Email Author Michael Alan Goldberg

2004 Stories by Michael Alan Goldberg

• Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

  published October 28, 2004

  How do you like your religion served up? Raining blood and lakes of hellfire, or lambs and lions idling side by side in the green grass? Your... More >>

• Deep Space

  published October 21, 2004

  From a strictly visual standpoint, Laurie Anderson is on a simplicity kick these days. For the bulk of her nearly 30-year career, the famed New... More >>

• Elliott Smith

  published October 21, 2004

  Around this time last year, police detectives were examining the body of 34-year-old Elliott Smith and scouring the Los Angeles apartment the... More >>

• Jimmy Eat World

  published October 21, 2004

  Jimmy Eat World's hook-happy brand of emo rock has always sounded polished and accessible, yet as their fourth album proves, the Phoenix foursome... More >>

• Rilo Kiley

  published October 14, 2004

  More Adventurous -- it's not just the title of Rilo Kiley's terrific new album; it's a mission statement. The Los Angeles quartet... More >>

• Prodigy

  published September 16, 2004

  No more Chinese Democracy jokes -- the long promised follow-up to the Prodigy's 1997 breakthrough The Fat of the Land has finally... More >>

• Hot Water Music

  published September 16, 2004

  "Mature" and "polished:" two words that strike fear into the hearts of hardcore fans when used to describe their favorite group's newest efforts.... More >>

• Snow Patrol

  published September 2, 2004

  Ladies and gentlemen, introducing Snow Patrol, an alternative for those of you put off by Chris Martin's floppy Muppet histrionics and... More >>

• Punkland

  published July 29, 2004

  In 1995, Timothy McVeigh blew up an Oklahoma City federal building; umpteen thousands were slaughtered in Bosnia and Rwanda; O.J. Simpson was... More >>

• All Aboard!

  published July 15, 2004

  "You get, you get, you get what you put in." Those are the impassioned first words that pour out of vocalist Keeley Davis's mouth on "Rogue,"... More >>

• Thermo Dynamics

  published July 8, 2004

  Although I slept through my freshman microeconomics course far more than I attended it, and thus am hardly an expert in such matters, I believe a... More >>

• DJ Shadow

  published June 17, 2004

  There are tons of great DJ Shadow concert bootlegs floating around out there on disc and vinyl, but the stunning clarity and seamlessly mixed... More >>

• Midlake

  published June 10, 2004

  Midlake comprises five guys from Denton, Texas who sound like they've been shipwrecked on a deserted island for a couple of years with only a... More >>

• Pedro the Lion

  published May 27, 2004

  Several years ago, U2 singer Bono told Rolling Stone magazine about a visit he and bassist Adam Clayton once made to the home of fellow... More >>

• Dios

  published April 22, 2004

  There's a wondrous duality to the Southern California coastline. In the daytime, it's a carefree paradise of sand, surf, rays, and an endless loop... More >>

• Catching Up with Depeche Mode

  published April 15, 2004

  Under most circumstances, the notion of six box sets -- for a grand total of 36 discs, 245 tracks, and a shade under 23 hours of music --... More >>

• Mocean Worker

  published April 15, 2004

  There are two criticisms frequently leveled at the current jazz scene: The musicians are too slick and averse to risk, and the industry is... More >>

• The Vines

  published March 25, 2004

  It was so easy to despise the Vines when they emerged like creatures from the garage lagoon back in 2002 with Highly Evolved. The... More >>

• Blonde Redhead

  published March 18, 2004

  Goodbye skronky art-noise, hello lush dream-pop! Such a makeover worked wonders for Mercury Rev, and now Blonde Redhead has fully embraced its... More >>

• Makeshift Patriot

  published February 12, 2004

  Apparently there's a standing offer of one million dollars from the Clay Mathematics Institute in Boston to anyone who can solve the... More >>

• The Missing Piece

  published January 8, 2004

  The late, great Shel Silverstein was celebrated for his children's books (The Giving Tree, A Light in the Attic), but he also... More >>

• Exodus

  published January 1, 2004

  The first question that pops into mind when considering the inaugural Jam Cruise: Why book fifteen jam band acts? Despite the presence of Disco... More >>