Music Preview

  • T-Love: "Long Way Back"

    Female rapper T-Love revisits hip-hop's golden era with playful, politically progressive lyrics over tight beats and jazzy riffs.
    By Celeste Dawn Mitchell May 16, 2003

  • Watchers: "To the Rooftops"

    This Chicago art-punk quintet supplies a sophisticated blend of funk rhythms, synthesized strings and crunchy guitar slices.
    By Rob Young May 14, 2003

  • Antipop Consortium vs. Matthew Shipp

    Two outstanding releases in the avant-jazz Blue Series, plus the solo debut by APC rapper Beans, take hip-hop/jazz fusion to new places.
    By Ehren Gresehover May 9, 2003

  • Califone: "Quicksand/ Cradlesnakes"

    Early American folk and blues merge intriguingly with off-kilter electronic sounds.
    By Thomas Bartlett May 7, 2003

  • Yo La Tengo: "Summer Sun"

    For their latest album the New Jersey indie rockers cut the distortion in favor of a smooth and relaxed jazzy sound.
    By Rob Young May 1, 2003

  • Willie Nelson: "Crazy: The Demo Sessions"

    A collection of early '60s recordings by the Red-Headed Stranger shows a chiseled young man with a sweet, sweet voice.
    By Max Garrone April 29, 2003

  • Smog: "Supper"

    Seasoned songwriter Bill Callahan, aka Smog, moves away from miserabilistic anti-folk toward more amiable and reflective songs.
    By B.R. Bickford April 22, 2003

  • Les Nubians: "One Step Forward"

    Nubian princesses Helene and Celia Faussart explore Caribbean rhythms, Brazilian strings and Afro-jazz on their latest album.
    By Celeste Dawn Mitchell April 18, 2003

  • Eric Idle: "The Rutland Isles"

    The ex-Monty Python star visits tropical islands that have been spared from English documentary makers in brown shorts.
    By Andrew Cline April 16, 2003

  • Gravy Train!!!!: "Hello Doctor"

    The riotous debut offering from this electropunk outfit is a send-up of old-school hip-hop, '90s diva house and classic surf rock.
    By Nick Hallett April 14, 2003

  • Deerhoof: "Apple O'"

    San Francisco noise pop band Deerhoof's glorious new album can soothe you to sleep or kick you in the head.
    By Marshall York April 11, 2003

  • The Essex Green: "The Long Goodbye"

    The Brooklyn trio's latest CD charms with harmony-laden, sweet '60s pop tunes.
    By Anne O'Neil April 10, 2003

  • Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks: "Pig Lib"

    After a sub-par solo debut, Malkmus the Irreverent returns to form, effortlessly spanning the gap between quirky pop and hard rock.
    By Rob Young April 9, 2003

  • The Go-Betweens: "Bright Yellow, Bright Orange"

    The Australian indie pop cult band from the '80s is back with a second album after reuniting in 2000.
    By Ross White April 7, 2003

  • Mat Maneri Quartet: "Sustain"

    Avant-garde violinist Maneri's latest release is an ambitious work of thoughtfully constructed free jazz.
    By Ehren Gresehover April 4, 2003

  • Sybarite: "Nonument"

    Former Silver Apples member Xian Hawkins' first album under the moniker Sybarite is a collection of intriguing cinematic mood pieces.
    By Thomas Bartlett April 2, 2003

  • The Buzzcocks (untitled)

    The Buzzcocks new album shows that Pete Shelley and Steve Diggle can still write immensely memorable punk rock tunes.
    By Carolyn Lengel March 31, 2003

  • Robert Pollard & Tobin Sprout

    New records by Guided by Voices mastermind Robert Pollard and by Tobin Sprout explore the varied ways of '60s psychedelia.
    By Murray Jason March 28, 2003

  • Dirty Three: "She Has No Strings Apollo"

    The Australian instrumental trio's seventh album pits wistful violins and vigorous drums against gorgeous guitar dreamscapes.
    By Betsy Bonner March 26, 2003

  • Pram: "Dark Island"

    The experimental U.K. pop group's beautifully spooky new album would make an apt soundtrack for a rainy murder mystery.
    By Rob Young March 24, 2003

  • Crooked Fingers: "Red Devil Dawn"

    Crooked Fingers, aka Eric Bachmann (Archers of Loaf), stuns fans with more baroque melancholy on his latest CD.
    By Charlotte Walton March 21, 2003

  • Pulse programming: "Tulsa for One Second"

    Chicago-based Pulseprogramming infuse winterly electronic soundscapes with moaning cellos, whispered vocals and other warming elements.
    By Rob Young March 19, 2003

  • The antiwar sampler

    Download a selection of protest songs from the Beastie Boys, Ani DiFranco, John Mellencamp, Chumbawamba and others.
    March 13, 2003

  • The Notwist: "Neon Golden"

    On their latest album, Germany's Notwist elegantly blend acoustic pop and atmospheric glitch electronics.
    By Rob Young March 12, 2003

  • "Tempo de Amor"

    Miho Hatori (of Cibo Matto) and guitarist Smokey Hormel pay tribute to Brazilian Afro-samba songwriter Baden Powell on their new EP.
    By Thomas Bartlett March 10, 2003
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