Author: Neal Weiss
Town and Country - Shorter Artist Feature from Issue #22 July-Aug 1999
Evie Sands – Woman unchained
Genghis Cantina tends to be a bit of a singer-songwriter ghetto. Wander into this small West Hollywood performance space any night of the week and chances are you’ll happen across a solo acoustic guy or gal emoting in all the proper, folkish ways. Sometimes it’s interesting; just as often it’s flat-out dull. But on one [...]
Town and Country - Shorter Artist Feature from Issue #21 May-June 1999
Farmer Tan – Real old teenagers
“When I was in junior high, one of my teachers said to my parents, ‘I think your kid’s got the calling,’” says Johny Huber. “And I think they thought I was going to be a preacher or something. A couple years ago I looked back on that and I said, ‘You know, I do have [...]
Miked - Live Reviews from Issue #20 March-April 1999
Lambchop – Troubadour (Los Angeles, CA)
Watching Lambchop enter the room is kinda like watching that old circus gag where dozens of clowns pile out of a Volkswagen Beetle. As if the head count were infinite, band members just kept emerging from the staircase that drops down to the stage at the Troubadour. In fact there were so many ‘Choppers — [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #20 March-April 1999
Waco Brothers – WacoWorld
Nothing quite compares to the six drunkard Waco Brothers squeezing onto that plank-of-a-stage at the annual Yard Dog party at SXSW and whipping up a bloody-good, supercharged country fury. Undoubtedly, it is an annual highlight, but is poses a Waco-specific problem: Without the live electricity, the boozy antics, the booze, and even Beatle Bob undulating [...]
Town and Country - Shorter Artist Feature from Issue #19 Jan-Feb 1999
Cisco – Nevermind San Fran, here’s Cisco
Cisco is one fair motherfucker. No, that’s not a critical assessment, that’s straight from the horse’s mouth. “I’m a fair motherfucker. That’s what I am,” he says, with no hint of sarcasm. “I’m as polite as I can be in most situations. But you get in my way, I’m bound to kick you in the [...]
Not Fade Away - Reissue Review from Issue #17 Sept-Oct 1998
The Long Ryders – The Long Ryders Anthology
If you ever get the chance, check out the cover to the Long Ryders’ debut EP, the cryptically titled 10-5-60. Looming large in country-rock duds and moppy Buffalo Springfield hairdos under a spindly tree, them L.A. transplants had a serious retro-fetish happening. The five tunes suggested the same — a supercharged mix of ’60s psychedelia, [...]
The Long Way Around - Feature from Issue #17 Sept-Oct 1998
Silos – Back in the New York groove
A couple years ago MTV announced it was going to give more exposure to the electronica scene. In step, the major labels acted accordingly; suddenly the pop music landscape was awash with artists like the Chemical Brothers, the bitch-smackin’ Prodigy and a whole vat of guys named DJ Somethingoranother. While the initial impact was not [...]
Miked - Live Reviews from Issue #16 July-Aug 1998
Cowboy Nation – McCabe’s (Santa Monica, CA)
Chip and Tony Kinman sure have wandering musical spirits. Initially punk rockers singing “I Hate The Rich” in the Dils, the band helped usher in cowpunk in the early ’80s as Rank & File, who, really, were more pop than punk. With that scene fizzling, R&F moved more toward hard rock; soon the band fizzled [...]
A Place to be - About a Place from Issue #15 May-June 1998
Owens’ own home: The Crystal Palace has put the Buck back in Buckersfield
A fog machine cranks out billowy clouds, the image of lightning slices across three huge video screens and the sound of thunder rocks the PA system. Then a big, throaty voice bursts in: “And now…the Crystal Palace presents…” A World Wrestling Federation main event? A monster truck rally? Try a Buck Owens concert. It’s 7 [...]
Bound - Book Review from Issue #15 May-June 1998
Steve Earle In Quotes
Drug addictions, jail time, failed marriages, controversial political stances, quick-witted good ol’ boy viewpoints…sounds like a good mini-series, doesn’t it? One day it just might be, but until then, much of it can be found in Steve Earle In Quotes. Compiled by Joanna Serraris, this 72-page labor of love breezily strings together comments the acclaimed [...]
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