Tag Archives: Alternative Rock

By Chris Olsen Hey, this is Chris again for second concert review. As you may know I went to Ozzfest over the summer and some people thought my opinion on some of the bands there was off. I recently went to a Primus concert at the Agora in Cleveland. There …

You have to admire David Bowie’s energy and enthusiasm at this advanced state of his career: Rock legend David Bowie announced on Monday he would headline two of Britain’s biggest music festivals next year … July’s T in the Park at Balado, near Kinross in Scotland, and at the Isle …

From the band’s name, you’d expect Denver’s Dressy Bessy to sound just like the kind of band that’d contribute a tribute to Powerpuff cutey-pie Bubbles on the first Powerpuff Girls cd. But after listening to the band’s new and self-titled Kindercore release this happily proves to be only a piece …

One thing leads to another: since I ran my interview with Mike Watt from late-’92 and we talked a lot about the business of music and how his band the Minutemen hooked up with SST Records, I figured I might as well run my interview with Greg Ginn – also …

25 years is a long time to be a punk, especially a Canadian punk: Fast guitar, furious lyrics and fierce political action have been the identifiable markings of D.O.A. It’s a formula that’s given the band, which turned 25 this year, the distinction of being one of Canada’s longest reigning …

The "ill-fated" Central Ohio Music Festival

At 39 Courtney should be getting it together, instead she seems to be falling apart. Is it too late? No, but it’s getting close. My MSNBC.com commentary is here: “When they get what they want, They never want it again” – “Violet” by Hole I hate Courtney – I love …

Some of the most indelible music of the ’80s was made by Dead Can Dance, a rotating phalanx of players around singer/songwriters Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard incorporating medieval, gothic, Eastern European, Middle Eastern, and various other ancient and sacred musical influences into songs and tone poems with mythic titles …

When the seminal gothic/punk band Bauhaus split in ‘83, lead singer Peter Murphy headed off for a solo career, while guitarist Daniel Ash, drummer Kevin Haskins, and bassist David J formed Love and Rockets. Love and Rockets began their “post-goth” career with an album of great sonic depth and drama, …

Lascivious techno fiends Lords of Acid have just released a greatest hits package on Sanctuary, called appropriately enough Greatest T*Ts. This is their story. Belgian Praga Khan (born Maurice Engelen), German-born Jade 4 U (Nikkie Van Lierop) and Oliver Adams have produced a blizzard of exceptional electronic dance music (new …