UK Albums Nos. 10-20
10. Guitar Player / Hank Marvin
11. Laundry Service / Shakira
12. Songs in A Minor / Alicia Keys
13. A Funk Odyssey /
Jamiroquai
14. The Singles / Bluetones
15. Small World Big Band / Jools Holland
16. The Invisible Band / Travis
17. Escape / Enrique Iglesias
18. Britney / Britney Spears
19. The Very Best Of / Sting & The Police
20. Just Enough Education To Perform / Stereophonics
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Starr Hill Music Hall Schedule
Thursday: Mix Master Mike; Arsonists, Zion I
Friday: Spring Fling Fashion Show
Saturday: Carbon Leaf; Regan with Andrew Winn
The Norva Schedule
Tuesday: Stone Temple Pilots, Home Town Hero (sold out)
Wednesday: Hatebreed, Converge, God Forbid, Stalemate
Saturday: The Wailers
Sunday: MTV2 Tour: Apex Theory, Lostprophets, Andrew W.K.
Sleeper Album Pick
"Split EP" My Morning Jacket/ Songs: Ohio
With hardly a dime spent promotionally and criminally sparse critical attention, My Morning Jacket's "At Dawn" still managed to seep its way through indie-rock stereos last year, with its grainy, distinctly southern rock an amalgamation of the diverse tradition from The Band to Neil Young. The band's split EP with Songs: Ohio rewards those who made the extra effort to discover them: in just three songs (the throbbing, energetically layered "O is the One that is Real," the dramatically haunting and provocative "How Do You Know?" and the aching "Come Closer," which easily exploits songwriter Jim James' weariness) My Morning Jacket upholds the masterful clutch of its domain while revealing a burgeoning versatility hardly present in earlier work. Songs: Ohio meanwhile contributes the eerie ten-minute meditation "Translation," an essential compliment to "Didn't It Rain."
-Phil Runco
Concert Watch
Dashboard Confessional
The Norva; 4.11.02
It was relatively late when Dashboard Confessional took the stage with an acoustic guitar and some water bottles that would later be gently tossed into the crowd after half their contents were imbibed. ("Ooh, backwash!" the kids cheer.) For those who don't know, Dashboard Confessional is a one-man - Chris Carrabba - project with a collective-like name. On Thursay, Carrabba played solo for a good portion and had a band for the rest. Dashboard wooed his cult of adoring fans with sincere, nice-guy tactics. But for a guy who tries his darndest to be as humble as Jesus, he sure gets a kick out of exploiting his fans' adulation. Stupidly, I didn't bother to memorize the lyrics of his entire catalog of songs before trying to enjoy a whine-your-heart-out emo show. Too bad, I missed half the Dashboard "experience." Carrabba loooves to fall out, like five times a song, encouraging everyone to yell the lyrics as loudly as possible. Thanks, man, for the intimate campfire singalong. Lucky for me, two shriekers screamed infidelities into my right ear for two hours and got increasingly piercing whenever you backed away from the mic. Other than that, an okay show.
-Megan Milks
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