17 May 2005

Negativland Targets Recording Industry with No Business

By John James
• The multimedia kings of culture jamming, Negativland, are back this Tuesday with a righteous continuation of the group's copyright-freedom manifesto, this time aiming directly at the hand that feeds: the recording industry.
10 May 2005

Room to Grow

By Jeff Ignatius
For the record, Amie Sassano is not the luckiest person in the world. She didn't get a multi-million-dollar record deal when a label executive heard her humming on the street. But the fledgling singer and songwriter from the Quad Cities area has certainly had quite a few things break her way.
10 May 2005

Influential Gang of Four Album Back on Store Shelves

By John James
After years of out-of-print status, a five-star CD re-issue of one of the most beloved and influential albums of the punk/new-wave days is hitting store shelves Tuesday. Perhaps you've seen the Gang of Four's debut, Entertainment!, on scores of critical lists of desert-island discs, but never got turned on.
03 May 2005

The Mercury Brothers Win Preliminary Iowa Blues Challenge Round

By Steve Pedigo
B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Pinetop Perkins, and Koko Taylor are all legendary musicians - talented, hard-working geniuses, and invaluable ambassadors of the blues. But the mission statement of the Mississippi Valley Blues Society includes the line "keeping the blues alive," and that's a chore best left to folks who didn't qualify for AARP more than two decades ago.
03 May 2005

Styx Turns in a New "Songbook"

By Administrator
• Styx returns next week with a new CD of cover tunes and a remake of one of the band's own classics. Entitled Big Bang Theory, the New Door Records release is subtitled "The Great Rock Songbook" and takes a stab at a host of 1960s and 1970s hits, from The Who's "I Can See For Miles" to Jethro Tull's "Locomotive Breath.
26 Apr 2005

Aerosmith's Perry Makes New CD Interactive

By Administrator
Joe Perry of Aerosmith wants to put you in the studio driving seat this Tuesday with his new self-titled solo album. The Columbia Records CD comes exclusively in the new DualDisc format, packed with goodies on the DVD side, and features the new Umixit technology - enabling the listener to drop the disc into a computer and fiddle with new loops, blend effects, and mute instruments on two songs.
19 Apr 2005

SoVoSó Delivers on Its Promise of Soul, Voice, and Song

By Administrator
SoVoSó is such a unique vocal ensemble that its members call it an a cappella "band" rather than a group, because they use their voices to sound like musical instruments. As part of the Quad City Arts Visiting Artist Program, the San Francisco Bay Area group is in the area for two weeks, giving a total of 36 performances at schools and businesses.
19 Apr 2005

The World's Most Unfortunately Appropriate Band Name

By Administrator
This Saturday's show featuring the local metal band From the Wreckage offers one of the most unfortunately ironic - and appropriate - uses of a band name. On September 3, 2004, the band was driving home from a gig in Kankakee when its vehicle was rear-ended by a truck and pushed into a lane of oncoming traffic.
19 Apr 2005

Wailers Put on a Whale of a Show

By Johanna Welzenbach-Hilliard
Although I greatly looked forward to seeing reggae legends the Wailers last Friday night, I had my doubts about the venue. Quad City Live had already advertised an incorrect day for the concert (“Saturday,” April 15), and as we drove past its billboard, I saw employees had written the “Whalers.
19 Apr 2005

New Cruise Offers Floating Flaming Lips

By John James
Start saving your pennies and packing your bags. Following the success of the Jam Band Cruise, a new ocean liner full of musical magic is preparing to set sail with the Flaming Lips at the helm. Calling itself Xingolati: Groove Cruise of the Pacific, the three-day journey from Los Angeles to Ensenada, Mexico, is set for the weekend of October 14.

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