We Didn't Start the Fire
The winter 2006 tour journal of the Piano Men, North America's only five-member Billy Joel tribute band.
Music
A collection of 237 issues
Blur, Blur
When Blur effectively defeated Oasis in the Britpop wars, it was because of its self-titled album. In the years leading up to its 1997 release, the two bands had traded numerous barbs in interviews--criticizing each other's for-realness, letting loose accusations of having repackaged yet another
Ectopia
Steroid Maximus's Ectopia is classical-industrial music that uses John Cage's flaming-piano-out-the-window experiment as a starting point and turns it into the score for a movie yet to be made. Babies crying, jangling pianos, jungle chases, wailing violins, and boats creaking all
Snow Borne Sorrow
Nine Horses, musician David Sylvian's latest ensemble, has assembled a haunting, breathtaking blend of smoky horn arrangements, melancholic funkiness, and minimalist percussion in Snow Borne Sorrow. Sylvian's brooding baritone conveys a complex range of emotions that will resonate with the contemplative listener, and each self-contained
The Top 10 Albums of 2005
After a year of music, thousands of hours of listening time, and one worn-out iPod, Andrew Womack brings us his picks for the very best music this year.
Bill Laswell's Method of Defiance
Acclaimed bassist Bill Laswell has his own way of making music, and these days it involves some serious drum and bass. One performance, and a life's work.
Cream
Eric Clapton, arguably the greatest white guitar player of his generation and still going strong, rose to prominence in the 1960s as a member of the band Cream. Bassist Jack Bruce and drummer Ginger Baker completed this power trio, which pumped out chart-dominating hits from 1966 to 1968 and
The Esher Demos
In 1968, back from their disastrous confab with the Maharishi, the Beatles took their acoustic guitars to George's house in Esher and set down what has since come to be known as the Esher Demos. Most of the songs were later rerecorded for the White Album, but it&
Work
For a couple of years now, Sound Team has been issuing cassette releases from its Austin recording studio. Whether to make it difficult on file sharers (doubtful) or easy on those with car tape decks (a nice thought), the band's impressive early work was only a warm-up
List of Lights and Buoys
List of Lights and Buoys is an eerie album by Norwegian vocals and keyboard duo Susanna and the Magical Orchestra. The music is bare bones with some sporadic distortion and Susanna’s gorgeous voice navigating the lonely void. Honestly, it sounds as if she’s lost in a desolate forest,