Jan 20, 2004 Telegraphs in Negative/Mouths Trapped in Static by Set Fire To Flames (Review) Set Fire to Flames really manages to capture the sound of human madness and fright.
Jan 20, 2004 The Blue EP by Spy Glass Blue (Review) Overall, the EP feels like a transitional work to span the gap until a release that really displays the band’s talents.
Jan 20, 2004 You Talk Like You’ve Seen A Ghost by Cheyenne (Review) Beau Jennings’ music won’t immediately grab you but its simple charms and honest emotion will grow on many listeners.
Jan 20, 2004 Automagic by Worm Is Green (Review) Worm Is Green has been honing their sound since 2000, and it shows.
Jan 20, 2004 Memories of a Color by Stina Nordenstam (Review) Though it starts off in jazzy pop-lite territory, Stina Nordenstam’s debut develops an emotional wallop by its end.
Jan 3, 2004 Feedback to the Future: A Compilation of Eleven Shoegazing Songs From 1990-1992 by Various Artists (Review) This comp, though far from comprehensive, focuses on a small slice of time from shoegazing’s heyday.
Jan 3, 2004 When I Consider How My Light Is Spent by Ric Hordinski (Review) There’s much that I do like about this album, but it’s in the subtler, more restrained moments.
Jan 3, 2004 Until He Finds Us by Timonium (Review) On Until He Finds Us, Timonium don’t re-write the Book of Slowcore so much as edit it subtly.
Jan 3, 2004 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 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.
Dec 13, 2003 Synthstatic by Skywave (Review) Skywave offers an absolutely exhilarating ride through dreampop’s rawer, wilder side.
Dec 13, 2003 Your Everything by Highspire (Review) One of the more substantial shoegazer offerings I’ve heard in a long time.
Dec 13, 2003 Little Darla Has a Treat for You, Vol. 21: Winter 2004 by Various Artists (Review) Featuring Printed Circuit, Sweet Trip, Entre Rios, Boyracer, Randomnumber, Manual, and more.