Author: Neal Weiss
Town and Country - Shorter Artist Feature from Issue #48 Nov-Dec 2003
Rusty Truck – Who’s zoomin’ who
We all have skilled friends willing to lend a hand — to fix a computer glitch or check under the hood, that sort of thing. But what if you write songs, and you happen to know some of the biggest names in rock and country music? That’s the case with Mark Seliger, renowned entertainment photographer [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #48 Nov-Dec 2003
Carla Bozulich – Red Headed Stranger
Red Headed Stranger marks the solo debut of Carla Bozulich, the art-rock iconoclast best known as the husky-voiced leader of art-twang group the Geraldine Fibbers. And yes, it’s THAT Red Headed Stranger — a remake of Willie Nelson’s concept-album classic from 1975. Bozulich has long been a fan of the epic album (her former band [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #47 Sept-Oct 2003
Weakerthans – Reconstruction Site
Born from the politically charged hardcore group Propagandhi, the Weakerthans are an indie-rock band with punk roots, their songs sometimes caustic, often framed with itchy rhythms and scratchy guitars. But that’s where the typical ends. Throughout their third album, Reconstruction Site, the Winnipeg quartet often defies conventional structure (think latter-day Wilco) and frequently forgets a [...]
Town and Country - Shorter Artist Feature from Issue #47 Sept-Oct 2003
Patrick Park – Something Up His Sleeve
Shake Patrick Park’s hand and you’ll likely notice his most peculiar feature — claws. You might not feel them, per se — two years of wearing them has perhaps taught the Los Angeles musician a thing or two about finesse — but you’ll likely see them coming. They’re somewhat menacing — five white, pointy things [...]
Not Fade Away - Reissue Review from Issue #47 Sept-Oct 2003
Beat Farmers – Live At The Spring Valley Inn, 1983
San Diego in 1983 was a miserable place for a new-music fan. Long before the city’s brief flirtation as the new Seattle in the mid-’90s, the live music coming from its bars was dominated by pandering cover bands, as if there were one for every sailor and beach bum in this coastal military town. You [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #46 July-Aug 2003
Various Artists – A Country West Of Nashville
The latest from Dwight Yoakam producer/guitarist Pete Anderson’s Little Dog label is posited as a sort of cousin to A Town South Of Bakersfield, the acclaimed late-’80 series on Enigma/Restless that documented Los Angeles’ country-music underground of that era. Only this time out, as the title suggests, the scope has been widened drastically to showcase [...]
The Long Way Around - Feature from Issue #46 July-Aug 2003
Steve Wynn – Out of Syndication
Steve Wynn could have disappeared from the face of the Earth upon the release of The Days Of Wine And Roses, the 1982 debut album by his former band the Dream Syndicate, and his small piece of rock lore would have been etched in the stones and soil left behind. The album, a mix of [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #46 July-Aug 2003
Damien Rice – O
Damien Rice’s debut album, O, arrived to considerable acclaim and sales in Ireland early last year and seduced U.K. ears soon after. The buzz in the U.S. has been slower in building, spurred initially by the support of Santa Monica, California, powerhouse public radio station KCRW, and just now resulting in the album’s domestic release [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #45 May-June 2003
Thorns – Self Titled
Featuring one rock artist of sporadic greatness — Matthew Sweet — and two mildly successful where-ya-been-lately rock singer-songwriters — Pete Droge, best-known for 1994′s “If You Don’t Love Me (I’ll Kill Myself)”, and Shawn Mullins, best-known for 1998′s “Lullaby”– the Thorns are hardly a supergroup. But neither is it a coming together of old pals; [...]
Town and Country - Shorter Artist Feature from Issue #45 May-June 2003
Jimmy Ryan: A man and a mandolin
Jimmy Ryan is one of those names woven into the fabric of Americana music. He’s not atop the marquee, mind you, a la Lucinda Williams or Buddy Miller, but his contributions are considerable. He’s perhaps best-known as one of the principals in alt-country precursors the Blood Oranges, but his cheat sheet also includes the more [...]
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