Email Author Cory Vielma

2002 Stories by Cory Vielma

• Subtonix | The Vanishing

  published August 28, 2002

  Let's say for argument's sake that the current state of music is like Sissy Spacek's character in the movie Carrie: shy, quiet, nothing... More >>

• The Flaming Lips

  published August 7, 2002

  Over the course of nearly 20 years, the Flaming Lips have always managed to sound like only one band -- the Flaming Lips. As early as 1987's Oh... More >>

• Various Artists

  published June 19, 2002

  In the late '70s and early '80s, while the rest of the world was boogie-oogie-oogieing to music by the Bee Gees and Evelyn "Champagne" King,... More >>

• Alice Coltrane

  published June 5, 2002

  When Alice Coltrane joined her husband's band in 1966, John Coltrane was already considered a pioneer, well-known for exploring pathways of... More >>

• Knodel

  published May 22, 2002

  Most concept albums are overblown, misguided, and unintentionally silly. Take Yes keyboardist Rick Wakeman's 1974 opus Journey to the Center of... More >>

• Yuka Honda

  published April 17, 2002

  Cibo Matto's 1996 debut, Viva La Woman, was a refreshing blast of ass-shaking grooves and nonsensical lyrics, made distinctive by its... More >>