Five Questions with Mike Fratt of Goodbye Sunday

You’ve seen him around Omaha. The long silver hair, the thin, peaceful face.

Five Questions with Nick Semrad from Little Black Stereo

At this writing I am sitting with my 15 year old friend, Delphine. I played LBS’s “Later On” for her. “It sounds like the 60’s!” she said. Now there’s a girl with some musical ears. Little Black Stereo does, indeed sound like the 1960’s.

New Music Reviews: UPLIFTER, 311 / PRELIMINAIRES, Iggy Pop

I’m listening right now to 311’s new “Uplifter,” and perusing their website. The Omaha/LA quintet has called this album “the heaviest of their career.” World beat, reggae, dub, squeeky clean hip hop sounds have been the hallmark of their sound, not exactly what I call heavy.

RELAPSE, Eminem :: A review

If you spent any time at all with Slim Shady back in the day, you’ll be feelin “Relapse,” even though the album is pretty vulgar.

Silver Jews: A simple matter of taste.

He props up fast food/soda/factory farming/childhood obesity and diabetes/drunk driving/secondhand smoke.

He attacks animal lovers, ecologists, civil action attorneys, scientists, dieticians, doctors, teachers.

His clients include everyone from the makers of Agent Orange to the Tanning Salon Owners of America.

He helped ensure the minimum wage did not move a penny from 1997-2007!

And first, a case for what is right.

Do I miss the rougher “Fever to Tell” garage grime, the unpredictable old ¥¥¥s? Sometimes. Commercial? Yes. Pop? Yes.