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Tim Fite
Gone Ain't Gone
September 13, 2005If you long for the days of when Beck Hansen was a nobody, armed with only his quirkiness and a sampler, then the debut album by Tim Fite, 'Gone Ain't Gone,' is definitely recommended. Fewer and fewer rock artists of the early 21st century are following in the footsteps of …
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Daniel Lanois
Belladonna
July 12, 2005When Brian Eno recorded his landmark ambient releases of the 1980's and '90's, he transformed our perception of space, music, and performance. His collaborator on those albums, and on his subsequent ground-breaking production work with U2, was Daniel Lanois. Lanois took the techniques he developed with Eno and went on …
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Youth Group
Skeleton Jar
May 24, 2005Dark and melancholic, Singer/Guitarist/Songwriter Toby Martin has a voice that is undeniably pure and potent. With each song he guides us through varied landscapes of indie rock, folk and pop terrain. From the haunting single "Shadow Land," to live favorites "See-Saw" and "Piece of Wood," Skeleton Jar is truly an …
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Xavier Rudd
Food In The Belly
May 24, 2005Australian singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Xavier Rudd is a one of a kind artist with a clear vision, personality, and an independent attitude. An established artist in his native Australia and his second home, Canada, Rudd's debut for Anti, Food in the Belly is his 6th record. His extensive travels …
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Sage Francis
A Healthy Distrust
February 8, 2005Sage Francis is to indie hip-hop what Rage Against the Machine was to alternative rock, a full frontal ambi-political rush that turns its voice man into a deified performer with legions of impressionable youths hanging on his every word. Think Sage doesn't want it that way? Check the corporate rock …
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The Frames
Burn The Maps
February 8, 2005Burn The Maps is The Frames' first studio album for Anti and it is also their most cohesive. Until now, The Frames' music favoured bi-polar swings, violently loud on one song, violently quiet the next. On Burn The Maps, their fifth studio album, the band have reconciled their various …
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Neko Case
The Tigers Have Spoken
November 9, 2004Tigers is a charged collection of new original material, selective covers, and one previously hard-to-find cut--"Favorite," the first song Neko ever wrote herself from start to finish. The Tigers Have Spoken highlights the vibrant, joyful side of Case's music--a side which, though it doesn't often get mentioned in the press, …
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Elliott Smith
From A Basement On The Hill
October 19, 2004Elliott Smith has been a patron saint of the indie scene since his days helming Portland heroes Heatmiser. As a solo artist, Smith led a revolution of home four-trackers, from Beck to Cat Power, out of the bedroom and into the studio, where Smith's fondness for Beatlesque melody led to …
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A Girl Called Eddy
A Girl Called Eddy
August 10, 2004The songs betray the influence of many of her musical heroes, from Bacharach and McCartney to Scott Walker and Brian Wilson via Todd Rundgren and the Carpenters. But they also reveal her as a unique voice and a disarmingly original talent who draws on her experience to create a series …
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Danny Cohen
Dannyland
May 25, 2004"Poignant and dog eared music through a tin horn of twisted reckonings and dark secrets"
-Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan
"A beautiful nightmare of Heaven and Hell on Earth. Punch my ticket, Sweetheart, I'm coming to Dannyland."
- E of EELS
"(Cohen is) among a heroic and rarified group of …
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Jolie Holland
Escondida
April 27, 2004Jolie Holland's is a voice that attempts to transcend the new and encompass the old through the medium of American music. Like Ralph Stanley told her, "I don't even know what bluegrass music is--I consider myself a soul singer." So, yes, its the blues, and the tunes our grandparents hummed …
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The Frames
Set List
February 24, 2004Set List contains optimum performances of songs culled from The Frames' four album repertoire, honed and refined over 14 years of intense, elating and near-legendary live shows. The sense of profound connection forged between the band and its audience has often been compared to the evangelical feeling at shows by …
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