Sean O'neill

Ben Harper may be a young man, but he surely seems to be an old soul. Sure, there were light moments on his '94 debut, Welcome to the Cruel World (chiefly the two-stepping, trash-talking "Mama's Got a Girlfriend Now"), but it was songs such as "Like a King"--which brought the...

A few years back, when the Mighty Mighty Bosstones appeared on the KISS tribute record, Kiss My Ass, the pairing seemed so incongruous as to be slightly silly. Their cover of "Detroit Rock City" worked all right, with horns amusingly taking the place of Ace Frehley's justifiably famous, haunting guitar...

There's a strong temptation right now to rechristen this aging musician/megalomaniac as Stink, 'cause man oh man, does his new album suck. It's called Brand New Day, and it does herald a new phase in the man's career, one in which he is completely and utterly irrelevant. (Seen the video/Jaguar...