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Adios to the Arbor

Two former music editors weigh in on the future of Trees

By Zac Crain and Robert Wilonsky
Dec 29, 2005

I haven't stepped foot in Trees in several years--last time, I suspect, was when X's original line-up tore up the place, reducing it to splinters like it was 1979. I hadn't been in the joint in a long time, and returning on those rare occasions was like visiting your old...
Pernice Brothers

Discover a Lovelier You (Ashmont)

By Zac Crain
Jun 9, 2005

This is what happens when you're a songwriter who happens to have an MFA in poetry and a published collection of poems on the shelf: You become known more for your lyrics than your melodies. So it is with Joe Pernice, whose small but devoted following is as likely to...
The Legend of Billy Hicks

Or, why sax player is no longer a viable occupation in rock and roll

By Zac Crain
May 26, 2005

There was a time when being a saxophone player and being in a rock band were not mutually exclusive. Unfortunately for every ambitious high school geek with a pocket full of reeds, this is not that time. Being a sax player in high school is like majoring in Latin in...
In the Blood

Pottery-selling Satan worshipers and chino salesmen meet for fun and pain in the world of Denton's extreme wrestling

By Zac Crain
May 12, 2005

At the Ralph Lauren store in NorthPark Center, there are certain questions to which you can expect answers. What looks good with pink chinos? When is the fall line coming in? Are pocket squares really back in fashion? Do you have this sweater in another size? That sort of thing...
The Raveonettes

Pretty in Black (Columbia)

By Zac Crain
Apr 21, 2005

On 2003's The Chain Gang of Love, The Raveonettes more or less re-created the Jesus and Mary Chain's discography for people who weren't aware Rhino had already released a JAMC best-of, 21 Singles, a year earlier. William and Jim Reid could have sued The Raveonettes for royalties and the case...

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