Email Author Christian Schaeffer

2005 Stories by Christian Schaeffer

• Papa Grows Funk

  published July 13, 2005

  No one vacations in New Orleans in July, and for good reason: Imagine taking the spilled drinks and body fluids from Bourbon Street and baking... More >>

• Margaritaville Lives

  published July 13, 2005

  It's about half-past three coconut-rum Jell-O shots and a quarter till a fourth Corona, but according to the barefoot, steel-drumming James "Sunny... More >>

• Lucero

  published July 6, 2005

  There's a darkness on the edge of Lucero's town. The foursome comes from Memphis, which feels a million miles away from the golden smile of... More >>

• Slow Dazzle

  published June 15, 2005

  Isn't it great when people (music writers, PR flacks, Conor Oberst) confuse the words "electronic" and "experimental"? True, both words start with... More >>

• The Doxies with the Wormwood Scrubs

  published June 15, 2005

  "He's been getting down with the new disease," croaks Doxies singer Tim Lloyd on "Kid Don't Know," a track off the band's just-released... More >>

• Head of Femur

  published June 8, 2005

  With Hysterical Stars, Head of Femur finally has the budget to make the record that fits the scope and imagination hinted at on its... More >>

• Belle & Sebastian

  published June 8, 2005

  It appears that venerable indie label Matador is more interested in compiling and releasing records by their trusty steeds than spending the time... More >>

• Stereolab

  published May 25, 2005

  With nine proper albums and countless EPs, singles, tour-only seven-inches and compilations, Stereolab has long been a collector's wet dream... More >>

• Shearwater with Magnolia Summer

  published May 11, 2005

  Over the past month, it's been hard to open any music publication (including these pages) without reading an article praising Okkervil River and... More >>

• South San Gabriel

  published April 27, 2005

  South San Gabriel is Centro-matic plus friends (including Slobberbone's Brent Best), and as such is another outlet for Will Johnson's endless... More >>

• Glenn Tilbrook & the Fluffers

  published April 27, 2005

  As the principal singer and co-songwriter in Squeeze, Glenn Tilbrook provided the people with tight, melodic, life-affirming pop for many... More >>

• Return of the King

  published April 27, 2005

  Modesty has never suited Elvis Costello. Looking past his sideways sneer and knock-kneed stance on the cover of 1977's My Aim is True, one... More >>

• M. Ward

  published March 30, 2005

  Few songwriters compose elegies quite like Matt Ward. His last record, 2003's The Transfiguration of Vincent, operated as a song cycle... More >>

• Destroyer

  published February 2, 2005

  Who says there are no second chances in showbiz? After Destroyer released Your Blues last summer, it seemed that the record's keyboard... More >>

• Genre Mash-Up

  published February 2, 2005

  Folked Up St. Louis has lots of festivals, and with the bend from winter into spring now in sight,... More >>