Author: Jason Sherrett
Town and Country - Shorter Artist Feature from Issue #17 Sept-Oct 1998
Red Meat – More than genuine movie stars
Musical dilettantes are often taken for granted in favor of their more focused counterparts. So when members of eclectic San Francisco bands the Movie Stars and the Genuine Diamelles came together in 1993 to form Red Meat, the expectation was they’d be a band that dabbled in a wide variety of styles. Instead they their [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #14 March-April 1998
Rex – 3
Brooklyn, New York, band Rex is well versed in the idea that what you choose to leave out is just as important as what you leave in. With their third full length release in three years, the trio’s spare, elegiac music is bolstered by cello, viola and violin, giving almost every track an orchestral quality [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #13 Jan-Feb 1998
Silos – Long Green Boat
The arrival of a new Silos collection containing live cuts, alternate versions, and should-have-been hits on a French label begs the question: Does the world need such a Silos collection right now? Perhaps they do in France, but when The Silos signed with Watermelon a few years back, the first order of business was getting [...]
Town and Country - Shorter Artist Feature from Issue #10 July-Aug 1997
Thrillbilly – Road food in retrograde
From the artwork on their debut CD, Black Top Open Road, to the songs contained within, the romance of the road weighs heavily in the music of Thrillbilly. So it’s fitting that the only time I could find to sit down for an interview with the members of Thrillbilly was before a welcome home gig [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #9 May-June 1997
Red Meat – Meet Red Meat
If Meet Red Meat had arrived in a plain sleeve, I would have sworn it was a recording from years past by some long-lost Texas duo. That is, until I got to track number 11, “Phone Tag”, a modern cautionary tale bemoaning the communication gap between a technology-aided couple. But then I know that Red [...]
Town and Country - Shorter Artist Feature from Issue #8 March-April 1997
Little Sue – Like the lion in The Wizard of Oz
It’s one of those stories you wouldn’t believe unless it happened to you. It was one of the last days of the year and Susannah Weaver was closing up at the coffee shop she was working in at the time. She’d been discussing with a co-worker resolutions for the coming year; she decided for herself [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #7 Jan-Feb 1997
Green On Red – What Were We Thinking?
If it weren’t for some enthusiastic foreigners, Green On Red might be little more than a footnote in the history of ’80s American roots-rockers. But thanks to foreign record labels such as China in London and Normal in Germany, latter-day Green On Red releases and solo records by band members Dan Stuart, Chuck Prophet and [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #6 Nov-Dec 1996
Kelly Hogan – The Whistle Only Dogs Can Hear
If Kelly Hogan is remembered only as the leader of the Jody Grind, fans of contemporary pop music would be the worse for it. The short-lived Atlanta quartet’s jazzy tendencies preceded the “cocktail nation” craze by a few years, and as a result pigeonholed Hogan as a sort of diva lounge singer despite the band’s [...]
Miked - Live Reviews from Issue #6 Nov-Dec 1996
Pete Droge & The Sinners – La Luna (Portland, OR)
Word was that Pete Droge wanted to record his new album, Find A Door, with the same musicians he would tour with, so as to discourage the impression that he’s some sort of singer-songwriter type backed by a bunch of studio musicians. So after the record’s release in June, the Sinners joined the HORDE tour [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #2 Winter 1995
The John Doe Thing – Kissingsohard
On his first solo album, Meet John Doe, the vocals were pushed forward as far as possible, establishing Doe as a frontman in the wake of the temporary demise of X. Combined with unimaginative roots-pop arrangements the results were somewhat less than spectacular. Not surprisingly the album was quickly forgotten. On Kissingsohard Doe takes an [...]
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