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2003 Stories by Omar Perez

• Hip-Hop Jazz

  published December 25, 2003

  For most bands, embracing the jazz category usually means settling for a career of playing Sunday brunches, sundry festivals, and trendy bars. But... More >>

• Nu-Metal Jacket

  published April 24, 2003

  In the mid-Nineties, nu-metal was a strong, fledgling genre that yielded multiplatinum acts like Korn and Limp Bizkit. By the end of the decade,... More >>

• Arab Strap

  published April 17, 2003

  Few bands have managed to capture the feeling of love turning from sugar to shit as succinctly as Scotland's Arab Strap. In the past, Aidan... More >>

• Spirit in the Sky

  published March 20, 2003

  The long arm of the law has never much cared for raves, so it's no surprise that Electric Skychurch founder James Lumb was turned down recently... More >>

• Paper Lions

  published March 20, 2003

  Wild creatures are often fueled by force of habit, and the same applies to the Paper Lions, a recent merger from two other punk bands (Some Soviet... More >>

• Shedding Skin

  published March 6, 2003

  What do you get when you put together a band whose guitar and bass players either don't play their instruments or are just learning them? While a... More >>

• Funk Junkie

  published February 20, 2003

  Somewhere between the Lone Star State and the nation's capital, Citizen Cope (Clarence Greenwood's nom de plume) learned to mold rhythm and blues... More >>

• Healthy Puff

  published January 23, 2003

  The benefits of medicinal marijuana have long been noted as helping those with illnesses such as HIV or glaucoma better cope with the symptoms.... More >>