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Rascal Flatts
Back in the ‘90s, the heartthrob mag Jane used to have a regular section called “Cute Band Alert,” a heads-up on the hottest guys...
Alejandro Escovedo
Now fully recovered from a near-fatal battle with hepatitis C three years ago, Alejandro Escovedo offers up The Boxing Mirror, an opus into which...
Johnny Dowd
One of 2006’s most intriguing discs so far is Johnny Dowd’s Cruel Words, a combination of poetic lyrics and funky rhythms, with synths, organ,...
Gammacide: Myth or Legend?
Believe it or not, metal in North Texas does not begin and end with Pantera. For one thing, there's, um, Bloodrock. For another, there's...
Janiva Magness
Janiva Magness has the blues. And judging by the low-cut black dress she’s wearing on the cover of her third full-length album, Do I...
Darth Vato
Some guys never learn.
Most chicks don’t care how much money you make or how nice your car is or how often you work out....
The New Amsterdams
Before launching The New Amsterdams six years ago, Matt Pryor fronted the Get Up Kids, an almost-famous indie-rock manufacturer that recently shuttered its hometown...
Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash sat at a microphone in his home studio with his guitar and sang these often sentimental, sometimes corny, always heartfelt songs into...
O Brother, There Art Thou
There’s no doubt that T Bone Burnett is a mature artist — the 58-year-old was mentored by Bob Dylan, worked on plays with Sam...
The Blonde Girls
The best thing about the relatively new trio The Blonde Girls is that they’re noisy but in a good, Sonic Youth-y, Pavementian, Moby Grapesque...
