Mar 8, 2003 Music Moving Units EP by Moving Units (Review) Clocking in at just under 15 minutes, the efficiency and immediacy of Moving Units is undeniable.
Mar 2, 2003 Music At Dawn by My Morning Jacket (Review) Though a bit bloated in places, My Morning Jacket’s sophomore album is often a gorgeous blend of country and psychedelia.
Feb 19, 2003 Music Morning Noon Night by Jim Guthrie (Review) Guthrie’s understated blend of pure pop with experimentalism calls to mind the work of Sufjan Stevens.
Feb 18, 2003 Music Get Into It by Tora! Tora! Torrance! (Review) Give Tora! Tora! Torrance! a try, and long live the Rock.
Jan 19, 2003 Music Becoming What You Hate by Pony Express (Review) Becoming What You Hate makes a perfect companion piece to Starflyer 59’s later albums.
Jan 19, 2003 Music Suntan by Suntan (Review) Considering the spacious, trippy sounds that Suntan have taken a liking to, there’s not a lot of experimentation going on here.
Dec 23, 2002 Music We Haven’t Just Been Told, We Have Been Loved by Half-Handed Cloud (Review) These songs are immediately compelling, perfectly rounded out, and though always brief, never feel truncated or half-done.
Dec 23, 2002 Music He Was a Woman by David Hurn (Review) The lowest common denominator of the album is a sterile brand of pastoral country folk that weaves through every song at some point.
Dec 23, 2002 Music Six Songs EP by Ghoti Hook (Review) Shows off the sense of what makes a good pop song without losing the rock.
Dec 23, 2002 Music Lost Songs by The Appleseed Cast (Review) Lost Songs gives fans a chance to hear the band in transition while also giving completists access to some solid recordings.
Dec 3, 2002 Music The Evening Drag by Torrez (Review) Each song on here is given a chance to breathe, with smoky, rustic atmospheres filtering throughout each song.
Dec 3, 2002 Music Will Self-Destruct by The And/Ors (Review) Will Self-Destruct is a virtual paean to some of the most memorable and important music of the Clinton-era.
Dec 3, 2002 Music Transmissionary Six by Transmissionary Six (Review) These worldweary ballads conjure up dusty country roads and long stretches of twilit interstate.
Nov 3, 2002 Music Amore Del Tropico by The Black Heart Procession (Review) The expansion of their sound gives the Procession room to grow and breathe in previously impossible directions.
Nov 3, 2002 Music Impasse by Richard Buckner (Review) Not a bad record by any means, but I just find myself wanting to like it more than I do.
Nov 3, 2002 Music The Tops of Trees Are on Fire by The Lyndsay Diaries (Review) Much of it ends up sounding like something Damien Jurado might record on a really off day, only to quickly tape over it with something else.
Oct 25, 2002 Music Trust by Low (Review) An album that reminds me of why I loved, and continue to love, their music so much.
Oct 19, 2002 Music The Scissors & Blue Series: 4 of 6 by Canary, Under The Red (Review) This split EP is a tremendous change for Canary.
Sep 19, 2002 Music Thoroughlev by Raft Of Dead Monkeys (Review) Raft of Dead Monkeys is one band that must be heard at some point in this fruitful life of ours.