Tag Archives: Alternative Rock

Romeo Void on VH-1's "Bands Reunited"

Steve Earle has become one of our greatest songwriters, producers, impresarios and accumulator of roots music styles – as a widely eclectic master he is perhaps second only to Neil Young (who finds the essence of and takes ownership of most every style he touches) – in Earle’s case: roots …

I totally dig the alt-country rock of Scott Miller. Upside Downside, his new one with his band the Commonwealth (Shawn McWilliams – drums, Eric Fritsch – keyboards, Park Chisolm – bass), has stomping roots-rock like “It Didn’t Take too Long” and “Raised By the Graves,” thoughtful folk-rock (“The Way,” “Red …

Speaking of punk covers (as I was just the other day in regard to Me First and the Gimme Gimmes), I just got in The Rocky Horror Punk Rock Show, which is just that: a multiple-artist punky version of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. I never really warmed to the …

This is what happens when you try to burn through about 1000 CDs that came out in ’03 starting around Christmas: you are behind the curve. But better late than never (I’ll be saying that a lot over the next few weeks). Dressy Bessy’s self-titled CD that came out in …

An underlooked pop-rock great from 2003.

Me First and the Gimme Gimmes generate a reevaluation of Lionel Richie, and stuff.

Another late December, another List of Big Faves.

Back in June I wrote a commentary for MSNBC on the ramifications of Pearl Jam leaving Epic Records (archived here for some reason): Bands come and go from record labels in a revolving door of euphoria and dejection, so when the news came out that Pearl Jam had fulfilled its …

"Have I left my home just to whine in this microphone?"