Articles by Michael White

Cinnamon

Vertigo

PUBLISHED May 1, 2000

Banality is the poetry of pop: plainspoken, its text is impotent, but simply by virtue of the deftness of its rendering, every "I love you,...

The Vital Essence of Stereolab

PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2000

There are dozens of indications that Stereolab is a band their audience take very, very seriously, but none greater than that offered by gr...

Japancakes

If I Could See Dallas

PUBLISHED Dec 1, 1999

All of us can name at least one: a favourite moment of a favourite song when a band — either by intuition or glorious chance synergy...

Bomb Pops

Recommended For Diversion Seekers

PUBLISHED Oct 1, 1999

Years before Belle & Sebastian coaxed chronic sensitivity out of its bedroom into the glare of the world, dozens of similarly great bands t...

Bikeride

Thirty-Seven Secrets I Only Told America

PUBLISHED Sep 1, 1999

Jonathan Richman had to be shot by the Farrelly Brothers to ingratiate himself into mainstream America’s consciousness, but his prese...

John Southworth

Sedona Arizona

PUBLISHED Sep 1, 1999

Arizona is a long way from Pennsylvania, but the nomadic, starry-eyed Southworth has done himself a world of good with his migration south....

American Analog Set

The Golden Band

PUBLISHED Sep 1, 1999

Has the American Analog Set ever seen the sun? Three albums, and three fewer stylistic revelations into their recording career, the Austin...