Articles by Roman Sokal
Zombi
Zombi
PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2003
Although they are obviously inspired by the more foreign and leftfield enthusiast horror movie music soundtracks of the '70s and '80s, Zomb...
The John Entwistle Band
Left For Live Deluxe
PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2003
From beginning to end, this double live recording from the turn of this century by one of rock's best bass players is one wonderfully fun l...
Jack Pedler
D.T. Delinquent
PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2003
Jack Pedler is one of the rare venerable characters in the music business. He is a true "character"- a professor of oddity with loads of pe...
Bellini
Snowing Sun
PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2003
Featuring Damon Che, drummer for beloved indie prog math rockers Don Caballero, Bellini is rock chaos in overdrive. The vocals provided by...
Butthole Surfers
Butthole Surfers + PCPPPEP
PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2003
The Butthole Surfers and the Flaming Lips are among the few pioneers of being truly fucked up, although the former have always been ahead o...
California Guitar Trio with Tony Levin and Pat Mastelotto
CG3+2
PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2003
Although regularly a trio, the world-renowned CGT take the sound of acoustic guitar to the highest heights and expand into a quintet of rhy...
Dearest, Crown
A Single Star, Bigger Than The Universe
PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2003
Hailing from Portland, OR, this minus-drums quartet (featuring members of the defunct mid-'90s band Harvester), Dearest, Crown are a pleasa...
Gordian Knot
Emergent
PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2003
Although a little wanky at times, in terms of comparing it to modern rock, the Gordian Knot collective of superstar musicians in the prog r...