Jun 3, 2000 Music The Utterly Fantastic and Totally Unbelievable Sound of Los Straitjackets by Los Straitjackets (Review) Though hundreds of miles from the ocean, Los Straitjackets echo the feel of rushing waves hovering over your head in their impressive debut.
Jun 3, 2000 Music The Mezzanine by Liz Durrett (Review) A sense of refuge allows for a recording as sparse, mysterious, and intimate as this one.
Jun 2, 2000 Music Safe Away by Denison Witmer (Review) It might be just what you need at 10:30 on a Sunday night.
Jun 1, 2000 Music Imaginary Days by The Elevator Division (Review) The Elevator Division’s music is rife with atmosphere, but it’s tempered by the edge the band brings to their songwriting.
Jun 1, 2000 Music XTRMNTR by Primal Scream (Review) It’s a rocket into the future while it also makes you realize why you loved music in the past.
May 28, 2000 Music Songs of Patrick Phelan by Patrick Phelan (Review) It’s music for late nights, when it feels like you’re the only one up and noone else cares, when your eyes are burning and your body is screaming for sleep.
May 28, 2000 Music He Has Left Us Alone, but Shafts of Light Sometimes Grace the Corner of Our Rooms… by A Silver Mt. Zion (Review) I think we’ll all be hard-pressed at year’s end to find an album quite as inspired (and inspiring) as this one.
May 28, 2000 Music The Fawn by The Sea And Cake (Review) So much goes on within each track that The Fawn begs to be carefully listened to over and over again.
May 28, 2000 Music Electric Honey by Luscious Jackson (Review) A beat-heated delight that one may hear snippets of amidst the flashing lights of a discotheque.
May 28, 2000 Music Fever In Fever Out by Luscious Jackson (Review) This is probably the strongest example of the songwriting and musical talent Luscious Jackson possessed.
May 28, 2000 Music The One and Only by Kim Lenz And The Jaguars (Review) Kim Lenz and the Jaguars have an effective tone that almost any rockabilly fan would find tempting.
May 28, 2000 Music Into the Sun by Sean Lennon (Review) John Lennon’s son shows off songwriting skills that are as impressive as those of the former Beatle.
May 28, 2000 Music Lollo Rosso by The High Llamas (Review) Lollo Rosso moves in odd directions at times, but it definitely represents the unique style and talent of the High Llamas.
May 28, 2000 Music Maldoror by Steven Severin (Review) Putting out soundtracks as records implies they are indeed good enough to stand on their own, and I’m not convinced this one can.
Jul 12, 1999 Music Firecracker EP by Unwed Sailor (Review) There are some hints of Tortoise’s more relaxed jams, but without the art-school edge.
Dec 21, 1998 Music You Are Obsolete by House Of Wires (Review) This strikes me as a full-length that would have been a better EP had more judicious editing been used.