Feb 28, 2004 Music Ghosts of the Great Highway by Sun Kil Moon (Review) The album’s most affecting moments are certainly its most languid and leisurely.
Feb 22, 2004 Music Cast of Thousands by Elbow (Review) Cast of Thousands is much deeper and more fully-realized than might be implied by the obvious Radiohead comparison.
Feb 21, 2004 Music On Vacation by The Robot Ate Me (Review) This collection of inventive and brilliant avant pop songs is well worth the price. I only wish it was longer.
Jan 3, 2004 Music Cause = Time by Broken Social Scene (Review) This single divorces the two sides of Broken Social Scene’s music and explores each in greater detail.
Jan 2, 2004 Music The Happiest Days of Our Lives (The Complete Joan of Arc Tapes) by My Favorite (Review) I’m glad I’m not the only one who wrote such doomed poetry in study hall, and it warms my heart to finally hear it put to such exquisite music.
Nov 23, 2003 Music Preserve, Volume 1 by Various Artists (Review) Simply put, Preserve, Volume One is a stellar comp, solid in every regard.
Nov 9, 2003 Music Shine a Light by The Constantines (Review) This could be a lost classic of the late ’80s British punk scene or the DC post-punk movement.
Nov 3, 2003 Music Her Majesty by The Decemberists (Review) A masterpiece of scope, imagination, and execution.
Nov 3, 2003 Music Castaways and Cutouts by The Decemberists (Review) Originally released on Hush Records, hopefully this reissue gets the larger audience that it deserves.
Nov 3, 2003 Music Show Me Your Tears by Frank Black And The Catholics (Review) Show Me Your Tears continues to mine Black’s current fixation with country-based rock n’ roll.
Nov 3, 2003 Music Transfiguration of Vincent by M Ward (Review) Transfiguration of Vincent is easily one of this year’s top five or so releases.
Oct 21, 2003 Music The Death and Life of the Undead Boy by Mercury Radio Theater (Review) Overall, I’d have to say that Mercury Radio Theatre’s music lends itself much better to a live setting.
Sep 6, 2003 Music Death and Taxes by Brandtson (Review) Brandtson is back and have finally released an album where Myk Porter sings on-key.
Sep 6, 2003 Music Sunlight Makes Me Paranoid by Elefant (Review) Largely adrift in a sea of pleasant but largely forgettable sound.
Sep 6, 2003 Music Unconscious Pilot by The Great Depression (Review) As befitting their name, The Great Depression immerse themselves in a dark, melancholy sound.
Aug 28, 2003 Music Live in NYC by Canyon (Review) They sound a lot like a really heavy rock band that is taking their liberty to stretch out their arrangements.
Aug 10, 2003 Music Spirit Flags by A Northern Chorus (Review) I envy A Northern Chorus for having been able to create something this gorgeous.
Jul 27, 2003 Music Novel by LN (Review) LN’s Gary Murray has pushed himself musically and explored a wider range of styles and sounds.
Jul 27, 2003 Music Little Darla Has a Treat for You, Vol. 20: Summer 2003 by Various Artists (Review) Featuring Freescha, Aarktica, Lowlights, Momus, The California Oranges, Crispy Ambulance, and more.
Jul 4, 2003 Music Noise Ratchet by Noise Ratchet (Review) Regardless of how much passion Noise Ratchet throws into their music, it still comes across as rather conventional and familiar.