2005

Drew Emmitt: Across the Bridge

Jason Rooks September 21, 2005 No Comments

With the breakup of Colorado

back and to the left: Obsolete

Eric Saeger September 21, 2005 No Comments

The idea of passing up the simple but commercially effective strategy of retrofitting 80s New Wave for mass consumption by the pierced-face audiences of today may be a tough thing for goal-oriented techno bands to consider, but Backandtotheleft appears content to keep the musical company of such EBM purists as Cesium 137 and Angels+Agony.

Umphrey’s McGee / Tea Leaf Green 9.11.05

Glide September 20, 2005 No Comments

Photos by Richard Clarke of Umphrey’s McGee and Tea Leaf Green at Higher Ground in South Burlington, VT 9.11.05

The 20 Greatest Re-Imagined Covers

Garin Pirnia September 20, 2005 No Comments

Here’s our list of re-imagined or re-interpreted covers, meaning the artist took the song and made it a completely new entity juxtapositioning genres

The Dandy Warhols: Odditorium or Warlords of Mars

Shane Handler September 20, 2005 No Comments

The Portland, Oregon four piece

The Rolling Stones 8/15/2005: Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ

Shawn Donohue September 19, 2005 No Comments

I have read reviews of critics claiming that the Stones create a rock and roll environment in which an arena feels like a club, Horseshit. They take a 75,000 seat football stadium and make it feel like 300,000 people are rocking along to “Jumping Jack Flash.”

My Morning Jacket: Z

Brian Gearing September 19, 2005 No Comments

As the opening minutes of Z pass by with nary a crashing cymbal or a ringing chord, impossible doubts seep in through the membrane of denial: Has My Morning Jacket become a keyboard band? Did the departed Johnny Quaid and Danny Cash rip the backbeating heart from My Morning Jacket