Music

If you've ever been to a packed, standing-room-only concert, you've felt the nauseating swell of excitement and terror one can encounter while being pressed up against the body in front of you as the entire crowd sways from one direction to the next, independent of your own control.
June 12, 2003 at 12:00 am

Any mention of The Eels conjures up thoughts of quirky, playful, and oftentimes beautiful music. With songs appearing in the movies Shrek and Anniversary Party and their hit single "Novocaine for the Soul," The Eels show their pop influences but with a dark twist. Their latest release, Shootenanny!, is a venture into heavy blues territory, done according to the old Eels formula.
June 12, 2003 at 12:00 am

This is the most difficult Metallica album I have ever listened to, and I have listened to them all more times than I care to admit.
June 12, 2003 at 12:00 am

New wave might be thought of as a sound of the past, but with his debut album, Ethiopian-born Kenna shows that it can be very current.
June 5, 2003 at 12:00 am

In elementary school, I never understood Canada. After all, it certainly wasn't America, so I wondered what exactly they did up there.
June 5, 2003 at 12:00 am

Where the hell is my Fugees CD? Somehow, in the midst of the final exam frenzy, I seemed to have misplaced a musical masterpiece.
May 29, 2003 at 12:00 am

It's always refreshing to hear a band not afraid to bring plenty of different styles into its playing, and Soulive is just such a band.
May 29, 2003 at 12:00 am

Something wonderful is brewing in the garages of New York. With the recent success of The Strokes and Interpol, NYC has become a haven for a new wave of rockers.
April 24, 2003 at 12:00 am

Here's a test: listen to the title track of Madonna's new album, American Life, and if you don't wince when she starts rapping, you're a true fan.
April 24, 2003 at 12:00 am

It was 3:00 p.m. on Monday and I was sitting in the Street office talking on the phone with Hunter, the elusive bassist from AFI.
April 24, 2003 at 12:00 am

We've been to Philly in the history of Everclear 17 times, but there ain't no fuckin' place like the Electric Factory," lead singer Art Alexakis declared to a snow white horde of cheering adolescents.
April 24, 2003 at 12:00 am

After a three year absence, Prince Paul has returned to prove once again that it's possible to make an intelligent and addictive rap album.
April 24, 2003 at 12:00 am

It is a Friday afternoon. Outside someone is puking and being hauled away by paramedics because they drank too much jungle juice.
April 17, 2003 at 12:00 am

Charlie Hunter is a musician who has the capacity to blow your mind every time you hear him. The man invented the eight-string guitar -- 3 bass strings, 5 guitar strings, 2 pickups -- which means that he plays bass and guitar simultaneously.
April 17, 2003 at 12:00 am

Last year the Austin, Texas, quartet ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead released Source Tags & Codes to great acclaim.
April 17, 2003 at 12:00 am

The White Stripes weren't kidding around when they titled their latest album. Elephant hits like a stampede of blues-injected garage rock, ready to rip and wrangle at the same time.
April 17, 2003 at 12:00 am

I have a confession to make. I have a horrible secret, one that may ruin any bits of a social life I have here at Penn, one that I did my best to keep secret, a part of my life I thought closed when I left all those who knew me as a child.
April 10, 2003 at 12:00 am

Chan, you disappoint. Excited by the prospect of witnessing the spectacle that is the usual Cat Power show/emotional breakdown, in the end all we were treated to was the standard live version of your CD concert.
April 10, 2003 at 12:00 am

This year's Fling is going to be a battle. Just like those battles in which Eminem competes in 8-Mile. It's going to be power pop meets hip hop, the Ghetto v.
April 10, 2003 at 12:00 am

Just as Phantom Planet might forever be known as "that band with the guy from Rushmore in it," Boomkat could see the same fate.
April 10, 2003 at 12:00 am