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Country Defied [3]
Texas troubadour Jimmie Dale Gilmore corrals folk, blues and rock into an unconventional country sound.
— Ron Bally, TUCSON WEEKLY
 
Saturday Night at the Bookstore [4]
The Dicks' Gary Floyd 20 years after Austin's first Punk Prom at the Armadillo World Headquarters.
— Raoul Hernandez, AUSTIN CHRONICLE
 
Pretty Thugs [5]
Today's female rappers not only have to rap well, but also look hot in a thong.
— Jon Caramanica, THE BOSTON PHOENIX
 
Double Visions [6]
With the release of two albums on May 16, Juliana Hatfield proves that she's more Lilith than fair, and doesn't mind it one bit.
— Matt Ashare, THE BOSTON PHOENIX
 
Good Will Talking [7]
On "Figure 8," Elliott Smith's second major-label debut, he hangs on to the shadowy lyrics and sophisticated indie sound that made "XO" a critical success.
— Linda Laban, THE BOSTON PHOENIX
 
Musica del Mar [8]
Hanging Ten with Austin trio the Sir Finks.
— Jerry Renshaw, AUSTIN CHRONICLE
 

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Art Punks [9]
Art-punk inventors Wire are touring to promote the reissue of their late-'80s and early-'90s albums.
— Mark Woodlief, THE BOSTON PHOENIX
 
Voices Carry [10]
Sleater-Kinney's "All Hands on the Bad One" is easily their most varied and musically sophisticated album to date.
— Matt Ashare, THE BOSTON PHOENIX
 
Soul Deep [11]
Deborah Coleman and Toni Lynn Washington, two blues/soul artists worth wider recognition.
— Ron Wynn, NASHVILLE SCENE
 
Now What? [14]
If you go gaga over the sultry smoothness of a symphonic glissando, just wait till you experience our transitions to cool and useful music links on the Web.
— WEEKLY WIRE
 

ow many 11-year-olds have written and produced an opera? A sixth-grader from a Nashville school, given lots of cooperation and encouragement from teachers and administration, put on a small, successful show.

In the macho world of hip-hop, women have been seen as illegitimate heiresses to the culture. But there have always been a few female rappers who braved the storm and made their presence known.

Since his musical reawakening with the critically acclaimed solo debut Fair and Square, Jimmie Dale Gilmore has also been lauded as a pioneer in the development of the now thriving insurgent country scene.

Also, Gary Floyd is still a Dick, Juliana Hatfield releases two new albums, talking with Elliott Smith, and more.

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With a Little Help [2]
Nashville student Evan Broder composes his own opera.
— Marcel Smith, NASHVILLE SCENE
 

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Boston Phoenix CD Reviews [12]

• Bad Religion
• The Jayhawks
• Pimpadelic
• One Minute Silence
• The Makers
• Medeski Martin and Wood
• DJ Cam
• Del the Funky Homosapien

• Perry Farrell

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