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Vol XXXIV No. 96

Tuesday, February 27, 2001

  Pearl Jam releases American tour bootlegs
By EMMETT MALLOY
Scene Music Critic

Bootlegs are as old as rock music itself. Whether in the form of an audience concert recording or a leaked studio tape, these unauthorized and not-quite-legal recordings have been and continue to be an indispensable force in the music industry. Buried ... [more]


Minus RHCP help, Frusciante's solo attack fails
By GEOFFREY RAHIE
Scene Music Critic

John Frusciante is certainly a man with some notable musical and life experiences. As a budding guitarist with the Red Hot Chili Peppers he played on one of the most important rock albums of the '90s, Blood Sugar Sex Magik. Then ... [more]


Former Pavement lead tries to make name for himself
By CHRISTOPHER McGOVERN
Scene Music Critic

As the leader of the seminal-rock group Pavement for the past decade, Stephen Malkmus fought the good indie rock fight against all the Britneys and Christinas, the Matchbox Twenties and Third Eye Blinds, the Limp Bizkits and Cookie Monsters of the ... [more]