All 9 articles by Kevin Canfield

  • 02 Feb 05

  • Culture

    Comings and Goings

    Late last year, word surfaced that the pioneering alt rock band the Wedding Present would release a new... MORE »

  • 13 Dec 04

  • Culture

    Get the Carters

    More often than not, tribute albums are irredeemable junk. Need convincing? Available for purchase in this great nation... MORE »

  • 08 Nov 04

  • Culture

    Better Waits Than Never

    Tom Waits’ long career has been marked by an aversion to explicitly political music. Dim light bulbs and... MORE »

  • 22 Jul 04

  • Culture

    Tuneful Humanism

    Here’s what I like as much as just about anything in the world: Music that sounds hopeful... MORE »

  • 17 May 04

  • Culture

    Empire Burlesque

    This is a very strange time to be a Bob Dylan fan. After more than 40 years of fighting... MORE »

  • 22 Mar 04

  • Culture

    Shades of Grey

    To a nation of kids, Grey De Lisle is bigger than Britney. A chatty 30-year-old Californian, De Lisle... MORE »

  • 24 Feb 04

  • Culture

    From Jay to Z

    Jay-Z might be the best rapper of his era. He’s more charismatic than Eminem, more fluent than 50... MORE »

  • 04 Jan 04

  • Culture

    Our New Punk Rock

    Punk rock emerged in the 1970s as the decade’s most compelling music of social criticism, a mantle... MORE »