On the Plus Side
Travis Barker and Mark Hoppus have weathered the public breakups of a band and a marriage. With the new (+44), are the clown princes of pop punk finally settling down?
By Robert Levine 10.24.06 3:00 AM
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Steve Earle, 'Jerusalem' (Artemis)
By Robert Levine 07.22.03 3:00 AM
Steve Earle spent the late '80s writing songs about bad politics happening to good people. In the '90s, a nasty drug addiction reduced him to poverty, and he fell through the cracks he sang about. When he pulled himself together, his music delved into the politics of the heart rather than the nation.
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Lucinda Williams, 'World Without Tears' (Lost Highway)
Alt-country siren stops crying her heart out.
By Robert Levine 06.30.03 3:00 AM
Lucinda Williams' 1998 album, Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, was a masterpiece haunted by the drama of its own creation: band lineups shuffled, sounds tweaked, producers replaced. But like 2001's Essence, World Without Tears came easier--and it sounds like it.
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