Articles by Jon Bartlett
New Radiant Storm King
Singular- No Article
PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2000
Northampton, MA's New Radiant Storm King have remained in obscurity for much of their career, which has spanned most of the last decade. Th...
Wicked Farleys
Make It It
PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2000
Much of the dust has settled since Sonic Youth inspired an army of teens taken by their distorted ways to pick up guitars in the early '90s...
Buttless Chaps
Tumblewire
PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2000
Possibly the hardest working Canadian band to surface in the past few years, Victoria's Buttless Chaps follow up their splendid debut with...
Slo' Tom and The Horseshit Heroes
Liquor's My Lover
PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2000
Liquor's My Lover documents the band in its favourite setting, the Hi-Fi (formerly "The Downstairs Club" and also "Lucky Ron's") club on Ri...
Two Dollar Guitar
Weak Beats and Lame-Ass Rhymes
PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2000
After 1998's incredible Train Songs, I hoped that Tim Foljahn had given up vocals on his Two Dollar Guitar project for good. Well, my hopes...
Lee Hazlewood
Trouble Is A Lonesome Town
PUBLISHED Dec 1, 1999
Smells Like continues its Lee Hazlewood reissue series with a couple more beauties. Trouble Is A Lonesome Town was Hazlewood’s first...
Lee Hazlewood
“Requiem For An Almost Lady”
PUBLISHED Dec 1, 1999
“Requiem For An Almost Lady,” like the already-reissued Cowboy In Sweden, contains music from a Torbjörn Axelman film of the sa...
King Kung
Smashin’ Glass/Breakin’ Hearts
PUBLISHED Dec 1, 1999
King Kung’s debut album has garnered a fair amount of acclaim from worshippers in the church of sludge rock. Smashin’ Glass/Bre...