October 2005


Features
The Rolling Stones
Short history of Jazz Piano
Blackalicious
Paul McCartney
The Opening of Misty Beethoven
Bob Dylan
Iggy Pop
j-ro's OC Drinking Game
The Last of the Blacksmiths
Liz Phair
Girls Night Out: Artemis, The New Up, Zonk
Bill Frisell: East/ West
The Return of Song X
Reggae on the River

Interviews
Jay Farrar
Little Brother

Columns
Homegrown: Forthmorning
Homegrown: Stiletta
Heavy as Heck: Metal News
Lost and Found #5: In the Name of Love/Set
The Fatty: Sumo Burger

The Fatty: Curry Cafe
The Rant:Billy on Billie
The Rant: Ryan Adams


CD Reviews

Amy Rigby - Little Fugitive
Carrie Newcomer - Regulars and Refugees

Charlie Sexton - Cruel and Gentle Things

Devendra Banhardt - Cripple Cros

Drums & Tuba - Battles Ole

Gito Gito Hustler - Gito Gito Galore

Go It Alone - The Only Blood Between Us

Hal Lifson’s - Music For Lonely Housewives

Bob Harp - Good Misery

Rodney Crowell - The Outsider

Juliana Hatfield – Made In China

The Real Mckenzies - 10,000 Shots

Gito Gito Hustler - Gito Gito Galore

Go It Alone - The Only Blood Between Us

The Jan Martens Frustration - The Jan Martens Frustration

Mon Frere - Real Vampires EP

Birdman - Fast Money
The Grouch - My Baddest B*tches
The Jacka - The Jack Artist
JT the Bigga Figga - Neighborhood Superstarz
Kanye West - Late Registration
Neil Young - Prairie Wind
From Autumn To Ashes - Abandon Your Friends
Wolf Parade - Apologies To The Queen Mary
T.A.T.U. - Dangerous And Moving
Amina - Animanima
The Like - Are You Thinking What I’m Thinking?
Smith Liebman Esen Jackson – Flashpoint

Fusion For Miles – A Guitar Tribute

Ahmad Jamal – The Legendary OKeh & Epic Recordings

Woody Shaw – Stepping Stones

Bob Brookmeyer & Friends

Elegance: The Birth of the Modern Jazz Quartet

Penthouse Serenade: The Debonair Erroll Garner

Swarm of the Lotus – The Sirens Of Silence
Gorerotted – A New Dawn For The Dead
Chimaira – Chimaira
Scar Symmetry – Symmetric In Design
Ritual Carnage – I, Infidel
Hellfueled – Volume One
Naglfar – Pariah
The Red Chord – Clients

The Chuck Negron Story – Live In Concert
Baumer - Come On Feel It
Joe Strummer - Walker Soundtrack
Kim Lenz - Up to My Old Tricks Again
Various Artists - This Bird Has Flown
The Magic Numbers - The Magic Numbers
H.I.M. - Five Tracks from Dark Light
Supergrass - Road to Rouen
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Howl
Institute - Distort Yourself
Ministry - Rantology

Lil' Kim - The Naked Truth
Sean Paul - The Trinity
Three Six Mafia - Most Known Unknown
Danger Doom - The Mouse and the Mask
AZ - A.W.O.L.
Mack 10 - Hustla's Handbook
Bigg Jus - Poor People's Day
B-Legit - Block Movement
Atmosphere - You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having
Ray J - Radiation

U-God - Mr. Xcitement
The Atomic Bitchwax - 3
The Thieves - Tales From The White Line

Bettye LaVette - I’ve Got My Own Hell To Raise
Various Artists - Night Train To Memphis Vol 2 - Music City Rhythm & Blues 1945-1970
Lydia Pense & Cold Blood - Transfusion
Boz Scaggs - Fade Into Light
Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno - IAO CHANT form the Cosmic Inferno

Asha Bhosle with Kronos Quartet
Nyboma & Les Kamale - Dynamique
Thione Seck - Orientation
African Music for Children
Rough Guide to Music of Sudan

Asian Crisis – Asian Crisis
Sonny Rollins – Without a Song: The 9/11 Concert
Robert Glasper – Canvas
The Bad Plus – Suspicious Activity?
Freda Payne – After The Lights Go Down Low And Much More!!
Marlena Shaw – The Spice Of Life
Marc Johnson - Shades of Jade
Carli Munoz - Maverick
Donald Harrison/Ron Carter/ Billy Cobham - New York Cool
Bobo Stenson Trio - Goodbye
Kenny Barron Trio - The Perfect Set: Live at Bradley's II
Jenny Scheinman - 12 Songs
Roswell Rudd and the Mongolian Buryat Band - Blue Mongol
Kirk Whalum - The Babyface Songbook
The Constantines - Tournament of Hearts
Bonnie Raitt - Souls Alike
Brad Stine - Tolerate This!
Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV, Vol. 1: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness
 KT Tunstall - Eye to the Telescope
James McMurtry - Childish Things
Various Artists - KCRW Presents: Sounds Eclectico
Various Artists - The Suicide Girls Black Heart Retrospective
H.I.M - Greatest Lovesongs Vol. 666
Turbonegro - Party Animals
The Immortal Lee County Killers 3 - These Bones Will Rise to Love You Again
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm Remixed
End of the Level Boss - Prologue
Richard Hawley - Coles Corner
Orange Juice - The Glascow School
Lisa Lampanelli - Take It Like A Man
Rogue Wave - Descended Like Vultures
The Pale Pacific - Urgency
Trisha Yearwood - Jasper County

DVD Reviews  
The Deer Hunter/ To Kill A Mockingbird/ The Sting/ Coal Miner’s Daughter/ Rumble Fish
Story Of A Prostitute/ Gate Of Flesh

The Errol Morris Collection
Ong~Bak The Thai Warrior

Schultze Gets The Blues

Moog: A Documentary Film by Hans Fjellestad

Ryan: The Special Edition DVD

Curb Your Enthusiasm: The Complete Fourth Season/ The Office: Season One

House, M.D.: Season One

Morrie Schwartz: Lessons On Living

The David Steinberg Show

The Complete Monty Python’s Flying Circus 16 Ton Megaset
The Simpsons – The Complete Sixth Season
The Amazing Race: The First Season
The Directors Label: Vols. 4-7
Faust - Impressions
The Human League - Live At The Dome
Soundstage Presents: Steve Winwood

Steamboy/Strings
The Brown Bunny
Lackawanna Blues
Naked/ Bad Timing
Up And Down
The Bela Lugosi Collection/ The Fly / The Fly II/ Swamp Thing/ Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte/ Panic In The Year Zero / The Last Man On Earth