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(04/09/03 6:00am)
While the 1980s were the ultimate hangover of a decade
musicwise, a few musicians managed to crawl out of the deep shadows
of those 10 years and produce music worth reacting to. The politics
had a different temperament. The conflicts were not as divisive.
Having Grenada instead of Iraq and the war on drugs instead of the
war on terror, the need to make the public aware through music
persisted, as it always had. Between Reagan, his trickle-down
economics, apartheid and the savings and loan scandal, there were
plenty of issues to tackle and tear apart. Shining a light on an
otherwise dim time, Cardinal Arts brings you political 80s
music.
(04/03/03 6:00am)
To our age group, the independent music scene started with
Nevermind. Ten years before Nirvana, before independent music was
considered commercially viable, only independent record labels
stood for bands who were actively noncommercial. In the mid '80s
Big Black, fronted by Steve Albini, made every effort to confront
its audience with abrasive sounds and songs about rape and racism,
molestation and guys who enjoy watching cows get slaughtered.
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In order to understand the current commercial music climate we
should first look back to the early '90s, and in particular the
beginning of alternative music's commercial reign. The beginnings
of alternative music can be traced back to a number of factors, the
most important of them being the release of Nirvana's Nevermind and
the subsequent popularity of grunge music. Business-savvy record
labels saw the opportunity to use grunge's popularity as a catalyst
to introduce audiences to other forms of guitar-based rock, most of
which are very different from grunge, but all of which became
classified under the broad category of alternative rock. Although
it thrived for a few years on the radio and in CD sales,
alternative ultimately proved to lack longevity, and by the late
'90s, the same dance pop that dominated the charts before Nirvana
was again the norm.
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Released last May, marked the mainstream debut of southern
California's Something Corporate. The collection of five guys fresh
out of high school coming together to put forth a rock sound with
obvious pop, punk and emo influences.
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The most lasting entertainment images that come from Super Bowl
XXXVII are not going to come from the halftime show or from the
commercials. When the big game winds itself down, the
advertisements that are going to stick will emerge from the
sidelines and the scoreboard. Motorola, blazoned across the
mouthpieces of the coaches, and Budweiser, written large over the
scoreboard, have a tendency to stick. Every time the camera flashed
away from the field, the phone company had its few seconds,
probably far cheaper than any 30-second spot.
(01/21/03 6:00am)
N ov. 15, 2002, former Clash front-man Joe Strummer was set to
play a small show at London's Action Town Hall. 2002 thus far had
been a rewarding year for Strummer, and this concert would be one
of the closing dates for the successful \Bringing It All Home""
tour with his current band, the Mescaleros.
(12/04/02 6:00am)
The Donnas
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Beth Orton could easily sound awful. Her genre-jumping mix of
folk, electronica, jazz and more could fail on a number of levels,
but it almost never does, allowing her to spin affecting,
melancholy songs that rarely miss the mark. She first gained
attention in the electronic sphere, collaborating with William
Orbit and providing the vocals on the Chemical Brothers track
\Alive: Alone."" She soon struck out on a solo career and gained
heavy critical praise with her debut, Trailer Park, and the
remarkably assured sophomore album, Central Reservation.
(11/13/02 6:00am)
Badly Drawn Boy
(11/04/02 6:00am)
For the three nights in a row that UW-Madison freshman Jackie
Bateman dressed up as a punk rocker, she concluded that her first
Halloween experience in Madison was a definite success. The black
pleather pants complimented her black camisole tank top, which was
covered with neon orange fishnets cut to wrap around her
upper-body.
(11/04/02 6:00am)
