Email Author Phil Freeman

2008 Stories by Phil Freeman

• Cambodian Fever

  published December 31, 2008

  Dengue Fever is one of America's weirder bands. The group comprises five slightly grungy indie boys playing music that combines... More >>

• Metallica: Metal heroes once more

  published December 17, 2008

  "We will always be a Bay Area band till the day I die," Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett says with heartfelt emphasis. "We pride ourselves as... More >>

• Anthony Braxton

  published November 5, 2008

  Saxophonist/composer Anthony Braxton's reputation as one of jazz's most intellectually rigorous avant-gardists was well established by 1974,... More >>

• Metallica

  published September 17, 2008

  It's great to hear guitarist Kirk Hammett soloing again, and Lars Ulrich pounding a kit that sound like drums instead of trash-can lids. And... More >>

• Tricky

  published September 10, 2008

  After the seething, explosive brilliance of Tricky's first two albums, 1995's Maxinquaye and 1996's Pre-Millennium Tension,... More >>

• Lee "Scratch" Perry

  published August 27, 2008

  Onstage and in interviews, Lee "Scratch" Perry's persona is a mix of giddy surrealism, folk wisdom, apocalyptic theology, and simple crudity... More >>

• Black Stars:

  published June 4, 2008

  The image of African music, as seen through American eyes, goes through phases. Right now, we're experiencing a retro moment: It would be easy... More >>