Articles by Anthony Miccio

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A Weekend In The City

Record review: by Anthony Miccio | 2/21/2007

“At least in dying you don’t have to deal with new wave for a second time,” said Fred Schneider on the Hold Steady’s “Multitude of Casualties,” which sounds like a lame whine when you think about all ...[MORE]

Press Play

Record review: by Anthony Miccio | 11/1/2006

You probably didn't expect to hear the opening of Tears for Fears' "Head Over Heels" when you pressed play on Diddy's Press Play, but the proud example of Kanye West has set this man free. By the thir...[MORE]

Continuum

Record review: by Anthony Miccio | 11/1/2006

John Mayer's willingness to represent the glib white male is as frustrating as it is fascinating: He's aware of his privilege but refuses to self-flagellate. Opening Continuum with a happy clap-along ...[MORE]

Show Your Bones

Record review: by Anthony Miccio | 4/19/2006

Sometimes a classic album doesn’t signify the arrival of a vanguard artist. Fever to Tell, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ full-length debut, wedded the Pretenders’ pop sensuality with the Stooges’ primal thrust...[MORE]

The Greatest

Record review: by Anthony Miccio | 3/8/2006

The hype on the new Cat Power album is that Chan Marshall has hooked up with some Memphis soul vets, helping the depression doyenne create her least schizophrenic album to date. For Cat Power, it’s be...[MORE]

Hefty Fine

Record review: by Anthony Miccio | 1/18/2006

One of 2005’s few conceptually noteworthy, radio-rock songs was the Bloodhound Gang’s “Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo.” Some Russian philosopher or somebody once implied that all art circles around a fe...[MORE]

One Way Ticket to Hell ... and Back

Record review: by Anthony Miccio | 1/4/2006

The idea of pop-metal throwback the Darkness hitting multiplatinum in this country sounds like a stretch, but hopefully the right people will find out about One Way Ticket to Hell . . . and Back—namel...[MORE]

You Could Have It So Much Better

Record review: by Anthony Miccio | 12/7/2005

Part of what makes Franz Ferdinand easy to root for is its refusal to engage in the mealy-mouthed balladry that its Brit peers have been pushing for more than a decade, as well as a lack of American e...[MORE]

Most Wanted

Record review: by Anthony Miccio | 11/23/2005

Liz Phair’s career trajectory is so unique that it’s tempting to valorize her even when she misses. Lots of women in indie rock critique their peers; fewer actually toss guyville aside for Lilith drea...[MORE]