Email Author Brock Keeling

2004 Stories by Brock Keeling

• BeatBox

  published December 29, 2004

  The week leading up to New Year's Eve is a tense one. In addition to dealing with Christmas, there's the onset of extreme stress that comes with... More >>

• BeatBox

  published December 22, 2004

  Quirky Britpop, indie, and rocktronica bands always have a friendly home at "popscene," the weekly party that worked overtime this year... More >>

• BeatBox

  published December 15, 2004

  After spinning the dreidel one last time and watching the final candle melt on your menorah, come by the DNA Lounge to fuck random strangers on... More >>

• BeatBox

  published November 24, 2004

  If you can't go home for Thanksgiving because a) you hate your family, or b) your family hates you, then that almost makes me sad. But instead of... More >>

• BeatBox

  published November 17, 2004

  Sly, absurd, and more prolific than God, MC/producer MF Doom was crowned '04's king of the underground after releasing a half-dozen proper... More >>

• BeatBox

  published November 10, 2004

  "Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive, but to be at Hollertronix' parties in Philly circa 2002 was very heaven." I'm paraphrasing Wordsworth, of... More >>

• BeatBox

  published November 3, 2004

  Experienced DJs Sake-One, J-Boogie, and Jesse Saunders (who released the first house record in the '80s) will be on hand at Club Six to preside... More >>

• BeatBox

  published October 27, 2004

  Billed as "a dance party for regime change," "Beats vs. Bush" will benefit the advocacy group MoveOn.org.... More >>

• BeatBox

  published October 20, 2004

  NYC MC and Anti-Pop Consortium member Beans stands as the finest example of what used to be called glitch-hop -- a late-'90s/early-'00s... More >>

• BeatBox

  published October 13, 2004

  In this year's "hot" issue, Rolling Stone named Buck 65 "hot indie rapper." As usual, Rolling Stone doesn't know dick. As... More >>

• BeatBox

  published October 6, 2004

  With the relentlessly violent, vaguely political, and occasionally homophobic rhymes of lyricist Vinnie Paz and the minor-chord, string-saturated... More >>

• BeatBox

  published September 29, 2004

  In the late '90s, Japan's DJ Krush caught the hipster zeitgeist with his crackling Japanese-garden trip hop. Spare breakbeats cradled lush... More >>

• The Queer Movie Poster Book

  published September 29, 2004

  By Jenni Olson Chronicle Books (2004), $19.95 Much has been written about the role of queers in cinema -- with Vito... More >>

• BeatBox

  published September 22, 2004

  On Saturdays, the Stud brings you "Sugar," a too-hot, too-gay dance club catering to too-fine males who -- oh, Jesus Christ, who the fuck... More >>

• BeatBox

  published September 15, 2004

  If an argument were to break out among the artists who "invented" hip hop, it would be a cartoon clash of charismatic giants, with gold chains,... More >>

• BeatBox

  published September 8, 2004

  Twenty years in Everything But the Girl, five years with Lazy Dog, a near-fatal encounter with a rare immune disorder, a sinewy body that can wear... More >>

• BeatBox

  published September 1, 2004

  U.K. DJ/producer John Digweed has achieved a sort of sensei status in the dance-music world. His efforts behind the turntables, most... More >>

• BeatBox

  published August 25, 2004

  When they're not overseeing the revelry at their monthly mash-up night at Cherry Bar, "Bootie," or making sure everyone is sufficiently fucked up... More >>

• BeatBox

  published August 18, 2004

  Don’t look to refill your prescription for Xanax here, kids — Rx Gallery is an art space, wine and sake bar, and downtown (if you consider t... More >>

• BeatBox

  published August 11, 2004

  !!!, Goldfrapp, Erase Errata, Donna Summer, the Faint, and the Minogue sisters are just a smattering of the brand names you've come to know and... More >>

• BeatBox

  published August 4, 2004

  Pretty, pencil-thin musician and entrepreneur Perry Farrell not only fronted Jane's Addiction, he also founded a little-known annual concert... More >>

• Beat Box

  published July 28, 2004

  Where many DJs take the holier-than-thou approach behind the decks, Los Angelesbased (and Bay Area-reared) Christopher Lawrence acts more... More >>

• Beat Box

  published July 21, 2004

  At the risk of sounding clichéd, or worse, sounding old, MTV isn't what it used to be. Why, back in the day it used to show actual music... More >>

• BeatBox

  published July 14, 2004

  It's so easy to scoff at the French these days, n'est-pas? From their holier-than-thou dietary practices to their questionable physical... More >>

• BeatBox

  published July 7, 2004

  I'd love to use the word "exotic" to describe the kick-ass global tunes at "Divination"-- which showcases local DJs Soulsaalam, Vinnie... More >>