Mac Randall
Articles by Mac Randall
Tortoise, Post-Rock Relic, Boxes Up B-Sides, Remixes
Ten years ago, many critics (and at least a few sane people, too) thought that rock had breathed its read more »
Tortoise, Post-Rock Relic, Boxes Up B-Sides, Remixes
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Tortoise, an experimental Chicago quintet.
Ten years ago, many critics (and at least a few sane people, too) thought that rock had breathed its read more »
Radiohead Unplugged (From the Music Industry)
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Radiohead renegade Thom Yorke.
Fifteen years and six studio albums into their professional career, the five members of Radiohead fi read more »
Radiohead Unplugged (From the Music Industry)
Fifteen years and six studio albums into their professional career, the five members of Radiohead fi read more »
Spoon Builds On Success; Oneida Breaks Out at Last
Sometime back in the late 1990's, Britt Daniel, the leader of the Austin, Tex.–based band Spoon, f read more »
Achtung! U2's Back, Baby: Buy the Disk-and the Book, Too
You've seen the ad: Shadowy figures wearing white earpieces gyrate against brightly colored backdrop read more »
The Beating Heart of Soul Spreads a 'Gospel Vision'
Higher Ground: Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Curtis Mayfield, and the Rise and Fall of American So read more »
Burns Sans Blue: He's Got a Clue! Fall for East River Pipe, Buckley
Steve Burns used to make his living as the television sidekick of an animated blue dog. read more »
Smartt Bell's Smart Album; Lee's Cool; Phair Is Middling
The world is not exactly rife with rock musicians who've made successful forays into writing. read more »
This Spring Go For Goldfrapp; Forget Madonna, Yorn
Ah, springtime: the season when, after a quiet winter, compact discs begin to cover-like pollen-ever read more »
My Two Cents on 50 Cent, Lovett, Massive Attack, Other 'Pokey' CD's
O.K., it's been a few weeks now since the latest annual installment of The Village Voice Pazz & Jop read more »
Cave Kills, A New Dury Begins, And Supergrass Stay Happy
Nick Cave is the Christopher Walken of pop music. read more »
A Clear-Headed Look At Harrison's Brainwashed
The early commercial success of George Harrison's latest and, I'll presume, last album, Brainwashed read more »
I'm Not Leaking! Just Listening To Foo Fighters, Donnas, etc.
Pop-music critics are lucky bastards: We get a lot of free CD's in the mail. read more »
Gabriel, Beck and Miller Struggle With Gravity
Is this the year that earnestness returned to popular music? read more »
Miserable Old Sod Linda Thompson Returns as Exquisitely Sad as Ever
There are some people who say that Linda Thompson is the greatest female rock singer alive. read more »
Bob Dylan: Rattle 'n' Roll
Few have ever called Bob Dylan's singing pretty. read more »
