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...amiable 30-year-old Malaysian with bloodshot eyes and a two-pack-a-day habit - knows what that means in the real world. As the jeep bumps down the earth road leading from the army camp, his mobile phone squawks. He answers, grunts a few times, then puts the phone down with a grimace. "I have to go to Indonesia tomorrow...
...Ryan Adams, "Heartbreaker" An old soul in a young man's frame, the former front man for Whiskeytown escapes typical record-company cranial paralysis with this fine solo outing on the Bloodshot label, home to some of Americana's brighter young lights (see below). The studio banter that kicks things off typifies the spontaneity of the whole affair, which has a refreshingly live quality reminiscent (sometimes quite deliberately so) of "Bringing It All Back Home"-era Dylan. But the melancholy turn of the best tracks, especially "Amy," are what really earns this boy his stripes, and his CD its title...
...Neko Case and Her Boyfriends, "Furnace Room Lullaby" The female counterpart to #5, Bloodshot stablemate Case brings the rocking twist to modern country that Geffen spent millions trying to buy for Maria McKee. Case's studiously art-directed image belies a fundamental passion and a noteworthy set of pipes that cut to the chase in a satisfying set of tunes penned by the new wave cowgirl and her chaps...
...originates in this piece, which makes backhanded allusions to John Keats and Antonio Gramsci, who are buried in the same cemetery in Rome. Through Rich's instinctive search for the figure of Orion, listeners and readers voyage with the poet through a life of activism, looking through "history's bloodshot eyes" across "the pathetic erections of soothsayers," before establishing Rich as a poet and activist "practiced in life," who scans the fog for her midnight salvage...
Drumming in a punk-rock band might not seem like the proper training ground for a would-be country star, but it was just right for Neko Case (pronounced nee-ko). After several years of knocking around Seattle's punk scene, Case, 29, has released Furnace Room Lullaby (Bloodshot), a turbulent, swift-flowing record that proves the two genres are closer than you might think. Her vocals often sound like a night at the Grand Ole Opry--spiked with punkish energy. "Country in its pure form is very punk," Case says. "They're both about passionate, poor people, and they...