05 Oct 2004

A Genre-Hopping Joy

By Jeff Ignatius
In 1989, the avant-garde composer and sax player John Zorn released Naked City, which I’ve always described as “death jazz.” The album featured an all-star band tackling music that ranged from short blasts of violent noise (with tracks as short as eight seconds) to beautifully atmospheric interpretations of classic film music, including a kick-ass version of the theme from the James Bond movies.
05 Oct 2004

World Premiere Transforms Contradictions Into Art

By Abbie Dombrock
The October 2 opening concert of the Quad City Symphony Orchestra’s 90th season consisted of just two pieces: the world premiere of Stephen Andrew Taylor’s Transfiguration and the traditional Symphony No.
28 Sep 2004

Driver of the Year Delivers Some Statik

By Jeff Ignatius
Driver of the Year’s Jason Parris promised a few months ago that the band’s new full-length release, Statik, was going to be as “bare bones” as possible. That phrase is vague when it comes to music.
28 Sep 2004

Shatner Unloads His Golden Throat Once More

By John James
• This Tuesday William Shatner further embraces, rather than denies, his 1968 psychedelic stinker, The Transformed, with a new album in collaboration with Ben Folds. The new pop affair, Has Been, was produced, written, and arranged by Folds, and boasts a cool guest list, from country boy Brad Paisley and the serious Henry Rollins to Aimee Mann and electronic artist Lemon Jelly.
21 Sep 2004

The One-Man Soul Band

By Jeff Ignatius
It was Rob Cimmarusti, the owner of the Real Trax recording studio in Davenport, who turned me on to Martin Sexton. The most incredible live performer he'd ever seen, he said. Don't mess with the studio recordings, he advised; go to Live Wide Open, his double-disc live set from 2000.
21 Sep 2004

Chicago Jazz Fest Ends with Jimmie Jones' 80th Birthday Party

By Administrator
This summer season was rife with wonderful activities, from the Grand Excursion to the Mississippi Valley Blues Fest to the Bix festival. But in my "saving the best for last" opinion, the festival that truly marks the end of season is the Chicago Jazz Festival, which this year honored one of the Quad Cities' own, Jimmie Jones, with an after-fest birthday party earlier this month.
21 Sep 2004

Ramones Get Timely Tribute on Film

By John James
• Uncannily timed with the recent death of Johnny Ramone, two new documentary films are telling the story of the three-chord foursome from Forest Hills, Queens, with one film recently debuting in New York and the other arriving on DVD next week.
14 Sep 2004

New Clash Re-Issue Comes Calling

By John James
• The place to be this coming Tuesday morning is lined up at the door of your favorite record store, as the Epic Legacy imprint is releasing an expanded re-issue of The Clash's double album masterpiece, London Calling, from 1979.
07 Sep 2004

QC Band Conjures a New Style of Voodoo

By Jeff Ignatius
The word “mature” isn’t something one should expect to associate with the local band Human Aftertaste. This spook-show industrial-tinged rock band prides itself on being outrageous, proudly claiming to have been banned from clubs and glad to warn you that a performance will likely include being sprayed with substances pleasant and not-so-pleasant.
07 Sep 2004

Sinatra (Nancy) Teams Up with Morrissey

By John James
• The first fruit from the collaboration of Nancy Sinatra and Morrissey hits store shelves next week, with the Morrissey-penned "Let Me Kiss You" CD single on Attack/Sanctuary Records. A full- length album, To Nancy, with Love, is due at the end of this month and features a star-studded guest list, with Bono and the Edge from U2, Elvis Costello, Jon Spencer, Pete Yorn, Jarvis Cocker of Pulp, and Dennis Diken of the Smithereens.

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