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2002 Stories by Shawn Bean

• Local Lullaby

  published September 26, 2002

  In a small room in his Miami Beach home, with an open mike and eight tracks, Sam Beam laid down lush acoustic plucks and whispered vocals, songs... More >>

• OK GO

  published September 26, 2002

  Many musical theorists squeeze every last synonym and simile into the debate over whether good rock can be irreverent, or irreverent rock good. To... More >>

• Dead To Fall

  published September 26, 2002

  Buried within the diseased vocals and bloodstained cover art of Everything I Touch Falls to Pieces, the debut album from Chicago hardcore... More >>

• Spoon

  published September 19, 2002

  From choppy piano ditties to porch-stompers to space transmissions, Spoon's LP Kill the Moonlight dips into more musical hues than 2001's... More >>

• Mudhoney

  published September 19, 2002

  Mudhoney, who like Seattle scene cohorts Tad, the Melvins, and Screaming Trees looked out from the Baccanal stage in 1992 to a million eyeballs... More >>

• Play Gay

  published September 12, 2002

  A casual ménage à trois at stage right, a frisky Frenchman at stage left, couples -- hopeful or just horny -- coupling and... More >>

• Joe Bonamassa

  published August 22, 2002

  Ever since Diane Sawyer profiled the cherubic Utica, New York native with piston dexterity over a decade ago, Joe Bonamassa, now 25, has been... More >>

• David J

  published July 4, 2002

  Driving away from the scene of an accident, windows glittered in rain, David J contemplates the power and celebrity causing the pileup. The... More >>

• Guided By Voices

  published June 20, 2002

  Since the early Eighties, more than twenty musicians have been Guided By Voices. The brainchild of Robert Pollard, GBV has still managed to pull... More >>

• Arlo

  published June 13, 2002

  Arlo is a band of the kind of back-porch rockers that speed through a 30-minute set on One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer night at your local club,... More >>

• Doves

  published June 13, 2002

  Close your eyes and you can picture the scene. Ominous piano thunder rolls as the musicians approach their instruments, dank amber silhouettes.... More >>

• Steroid Maximus

  published June 6, 2002

  J.G. Thirwell creates a new moniker for each of his musical outings -- Foetus for the pioneering whipsmart industrial urges, Baby Zizanie for the... More >>

• Slowdeck

  published June 6, 2002

  If Fritz Lang were still alive and doing straight-to-video work, he might choose Slowdeck to score his films. Not that Slowdeck executes at a... More >>

• Pitchshifter

  published May 9, 2002

  Pitchshifter is trying to earn a black belt in Digitsu, fusing breakbeats, schizo dynamics, and rapid-fire techno with industrial rock.... More >>

• The Makers

  published May 9, 2002

  Bowery rock cooked up in Spokane, Washington. An interesting elixir. The Makers look and sound like a mission statement for Seventies rock glam:... More >>

• Pedro the Lion

  published April 11, 2002

  Dave Bazan may have graduated from the Doug Martsch School of DIY musicianship, but he still plays well with other kids. Since he released... More >>

• Imperial Teen

  published March 28, 2002

  Right next to the cash register, there it is -- shiny foil wrapping gooey hummability. Plop it in your gob, the hooks and melodies vibrate in your... More >>

• Andrew W.K.

  published March 28, 2002

  Nearly half the song titles on Andrew W.K.'s debut contain the words "party," "love," or "puke" -- a sure sign that this is the best party metal... More >>