Feb 17, 2001 Music For the Vagabond Believer by Fringe (Review) I hear a band with the talent and skill to be more than what they are, but instead, settling for a sound that doesn’t do their lyrics justice.
Feb 17, 2001 Music Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea by PJ Harvey (Review) This is a work of art of an artist whose creative spark doesn’t seem to sell out regardless of the circumstances.
Feb 3, 2001 Music The Noise Made by People by Broadcast (Review) It’s a riveting experience throughout and disturbs and entices in equal measure.
Feb 3, 2001 Music The Blossom Filled Streets by Movietone (Review) It’s not all bad but there are far more interesting examples of this genre to be discovered.
Feb 3, 2001 Music Musicforafilm by Sybarite (Review) A nice blend of accessibility and ambiguity reminiscent of Boards of Canada or Autechre’s less complex pieces.
Feb 3, 2001 Music Hocus Pocus by The Billy Dechand Band (Review) In the end I couldn’t enjoy this for what it was, regardless of whether I ever figured out what that was.
Jan 22, 2001 Music Nature’s Clumsy Hand by Asha Vida (Review) Asha Vida do wake up echoes of early Verve in a couple of the songs on Nature’s Clumsy Hand.
Jan 22, 2001 Music A Watching Wilder Edit by Various Artists (Review) Simply put, this disc is all over the place, jumping from dub to hip-hop, drum n’ bass to club-friendly downbeat.
Jan 22, 2001 Music Dat Mot Revisited/Gigabyte by Dat Mot (Review) Let these two releases be a lesson to the kids; you don’t need a record deal to make records.
Jan 22, 2001 Music V.2.1.7 by Colossal Spin (Review) Integrates industrial elements into a high voltage, easily recognizable Seattle modern rock sound.
Jan 22, 2001 Music Inferno by Witchman, Jammin Unit (Review) The time off given to these machines and beats seems to let one hear them in a new context though.
Jan 22, 2001 Music Umani Sampler by Anymore (Review) Swirling guitars and glittering electronics lead the way, with female vocals weaving in and out.
Jan 22, 2001 Music Music for Pleasure by Monaco (Review) Monaco’s music is marked by the immediately distinctive bass playing of Peter Hook.
Jan 22, 2001 Music Parallel Thoughts EP by The Waterfall Effect (Review) It’s pretty obvious where The Waterfall Effect derives its sound, but it does so without sounding terribly derivative.
Jan 22, 2001 Music 13 Drones by James Potter (Review) This disk will fit nicely next to that E.A.R. record you own (or should).
Jan 22, 2001 Music Sound of Violence by The Third Eye Foundation (Review) But there’s just too much going on at once in these songs, and it’s not used effectively.
Jan 22, 2001 Music Hung Over as the Queen in the Maida Vale by Godspeed You! Black Emperor (Review) This single song shows why they are currently putting out some of the best music today.