Critical mass
Twenty Salon critics pick the year's best albums.
(12/24/98)
A master at dangerous play By Gary Kamiya
"Bitches Brew" changed jazz history -- and proved again that Miles Davis was the Proteus of 20th century music
(12/16/98)
Thinking inside the box By Eric Alterman
The year's best in box sets provides obsessed fans of country, jazz, blues and rock with some treasures and some trash
(12/16/98)s
What's so funny about peace, love and understanding? By Gina Arnold
The worlds of pop and pomp collide at the Nobel Peace Prize concert in Oslo
(12/15/98)
Back in white By David Bowman
An appreciation of "The White Album" at 30
(12/08/98)
Bringing it all back home By Robert Levine
New collections from Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen confirm what
bootleggers have known for years -- that these artists have been sitting on
some of their best work (even if they didn't think so)
(11/11/98)
The new corporate culture By Tom Frost
Silicon Valley's "techie trendsetters" are making the office
party the coolest event on your social calendar -- sort of
(10/14/98)
A match made in pop heaven By Stephanie Zacharek
Elvis Costello's words and Burt Bacharach's music were meant to be together
(10/01/98)
"Is This Desire" -- or just bad performance art? By Bill Wyman
In her first release in three years, Polly Jean Harvey offers sops to a self-consciously hip underground
(09/30/98)
Courtney Love called me a retard By Lori Leibovich
And other celebrity skinny from the press tent at MTV's Video Music
Awards
(09/11/98)
Listen through this Reviewed by Stephanie Zacharek
Hole's defiant "Celebrity Skin" suggests Courtney Love's scars have calloused over
(09/11/98)
Seeing past the "Endless Summer" By Mark Athitakis
In preparation for next year's planned reissues of the Beach Boys' 1970s records, "Endless Harmony" begins to spotlight the classic vocal group's underrated later history
(08/27/98)
The original regular By Cynthia Joyce
Yes, motherhood has mellowed Liz Phair -- and that's not such a bad thing
(08/21/98)
Pearl Jam By Christopher Hawthorne
Standing at the Pearl-y gates of hell: Christopher Hawthorne channels his inner idiot at Pearl Jam's Sacramento show
(07/24/98)
The Latin invasion By John Milward
A "midrocker" finds reason to learn how to really dance
(07/16/98)
The son also rises By Dawn Eden
After a lifetime of disappointments, Julian Lennon is finally doing it his way
(07/08/98)
Road warrior By David Bowman
The path to Lucinda Williams' "Car Wheels" was paved with good intentions
(07/01/98)
The A-Team By Jonathan Curiel
A tour of Africa's biggest pop stars becomes the biggest musical bargain in America
(06/24/98)
Confessions of a Box-Set Sucker By Eric Alterman
A music collector thanks Rhino for repackaging his awful adolescence
(06/22/98)
Big trouble in Little Tibet By Gavin McNett
Lightning strikes fans, but the bands play on
(06/17/98)
Back in the U.S.S.R. By Julia Barton
After a brush with American fame, perestroika poster boy Boris Grebenshikov has returned to his Russian roots
(06/10/98)
Middle-age riot By Mark Athitakis
Punk veterans Shellac and Sonic Youth play art-rock for art's sake
(06/03/98)
Jeff Buckley By David Bowman
A review of the posthumously released, Tom Verlaine-produced "Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk"
(05/27/98)
Santa Selena By Josh Kun
"Anthology" memorializes the slain Tejano pop star
(05/20/98)
Twentieth Century Vox By Sarah Vowell
A farewell to Frank Sinatra -- and to the America he embodied
(05/18/98)
Hoboken hero By Mary Elizabeth Williams
Frank Sinatra ripped out his humble roots when he crossed the Hudson -- but his hometown never forgot him
(05/18/98)
Costello's 21-artist salute By David Handelman
Rhino's new "Songwriting by Elvis Costello" is the cream of the compilation CD crop
(05/13/98)
Best enemies By Roni Sarig
The perfect harmonies of twin sister duo Dana & Karen Kletter
(05/06/98)
Tim Yohannon 1946-1998By Gavin McNett
Punk didn't die on April 3rd, 1994 -- the day Kurt left Courtney. It died last April 3rd, with
the passing of MaximumRockandRoll founder Tim Yohannon, of cancer, at 52.
(04/17/98)
Tammy Wynette 1942-1998 By Gavin McNett
The real thing in a world of fakes
(04/08/98)
Interview: Mikal Gilmore By Cynthia Joyce
Mikal Gilmoreauthor of "Night Beat: A Shadow History of Rock & Roll"
talks to Salon about Dylan, death and how life changed his rock 'n' roll
(03/19/98)
Interview: Kristin Hersch An By David Bowman
Strange angel: Former Throwing Muses singer Kristin Hersh talks about the desert, her music
and the voices in her head
(03/02/98)
R.I.P. Carl Wilson By Mark Athitakis
The brother who made the Beach Boys rock
(02/13/98)
The Damned live Reviewed by Gavin McNett
Geezers make the best punks
(02/11/98)
Oasis live Reviewed by Mark Athitakis
The Rutles' finest hour (01/28/98)
Bronze those blue suede shoes By Gavin McNett
Carl Perkins dies
(01/20/98)
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