Articles by Ian Danzig

Various
Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before
PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006
Rough Trades current swelling roster of talent each select a Rough Trade track from the past 25 years to cover. The results are impressive...
Various
The Dick Cavett Show: Rock Icons
PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2005
"Nice work, boys" is typically the sum total of conversation that takes place today between musical guests and their hosts on the late nigh...
The Fifth Element: Ultimate Edition
Luc Besson
PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2005
When The Fifth Element was originally released in 1997, it should have been the best comic book-styled science fiction flick ever. It is ce...
BellRays
The Red, White and Black
PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2005
Seeing the BellRays live is a revelation of what the rock music should be: an aggressive and soulful guitar-driven music that you feel in y...
Devo
Live
PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2004
When Devo arrived on the post-punk scene from Akron, OH in the late '70s, initial audiences might have seen them as some kind of novelty ac...
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Gore Verbinski
PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2004
I know, I know, it's based on a ride at Disney Land but with a brilliant comic performance by Johnny Depp and fine work in key supporting r...
Belle and Sebastian / Rasputina
Massey Hall, Toronto ON - November 8
PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2003
Rasputina opened the night, delivering a strong dose of country, blues-rock and metal served up by unlikely dual-female vocals and a double...
270 Miles From Graceland: Bonnaroo 2003
Danny Clinch
PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2003
Bonnaroo's growing success as a music festival is based on its ability to shake the stigma of the hippie Deadhead experience. Certainly the...