Music

• Noisy Parker: Queens of the Stone Age
From Issue 15
by James Parker
Queens of the Stone Age, Soul Brains, Lungfish, and more.

• Saved by Betrayal
From Issue 15
by Chris Fujiwara
Chris Fujiwara explores the loss of "raw power" in the restoration of Touch of Evil.

• The B Side of Paradise: The Ten Best jazz Records for Driving
From Issue 15
by Chris Fujiwara
Chris counts down the best tunes for tuning out on the road.

•James Parker's Golden Ears: Punk Rock Karaoke
by James Parker

• Afternoon of a Blakey-ite
by Chris Fujiwara
Learn how to love the music through the object.

• James Parker's Golden Ears: Scissorfight
by James Parker

•The Phenomenology of Reverb
by David Rothenberg
Reverb works directly at the level of the senses, affecting us before we can analyze it and decide what is happening.

•But first...Are You Experienced
by James Parker
Innocence and experience collide in the bakery, on the bookshelves, and in the music hall.

•I'm Reading As Fast As I Can: Minnie Minola's Story
From Issue 15
by Ingrid Schorr
R.E.M. begs Ingrid Schorr not to go back to Rockville.

•Switched-On Burnside
by A. S. Hamrah
A. S. Hamrah reviews R.L. Burnside's Come On In.

•Noisy Parker
James Parker
James reviews Snapcase, Richard Meltzer and more.