Dec 22, 2000 Music For Beginner Piano by Plone (Review) Plone’s analog synth music is at its best when it’s most whimsical and playful.
Dec 21, 2000 Music Beat by Bowery Electric (Review) It is challenging, but digging underneath the surface could just reveal some interesting tidbits.
Dec 21, 2000 Music Silver Lining Underwater (Bliss Out, Volume 3) by Orange Cake Mix (Review) Ends up sounding like someone has spent way too much time locked up in their bedroom with a couple of analog synths.
Dec 21, 2000 Music Morning Light by Locust (Review) An attempt to bridge the gap between Mark Van Hoen’s harsh earlier work and his most song-oriented material.
Dec 21, 2000 Music We Only Love You by Halou (Review) This incredibly promising debut is guaranteed to appeal to fans of both the early 4AD and Projekt sounds.
Dec 21, 2000 Music A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular by Hooverphonic (Review) This album takes the trip-hop sound and injects a healthy dose of 4AD into it.
Dec 21, 2000 Music Polydistortion by Gusgus (Review) Throws a wrench into the idea that 4AD will forever be consigned to releasing ethereal female-fronted groups.
Dec 21, 2000 Music Fear of Fours by Lamb (Review) Lamb’s music exudes a sense of playfulness and lustiness no other trip-hop group has.
Dec 21, 2000 Music Blush by Bows (Review) You’ve never heard trip-hop done quite like this, and you want to share it with some friends who are hip to the genre.
Dec 21, 2000 Music Temperamental by Everything But the Girl (Review) I can’t shake this feeling that Watt and Thorn were just trying too hard to make this album full of club singles, of trying to raise their DJ cred.
Dec 21, 2000 Music Walking Wounded by Everything But the Girl (Review) Lyrically, the album is a mature look at desire, longing, broken relationships, and the grey areas of romance.
Dec 21, 2000 Music Flux by Love Spirals Downwards (Review) Love Spirals Downwards have released an album that’s incredibly listenable and quite beautiful.
Dec 21, 2000 Music The Beat Assassinated by Dj Cam (Review) It’s just a waste of talent when the extraordinary is ruined by the preposterous.
Sep 9, 2000 Music This Is Normal by Gusgus (Review) Confirms the fact that we are hearing one of the most exquisite groups of the ’90s, and of the next decade.
Sep 9, 2000 Music Animals, Suns & Atoms by Tarwater (Review) This record is one of the best of the year 2000.
Sep 9, 2000 Music Loa Project (Volume 2) by Dj Cam (Review) The album represents a return to greatness for DJ Cam.
Jun 24, 2000 Music Blue Wonder Power Milk by Hooverphonic (Review) Blue Wonder Power Milk is comparable to Hooverphonic’s past accomplishment, though not nearly as dark.
Jun 3, 2000 Music Lushlife by Bowery Electric (Review) A lush (npi) mixture of hip-hop beats, vinyl scratches, orchestral undercurrents, ominous basslines, and lazily seductive vocals