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Adam Bregman

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Kitschy Cool

Totally kooky, totally European, totally fun: Stereo Total

By Adam Bregman
Jun 2, 2005

One of the loopier multilingual Euro acts to ever cross the Atlantic, Stereo Total is a charming Berlin-based couple made up of wacky French chanteuse (and author) Françoise Cactus and goofy German keyboard whiz Brezel Göring. Using antiquated keyboards and homemade gadgets, the duo concocts a kamikaze of kitsch-flavored, American-accented...
Fat Boys

An elderly gang of seedy Mississippi bluesmen anchors Fat Possum Records and the label's documentary

By Adam Bregman
May 12, 2005

In this day of media overload, it's astonishing that vital music still remains unrecorded and largely unheard. But Matthew Johnson, a skinny white boy from Mississippi, found a heap in his own back yard. Turned on to blues by a University of Mississippi class taught in the late '90s by...
The Blood Brothers

Thursday, February 24

By Adam Bregman
Feb 24, 2005

Higher-pitched and more deafening than an army of small poodles, the quintet known as the Blood Brothers fires off shrapnel-like noise that singes the ears. Their passionate, demented, ranting hardcore is surely not for average folk, though the band's latest record, Crimes, is much more palatable than past efforts that...
The Exploited

Thursday, December 9

By Adam Bregman
Dec 9, 2004

At this late date in the Exploited's punk rock career, you might expect to find the group in line for the dole, belching and chuckling. Could they possibly have anything to say to the latest generation of Mohawked and pierced punkers? Well, probably no. But it turns out these middle-aged,...
The Blood Brothers

Thursday, November 4

By Adam Bregman
Nov 4, 2004

Higher-pitched and more deafening than an army of small poodles, the quintet known as the Blood Brothers fires off shrapnel-like noise that singes the ears. Their passionate, demented, ranting hardcore is surely not for average folk, though the band's latest record, Crimes, is much more palatable than past efforts that...
Bad Boys

Even a few lame political songs can't suh-suh-stop the Beasties

By Adam Bregman
Oct 21, 2004

When they first hit the scene two decades ago, who could have guessed these half-grown adolescents would one day become rap elders? With their bratty rhymes and Wiffle bats, Adam Horowitz (King Adrock), Mike Diamond (Mike D) and Adam Yauch (MCA) were the unlikeliest genre survivors. And yet, while Arrested...
Flogging Molly

Monday, September 20

By Adam Bregman
Sep 16, 2004

Regardless of Ireland's vibrant traditional music and culture, on these shores anything Irish is often used as an excuse for frat boys to spill beer on someone, drool and then vomit on their own shoes. Flogging Molly, a scrappy Los Angeles band indebted to the Pogues, is about as authentic...
Monsters of Metal

Rob Halford rides again with the mighty Judas Priest

By Adam Bregman
Aug 5, 2004

Bottom line: Judas Priest forged, in iron and molten steel, the very foundation of heavy metal. The stoned-out, low-end pummeling of Black Sabbath seems a distant cousin to Priest's screeching-eagle sound. And this week at Ozzfest, you'll find out which style aged better. Bet on Rob Halford. Unlike their neo-Satanic...
Steal These Albums

The 10 most radical hip-hop albums of all time, featuring Public Enemy, NWA and...Mos Def?

By Adam Bregman
Jul 8, 2004

Hip-hop wasn't always about Pimp My Ride antics and paint-by-numbers hit singles. Back in the day, some rappers had shit to say about racism, police harassment and growing up dead broke in the ghetto. This list of my personal Top 10 Most Radical Hip-Hop Discs Ever includes some of the...
Out & About

Dilated Peoples

By Adam Bregman
Oct 26, 2000

Back in the day, rappers never dedicated songs to their favorite guns, never rapped about beating fools up, and never even cursed on their records. Now, Dilated Peoples are out to bring hip-hop back to its simpler, less aggro roots. Though the music on The Platform doesn't sound particularly old...