Last Night

Lisa Loeb on What It's Like To "Stay" Lisa Loeb (Hint: "It's Awesome!")

By Emily Gogolak Thu., Mar. 21 2013 at 11:12 AM
Categories: Interviews, Last Night, Remember The '90s???

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Last night, Lisa Loeb stepped out of a cab in front of Highline Ballroom with an orange guitar case slung across her shoulder, her hair pulled into a low ponytail, and her eyes hidden behind her iconic black-framed glasses. She is petite with a somewhat soft voice, and speaks thoughtfully and intelligently, like the smart, quiet girl in your college literature seminar. In 1994, Loeb was the first artist to have a number one single in the United States while not signed to a recording contract. Almost 20 years later, she is still plugging away and making music, and in January she released a new record, No Fairy Tale. We walked to Chelsea Market before her show at Highline, and caught up over coffee about what it means to be '90s female pop icon, eyewear, children's music, and having to play "Stay (I Missed You)" over and over, and over.

See also: Guess What Year These Lisa Loeb Photos Were Taken

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Remember The '90s???

Stone Temple Pilots Fire Scott Weiland, the World Reacts

By David Thorpe Fri., Mar. 1 2013 at 7:00 AM
Categories: Events In Popular Music, Remember The '90s???, Scott Weiland, Stone Temple Pilots

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February 27th will join February 5th-- "The Day The Music Died"-- as a day that will forever live in rock and roll infamy. This Wednesday, critical darlings and multi-platinum superstars Stone Temple Pilots shocked the world and devastated fans by announcing the termination of founding vocalist Scott Weiland.

The brevity of the band's statement, released by their publicist via email, belied the magnitude of the announcement: "Stone Temple Pilots have announced they have officially terminated Scott Weiland."

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Dear Beloit College: 1994 Was Also A Good Year For "Women Of This Generation" To Be Rock Stars

By Maura Johnston Tue., Aug. 21 2012 at 10:00 AM
Categories: Hole, Lists, Madonna, Portishead, Remember The '90s???, Ridiculous Things, TLC, Veruca Salt

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Courtney Love, facepalming on behalf of all of us.
"Good music programmers are rock stars to the women of this generation, just as guitar players were for their mothers."
—From the Beloit College Mindset List, in which two dudes at a Wisconsin college attempt to get a bead on What The Freshmen Class Might Be Thinking via the making of a list with claims both rooted in fact and, er, less so. This item—No. 41 on the list, which is crafted with people born in the year 1994 in mind—stuck out in particular, since 1994 was also a year in which quite a few women made their own stamp on the pop, rock, and R&B worlds, proving that they didn't need to flutter their eyes and faint over men in order to participate in the musical agora. (Also, what does "music programmers" mean, anyway? People who decide what gets played on radio stations?) Below, an extremely partial list of songs that, after I recovered from my rage blackout, immediately came to mind and fueled my anger so much I almost passed out all over again.


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Six '90s Hits One Direction Should Cover Next

By Maura Johnston Tue., May 29 2012 at 2:00 PM
Categories: Garbage, Hootie & The Blowfish, Lists, OneDirection, Remember The '90s???, Spice Girls

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Nate "Igor" Smith
They're all the cute one, don't you know.
Saturday afternoon I spent some time at the Beacon Theater for a matinee performance by the British boy band One Direction, who played three shows (two at the Beacon, one at the Izod Center) in the area over the course of the long weekend. It was an extended version of the opening set they played at Radio City Music Hall earlier this year—the 75-ish-minute set was padded out with a bunch of seasonally themed videos that looked like chillwave-inspired ads for a super-preppy clothing line (the room went absolutely silent when any romantically interesting women appeared on the screens showing these clips, in a stark reminder that boy bands' fantasy-object status is paramount at all ages). (Well, the bras and underwear—multiple on both!—that were thrown were probably stark reminders too. But I digress.)

Also padding out the set, since the boys only have one album under their belt: Cover songs. The still-curiously-mature "Use Somebody" cover that united mothers and daughters back at Radio City got a prime spot in the backend of the set; there was also a medley of hits earlier in the show that included "I Gotta Feeling," "Stereo Hearts," and—in another sap to the parents—"Torn," the Ednaswap song made inescapable by Aussie soap star Natalie Imbruglia in the late '90s. The breezy guitar and sad-confused lyrics fit in perfectly with One Direction's scrubbed-schoolboy-who-can-still-be-bad aesthetic, and perhaps most surprisingly, every member of the audience, even those who weren't even eggs when the song hit big in 1997, knew every word. Which got me thinking: What other songs from that halcyon era could One Direction, whose sound borrows much more from the alt-leaning radio pop songs that would later become adult-contemporary staples than it does the likes of 'NSync and the Backstreet Boys, remake into their own, cherub-cheeked image? Six suggestions below.

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So, The Mid-'90s Lineup Of Hole (Including Courtney Love) Reunited At Public Assembly Last Night

By Maura Johnston Sat., Apr. 14 2012 at 6:00 AM
Categories: Aw Dude, You Missed It, Courtney Love, Hole, Remember The '90s???

