Apr 7, 2001 Music Reload by Tom Jones (Review) Most of the album makes you realize how cool Tom Jones is in his later years.
Apr 7, 2001 Music The Beta Band by The Beta Band (Review) This would be pretty unlistenable stuff except for the infectious beats and bass that keep your head nodding and your eyes glazed the whole time.
Apr 7, 2001 Music Effigy by Thomas Ferrella, Kevin Schaefer (Review) The liner says that all of this music was improvisational, and that almost always sets off an alarm in my head.
Apr 7, 2001 Music Electrostaticvibraverb by The Swells (Review) The Swells have heart, but they just don’t inject enough of it into their music.
Mar 24, 2001 Music Fixed::Context by Labradford (Review) Like so many things, brevity is the soul of this album. The amazing thing is just how vast that brevity sounds.
Mar 24, 2001 Music Goldenwest by Ester Drang (Review) There are those times when, within the first 30 seconds of listening to a new CD, you know you’re listening to something truly special.
Mar 24, 2001 Music The Moon Is Down by Further Seems Forever (Review) So confident and emotional that it stands a good chance of silencing most emo detractors.
Mar 24, 2001 Music Mus by Mus (Review) The results are sometimes spotty, but by and large, Mus is a rich listening experience.
Mar 24, 2001 Music Selenography by Rachel’s (Review) Whilst requiring more work on behalf of the listener, ultimately this is an experience every bit as rewarding as Rachel’s earlier albums.
Mar 24, 2001 Music Things I Tried to Be by Green Olive Tree (Review) When a CD is this unfocused, it’s a sure thing the review ain’t going to be glowing.
Mar 23, 2001 Music Things We Lost in the Fire by Low (Review) One wonders when Low will get trapped in their musical stylings.
Mar 10, 2001 Music That Is When He Turns Us Golden by Ester Drang (Review) A noisy space album filled with feedback, experimental reverb, eerie electronics, and soft vocals that should please any My Bloody Valentine fan.
Mar 6, 2001 Music For Stars by For Stars (Review) It’s a rare thing to find music that’s as delightfully mopey as this, without becoming overbearing and overwrought.
Mar 6, 2001 Music Quiet as It’s Kept by The Billions (Review) The Billions can write indie-pop odes to unrequited love that know all of the right ways to tug at the heartstrings.
Mar 6, 2001 Music Deep by Peter Murphy (Review) Deep’s music was more accessible than that of any Bauhaus records, but it keeps the same quality that characterizes them.
Mar 6, 2001 Music Burnside Project by Burnside Project (Review) A different kind of fourth dimensional indie rockiness.
Mar 5, 2001 Music The Modal Lines by Jetenderpaul (Review) I’m sure you’ll find plenty of fascinating things wading through Jetenderpaul’s sonic collage.
Feb 17, 2001 Music Ghost of David by Damien Jurado (Review) The territory that Jurado explores is not for those seeking easy answers wrapped up in pop melodies.
Feb 17, 2001 Music Introducing the Denver Gentlemen by The Denver Gentlemen (Review) It’s not a dull listen, because one never knows just how a song is going to end up.
Feb 17, 2001 Music Maximum Priest EP by Squarepusher (Review) Before the disc is even out of the case you expect to have your speakers blown to bits under a barrage of nose-bleed techno.