Flower S.F. makes sexy angry hard rock that swallows you whole
Engine 88 Clean Your Room (Caroline) It must be written in some Music 101 textbook that good rock and roll should devote at least…
Cake debunks the “Rock and Roll Lifestyle” with Motorcade of Generosity
Wilco “A.M.” (Sire/Reprise) For years, St. Louis' Uncle Tupelo was the rootsiest of alternative bands. The group treated songs the way heartland farmers treat…
Maxinquaye probes the soul-snatching sounds of Tricky and Martine
Run Out of Town The incorrect aggro-agitators of A.C. canceled all three of last weekend's previously scheduled Bay Area gigs on short notice, reportedly…
Righteous Babe Ani DiFranco is a diehard agitator. First off there's her music, an unlikely fusion of punk rock and acoustic folk, which was…
John Zorn's Painkiller and the Denison/Kimball Trio rewrite the rules of jazz
The 6ths Wasps' Nests (EMI/London) “The 6ths' Wasps' Nests” is impossible to pronounce, and Stephin Merritt likes it that way. He's quite a cranky…
Ol' Dirty Bastard Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version (Elektra) They call him the Bastard because there's “no father to his style”…
