Math And Science (Brick Red). Review by Sean Slone.

Step Right Up (Lucky Dog). Review by Sean Slone.

Mission: You (Discipline Global Mobile). Review by Sean Slone.

Phantom Moon (Nonesuch). Review by Sean Slone.

As promised (or threatened, depending on how you look at it), Everclear follo…

With his new greatest hits collection, Time Capsule, in stores, singer/songwriter Matthew Sweet has freed himself from contractual obligations and is label-less for the first time in over a decade. While many artists may panic at such a prospect, Sean Slone discovered Sweet is finding it one of the most exciting, liberating, and challenging times in his career.

Welcome to the new “mature” Barenaked Ladies. This merry band of wacky Canadi…

Marah, with the Pernice Brothers, the Silos, Ryan Adams, P.W. Long, and Tegan & Sara at the Mercury Lounge, New York, NY on October 20, 2000. Concert review by Sean Slone.

Oh my God, they cloned the Kennedys! No, it’s not some sort of Republican nig…

Recorded at the venerable Gruene Hall in Texas in December of 1999, this live…

Slobberbone are a four-piece alternative country rock combo from Denton, Texa…

NBC’s Today sometimes seems like one of the most narcissistic alleged …

Farm Aid 2000, featuring Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young, Neil Young, Barenaked Ladies, Travis Tritt, Alan Jackson, Sawyer Brown, Arlo Guthrie, North Mississippi Allstars, Shannon Curfman, Badi Assad Menagerie, Pat Green, Jimmy Sturr, Cowboy’s Nightmare, Trent Summar and the New Row Mob, and Chris DiCroce on September 17, 2000, at the Nissan Pavilion in Manassas, VA. Event review by Sean Slone.

On one of the songs on her solo debut, Kasey Chambers sings about living that…

Austin, Texas is home to this eclectic Americana outfit who brings together r…

On their mostly self-produced second full-length release, Athens, Georgia’s G…

Jeff Dernlan is a singer-songwriter from Ohio with a raspy voice and a knack …

After years of toiling for labels like Epic, MCA, Geffen, A&M, and Capito…

Marshall Crenshaw has been making pop music for close to twenty years, but despite a huge critical following and the occasional hit, he still manages to fly just under most of the American public’s radar. Sean Slone catches up with the singer/songwriter on the occasion of a long overdue retrospective album, This Is Easy, and the reissue of his 1982 debut.

For much of Joe Jackson’s two decade long career, I’ve been hoping for Loo…