10 Jun 2003

Fire Up the DVD Player for Summer Music Releases

By John James
• This Tuesday brings a highly anticipated DVD from The Clash, hot on the heels of the band's recent 40-track Essentials series CD. Simply titled The Essential Clash DVD, the Epic Records release features 11 live and studio videos, interview footage from U.
03 Jun 2003

Radiohead Fans Get a Double Dose

By John James
• Radiohead fans get a double dose of heaven this Tuesday as the group's new album, Hail to the Thief, hits store shelves, alongside a fantastic new CD of classical-piano interpretations of the band's songs.
27 May 2003

Seth Knappen Gets Naked

By Jeff Ignatius
Minimalism in rock music is a big risk. When an artist chooses to keep it simple – with pared- down instrumentation, lyrics, and vocals, and songs that move with the energy of a funeral procession – only the best material survives scrutiny, because there’s nothing to fall back on.
27 May 2003

"The Automator" Gets Busy with Galactic and Cheap Trick

By Administrator
• Dan "The Automator" Nakamura, one half of Handsome Boy Modeling School with Prince Paul, has been busy lately with two noteworthy production duties. Look for his signature style to show up on the upcoming Galactic album and as one of a handful of producers on the upcoming Cheap Trick album, Special One, which also features knob twisting by Steve Albini.
20 May 2003

Peppers Please in Mark Concert

By Aldino Frassinelli
The Red Hot Chili Peppers and Queens of the Stone Age supplied the Quad Cities with some heartfelt rock, a little funk, a psychedelic harmony, and just a touch of the blues at their May 9 show – things that have been missing from The Mark in recent months.
20 May 2003

Upcoming Releases Feature Guests Galore

By John James
• This Tuesday brings the most guest-list-heavy CD in recent memory, with Rhino Records' release of Small World Big Band Volume Two: More Friends from Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra. Fueled by big-band boogie-woogie, the album features classic standards such as "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" with the Stereophonics and a take on Bob Dylan's "You Got to Serve Somebody" with vocalist Marianne Faithfull.
13 May 2003

Hornucopia Taps Into Diversity

By Jeff Ignatius
You won't notice a lot of new features at this year's Hornucopia, because - as the first festival this year in The District of Rock Island - it carried with it some uncertainty. Namely, questions about how far along reconstruction of the Great River Plaza was going to be.
13 May 2003

Fewer Big Names, but Quality Reigns at the Quad Cities Jazz Festival

By Jeff Ignatius
This year's Quad Cities Jazz Festival at first blush looks less impressive than previous incarnations. But appearances can be deceiving. You won't find much contemporary jazz this year, yet fans of the classic styles won't be disappointed.
13 May 2003

Songwriting at Its Best

By Tom Swanson
As I was walking past our managing editor’s desk, the first thing I noticed about Quad Cities veteran players Driver of the Year’s latest EP, Some Girls Would Say … , was the artwork. It’s a plain black cover with a stylized green illustration of a nude woman lying with her head resting on the stomach of another nude woman.
13 May 2003

Tricky Tackles XTC and The Cure

By John James
• In cool-cover alert news, Tricky's new album, Vulnerable, is due this Tuesday and features two interpretations of note: XTC's "Dear God" and The Cure's " Love Cats." The new Anti Records album features his touring band and Italian singer Constanza Francavilla.

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