Reviews

Hot SpringsVolcanoAquariusGiselle Claudia Webber is one crazy lady. A witchy woman. Thankfully she’s putting her powers to good and not evil. This is ass-kicking rock that reminds of why you bought those Veruca Salt and Breeders albums in the ’90s, but it also tells you that it can get better, much better. Sean Flinncategories: Best […]

Bruce SpringsteenMagicSonyMagic may not be the rock comeback everyone hoped for. But an older and more embittered Springsteen not only proves he can still write great rockers, he proves he can do it while writing protest songs. The Boss isn’t the angst-ridden youth of 30 years ago, but Magic shows his skills are still as […]

Published May 12, 2005.The RaveonettesPretty In Black (Columbia)The Raveonettes’ Sharin Foo was set to replace The Cardigans’ Nina Persson as Sweden’s quirkiest and most beloved songbird, but then there was the mysterious inclusion of a Raveonettes song in an American K-Mart TV commercial. “Huh?” said fans watching the cast from WB’s Seventh Heaven grooving to […]