Aug 18, 2001 No Sleep More Fun by Theselah (Review) It’s lounge music for the common kid. It’s a jazzy emo-pop.
Aug 18, 2001 Love Ambition Demo by Matt Easton (Review) Easton isn’t doing anything mind-blowing here. He’s just very adept at penning good songs, musically and lyrically.
Aug 8, 2001 Ask Me Tomorrow by Mojave 3 (Review) Mojave 3 has gone for a starker acoustic sound that’s stripped down, sparse, and surprisingly more inviting.
Jul 22, 2001 Sweet Long Goodbyes by Lasso (Review) I’m not comparing Lasso to the greats of country yet, but they have the potential of putting out an album worthy of comparison.
Jul 22, 2001 Put Us in Tune by Thou (Review) Not a masterpiece, but it shows a band that could be worth keeping an ear on in this decade.
Jul 22, 2001 Souvenir from a Dream by The Waterfall Effect (Review) Despite the album’s fairly minimal nature, there’s something vast and alien about these songs.
Jul 22, 2001 Music for the Maases by Timo Maas (Review) One of the best and darkest trance records you could ever hope to hear.
Jul 22, 2001 Flux by Judean Radiostatic (Review) Flux is a beautiful, dark mixture of industrial electronica.
Jul 22, 2001 A Bullfighter’s Guide to Space and Love by Havalina (Review) The most straightforward Havalina release to date, if you can use “straightforward” to describe a Havalina release.
Jul 22, 2001 The Faithful Anchor by Unwed Sailor (Review) It’s uncanny how Unwed Sailor is able to convey emotion through a simple melody, a brush of a cymbal, a rolling bassline.
Jul 22, 2001 Home Is Where It Hurts by Hood (Review) Home Is Where It Hurts contains a healthy dose of the band’s intriguing blend of melancholia, autumnal sounds, and pastoral post-rock.
Jun 30, 2001 Sleeps with the Fishes by Pieter Nooten, Michael Brook (Review) Sleeps with the Fishes is adept at taking what should be morose music and converts it into something resplendent.
Jun 23, 2001 Le Carillon by The Autumns (Review) These songs are pure filigree, the musical equivalent of rococo art, completely concerned with ornamentation and flourish.
Jun 22, 2001 Forbidden Love EP by Death Cab For Cutie (Review) Forbidden Love is a hopeful sign that the band’s new album this fall will be just as resonant.
Jun 22, 2001 Splinter by Sneaker Pimps (Review) Overall this album is fantastic and it’s a great pity that it’s only a limited release.
Jun 22, 2001 World Domination by Freaky Flow (Review) There’s no doubt that there will be drum and bass/jungle fans that will eat World Domination up.
Jun 22, 2001 Bleep to Bleep by The Micronauts (Review) The sound of a great technical group squeezing every last valid bit of amusement from a synthetic sound.
Jun 22, 2001 Ultramania by Seo Taiji (Review) Although clearly influenced by bands such as Limp Bizkit and Rage Against the Machine, he remains a one-man show.