Articles by Chuck Molgat

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  Turn Me On Dead Man

  God Bless the Electric Freak

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2005

  Apparently Jello Biafra has an ear for apolitical rock’n’roll, after all. Bay Area band Turn Me On Dead Man write songs about UFOs, spaceme...

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  Big Star

  In Space

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2005

  Big Star fans can be forgiven for feeling as though something sacred is being messed with here. After all, it’s been nearly 30 years since...

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  New Lou Reeds

  Screwed

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2005

  For the record, the New Lou Reeds sound nothing like Lou Reed ever did, unless you count one of these dozen tracks ("Hometown Hero”) that s...

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  The Novaks

  The Novaks

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2005

  Finally, a band from Newfoundland with the potential to replace Great Big "boring” Sea as the default agents of rock from the Rock. There’s...

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  Frank Black

  Honeycomb

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2005

  Frank Black’s latest solo effort — his first without backing unit the Catholics since 1996’s Cult of Ray — finds the enigmatic Pixies front...

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  Sadoceanspacebear

  Sadoceanspacebear

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2005

  One of those rarefied Toronto-based bands who aren’t either mining the ’80s, getting eyeliner all over their biker jackets or holding punk...

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  Subjects

  The Subjects

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2005

  Born of a pair of high school carnival performances in 2003, Manhattan jagged-pop quartet the Subjects combine Thermals-like lo-fi grit wit...

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  Neins Circa

  Sunday Anthems

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2005

  Releasing a pop album on Carl Newman’s label must be a little bit like working as a Cajun chef at a restaurant owned by Emeril Lagasse. But...