Articles by Ian Danzig
Dub Narcotic Sound System meets The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Sideways Soul
PUBLISHED Oct 1, 1999
While K records main man Calvin Johnson makes a couple appearances behind the board on Xtra, Johnson controls the mic on Sideways Soul. In...
Piano Magic
Low Birth Weight
PUBLISHED Oct 1, 1999
The latest release from England’s Piano Magic fleshes out their exquisitely fragile ambient pop aesthetic. Low Birth Weight shines wi...
Trans Am
Who Do We Think You Are?
PUBLISHED Oct 1, 1999
This six song EP of previously unreleased Trans Am material was originally only made available in Australia to coincide with the band’...
Thingy
To The Innocent
PUBLISHED Oct 1, 1999
Rob Crow is my unsung pop hero. When his band Heavy Vegetable hit the scene, I couldn’t believe the number of spectacular melodic del...
Pinback
Pinback
PUBLISHED Oct 1, 1999
Crow’s newest collaboration, called Pinback, reaches yet another creative peak with the help of a new collaborator. Armistead Burwell...
Macha
See It Another Way
PUBLISHED Sep 1, 1999
An unusual number of innovative bands have nurtured in the tiny college town of Athens, Georgia but Macha is probably the most innovative o...
To Rococo Rot
The Amateur View
PUBLISHED Sep 1, 1999
The latest release from German trance trio To Rococo Rot (the name is a palindrome) continues down a path of sublime grooves and exquisite...
Euphone
The Calendar of Unlucky Days
PUBLISHED Sep 1, 1999
Having drummed for punk, funk and art rock outfits, Ryan Rapsys finds his most rewarding work evolve on the solo tip. Under the moniker of...
