screamer to solo acoustic performer, Bryan Kelley is the paradigm
of the DIY approach
SECOND
ACT
Foo Fighters move
beyond Dave Grohl's rock 'n' roll legacy
LIAM
SPEAKS!
We asked the notorious
lead singer of Oasis to expound on fatherhood, soccer and the death
of rock 'n' roll. And expound he did.
LONESTAR
AT THE TOP
Tracking one band's
remarkable rise to the top of the charts, both country and pop
SUPERIOR
SOUND
Backed by L.A.'s
Mother Superior, Henry Rollins hits the road with more sonic crunch
SINGING
HIS OWN PRAISES
Nobody matters
more to Bo Diddley than Bo Diddley
SAVOIR
FLAIR
Rock heroes Les
Savy Fav bring the party and save the day
ALL
AMERICANA
The David Nelson
Band taps the roots of American music
INFESTATION
Papa Roach takes
the next evolutionary step in rap-rock
EMOTIONAL
CHEMISTRY
Chicago's Alkaline
Trio keeps the acid-base balance
SHOWBIZ
STANDOUT
Find out why Muse's
dramatic art-rock has Britain's weekly music press in such a tizzy
NORTH
AMERICAN BAND
Vancouver's The
Smugglers deliver sweat, suds and high-energy rock 'n' roll
HELPING
HANDS
Together with a
network of tape trading fans, The Big Wu knows how to handle a good
time
MELANCHOLY
& THE INFINITE SADNESS
Chris Cornell continues
to explore the dark world of depression and love on "Euphoria Morning"
NOTES
FROM THE EDGE
Alt.acoustic talents
Kristin Hersh and Vic Chesnutt join forces on the road
DA
BEAT GOES ON
Savion Glover and
the transformation of tap
SWEET
HAPPENSTANCE
If it seems like
Mazarin came from out of the blue, it's because they did
FAMILY
TRADITION
Hank Williams III
finally finds his own voice
HOPE
RAINS ETERNAL
Indie songwriter
Simon Joyner finds redemption in his own primeval American Gothic
NEW
SCHOOL LEADERS
The young members
of LM Mental have skills to spare
PLEASURE
IS THE BOSS
New York City's
Knoxville Girls stir country, soul and punk into high-octane hedonism
GENDER
OFFENDERS
The men of the
Prima Donnas are the motliest crew of turned-on, tuned-out schizo
sickies this side of the coke-addled eighties--if you believe the
lyrics
PRIME
PRINE
Undeterred by cancer,
John Prine continues his singular musical journey
OLD-SCHOOL
ATTITUDE
D.O.A. frontman
Joey Keithley has been living the punk life for two decades, and
he isn't about to stop now
CHAIN
GANG
Lords of Acid just
wanna shake yer booty
YOUNG
EMCEE
He's blowing up,
but Juvenile keeps it real
HEARTBREAK
QUEEN
With "Furnace Room
Lullaby," Neko Case and Her Boyfriends release the kind of crushing,
soaring, bare-knuckled country record Nashville has forgotten how
to make
ELFIN
MAGIC
Best remembered
as Bowie's puppetlike backup singer, German art rocker Klaus Nomi
was famous with a small "f"
HE
AIN'T HEAVY
Tom and Dick Smothers,
40 years on
POLITICAL
SCIENCE
Led by lyricists
like Mos Def, hip-hop is dropping message-laden bombs on America
again
AGAINST
THE CURRENT
Touring on the
Yahoo! Outloud bill, Luscious Jackson hopes the Web will save indie
bands from the Korn and Limp Bizkit onslaught
TRANSGENDERED
EXPRESS
Technology, queer
thought and ambient music are the keys to Terre Thaemlitz's anti-binary
queendom
LEFT
OF CENTER?
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