At 65 years young, Eddy “The Chief” Clearwater is experiencing a revival in h…

Suffering through a mandatory language class in high school is just slightly …

Twenty tracks from Ben Weasel and the crew that started the post-Ramonesia su…

After two years of waiting, I finally have a new record from Eleni Mandell. I…

Extremely moody, and depending on your state of mind, either unnecessarily de…

Lifetime released this themselves in 1994, and it has now resurfaced with dif…

From his teen days in Squirrel Bait through stints with Slint and Gastr Del Sol and on to his solo work for Drag City, David Grubbs has long been an innovator in music. Nirav Soni spoke with Grubbs about improvisation, collaborations, Indian music, and the Beach Boys.

It sometimes get frustrating that so much time elapses between each issue of …

Tizzy is another in a long line of Boston-area bands with a solid alt-pop sou…

Jets To Brazil, with J. Majesty and Pedro The Lion at Graceland in Seattle, WA on September 23, 2000.

Stripwax :: Everlast (Ink 19, November 2000)

As the storm of mediocrity continues its torrential downpour over much of the…

Okay… first, I must warn you to NOT confuse this band with Fontanelle (the …

Uwe Schmidt is one of those people who can’t sit still. Some people know him …

Lee Ann Leach is thankful for palmetto bugs, bubble machines, go-carts, and obscene phone calls, but most of all, for her friends.

James Mann wonders what Americans have to be thankful for while analyzing William S. Burroughs’ “A Thanksgiving Prayer.”

Stripwax :: Bjork (Ink 19, November 2000)

Carey Bell at Blind Willie’s in Atlanta, GA on October 4, 2000. Concert review by Roi Tamkin.

Pearl Jam definitely learned some important lessons from other bands who have…

“Vinculum” means “chain” in Latin, and about the best quick spin I can put on…