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Last night Public Assembly hosted the afterparty for the premiere of Hit So Hard, a documentary about former Hole drummer Patty Schemel; the marquee act for the evening, a group called the Trinity Jam, consisted of Schemel, bassist Melissa Auf Der Maur, and guitarist Eric Erlandson—the three people who backed up Courtney Love in Hole during most of the Live Through This aftermath. (Last night's event was one of a few recent ones paying homage to the band's history; a week ago Thursday, Erlandson and Auf der Maur promoted Erlandson's alt-rock memoir, Letters To Kurt, with a performance at the Union Square Barnes & Noble.) As it turned out, Courtney happened to be in New York CIty yesterday, and she popped up onstage for two songs: The beauty-queen-nightmare chronicle "Miss World" and "Over The Edge," a cover of the 1983 track by the Portland punk legends the Wipers. Video below.

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Tickets To The Afghan Whigs ATP Go On Sale Monday; Louis CK (!), The Make-Up (!!), Scrawl, The Roots, Mark Lanegan On The Bill

By Maura Johnston Fri., Feb. 24 2012 at 10:00 AM
Categories: Afghan Whigs, All Tomorrow's Parties, Louis CK, Remember The '90s???, Scrawl, The Make-Up, Upcoming Shows

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Tickets for the 2012 iteration of All Tomorrow's Parties' I'll Be Your Mirror Festival—happening September 21-23 in Asbury Park, and headlined by the reformed Afghan Whigs—go on sale on Monday morning, and the festival has released a partial list of who's scheduled to play the three-day festival, which sprawls out over a few indoor venues in the seaside New Jersey town. Among the artists handpicked by AW frontman Greg Dulli: comedian-slash-auteur Louis CK; legendary Ohio punkers Scrawl; Dulli's Gutter Twins collaborator Mark Lanegan; Detroit soul-punks the Dirtbombs (performing their 2001 album Ultraglide In Black); and Sharon Van Etten. The ATP-selected side of the bill, meanwhile, is headed up by Ian Svenonius's reformed agit-gospel outfit The Make-Up, and rounded out by the likes of Hot Snakes, Factory Floor (who caused jaws to drop at the Portishead-headlined installment of the fest last year), and Death Grips. The weekend's roster so far, plus info on buying tickets, below.

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Pulp Is Playing Radio City Music Hall On April 11

By Maura Johnston Mon., Jan. 23 2012 at 8:30 AM
Categories: Pulp, Remember The '90s???, Upcoming Shows, YEAHHHHHHHHH

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The reunited Pulp—the brilliant Britpop act led by Jarvis Cocker, and responsible for anthems, dirges, and songs that somehow managed to blend the aesthetics of those two forms—is bringing the reunion tour that started last year to New York City. This morning the band announced that it would be playing Radio City on April 11; while on-sale details are scant at the moment, this is a fine excuse to post a bunch of videos of the band. Just another Monday morning, indeed. UPDATE: Tickets go on sale this Friday, January 27, at 10 a.m. ET. The videos are still below!

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The Afghan Whigs Are Getting Back Together And Playing Next Year's I'll Be Your Mirror Festival In Asbury Park

By Maura Johnston Wed., Dec. 7 2011 at 10:00 AM
Categories: Afghan Whigs, Codeine, I'll Be Your Mirror, Mudhoney, Remember The '90s???, Slayer, YEAHHHHHHHHH

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A year and change ago SOTC emerituses (emereti?) Rob Harvilla and Zach Baron said it seemed at least a bit likely, and now it's really happening: The Afghan Whigs, the Cincinnati chroniclers of suffering for love while swaddling one's self in soul to help ease the pain a bit, will be getting back together for concerts in 2012. Yes! (My brain has pretty much been a series of exclamation points since I first heard the news this morning.) Next fall they'll play the All Tomorrow's Parties-masterminded I'll Be Your Mirror Festival in Asbury Park, which will take place down the shore from September 21 through 23; the lineup beyond the Whigs hasn't been set yet, although lead singer Greg Dulli is apparently putting it together. First, though, the band will play their first show in 13 years when they headline the I'll Be Your Mirror festival in London; that takes place at the Alexandra Palace from May 25 through May 27, and oh boy does it have a doozy of a roster so far—it includes the teased-in-this-space Codeine reunion as well as sets by Mudhoney and Slayer. Just look at this flyer!

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The Stone Roses Reunion: The "What Bands Are Even Left To Reunite Anymore?" Joke Loses Another Punchline

By Maura Johnston Tue., Oct. 18 2011 at 9:30 AM
Categories: Remember The '90s???, The Stone Roses

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As CMJ dawns, let us pause for a moment and reflect on all the bands out there that are using this chaotic moment in the music industry—when brand names from long ago can rise above the churn of new artists trying to get a break on a blog or a web site and command serious paydays for revisiting the songs that were played on radio stations that broadcast throughout particular regions, and not streamed on computers connected to individual-use headphones like they are now—to cash in. And so we have the case of the Stone Roses, whose imminent reunion announcement is so important in the band's hometown of Manchester, the local paper is live-blogging the press conference. (It's set to happen at 10 a.m. ET.)

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20 Albums From 1991 That Can Still Be Thought-Pieced To Death Before The Year Ends

By Maura Johnston Fri., Sep. 30 2011 at 8:00 AM
Categories: Friendly Advice, Lists, Remember The '90s???

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Surely some enterprising writer can find a way to link these three records.
20. Tom Petty, Into The Great Wide Open

19. Skid Row, Slave To The Grind

18. Teenage Fanclub, Bandwagonesque

17. Prince & The New Power Generation, Diamonds & Pearls

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