Basement Jaxx, 'Kish Kash' (Astralwerks)
Rhymes with mish mash, mostly.
By Will Hermes 11.13.03 4:00 AM
Maybe they could change their names to the Jaxxes. With half-assed rock bands now enjoying all the hype once reserved for half-assed DJ acts, it’s gotta be a confounding time for dance artists—even Felix Buxton and Simon Ratcliffe, whose last album, 2001’s Rooty, remains the grooviest club record of our infant century.
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Ryan Adams, 'Rock N Roll' (Lost Highway)
Alt-country phenom does the Stroke.
By RJ Smith 11.11.03 4:00 AM
Supposedly true thing about Tom Cruise: When he enters a roomful of strangers, he slinks around, scopes out the most charismatic person, and starts copying his or her traits. Whether this means that Cruise has no personality of his own or that he’s just a brilliant mimic, who can say?
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Bands to Watch: The Thrills
WHO: Irish quintet with a penchant for the beach and the
Byrds. They may be from the land of pints and potatoes, but when
singer Conor Deasy wistfully croons, “Santa Cruz,
you’re not that far,” it’s as if he’s a
lifelong West Coast boy cruising up Highway 1.
By Caryn Ganz 11.11.03 4:00 AM
WHO: Irish quintet with a penchant for the beach and the
Byrds. They may be from the land of pints and potatoes, but when
singer Conor Deasy wistfully croons, “Santa Cruz,
you’re not that far,” it’s as if he’s a
lifelong West Coast boy cruising up Highway 1.
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Iggy Pop, 'Skull Ring' (Virgin) ; David Bowie, 'Reality' (Columbia)
Punk uncles avoid embarrassing selves, us.
By Keith Harris 11.10.03 4:00 AM
Iggy Pop may be a perpetually writhing mass of sinew onstage, but no one has ever accused him of busting his ass in the studio.That's not entirely a bad thing -- 1999's gruesomely introspective, jazz-inflected Avenue B proved that he could be less interesting when he put his back into it than when he didn't try at all.
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