April 2001 Archives
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Effigy by Thomas Ferrella, Kevin Schaefer (Review)
The liner says that all of this music was improvisational, and that almost always sets off an alarm in my head.The Beta Band by The Beta Band (Review)
This would be pretty unlistenable stuff except for the infectious beats and bass that keep your head nodding and your eyes glazed the whole time.Reload by Tom Jones (Review)
Most of the album makes you realize how cool Tom Jones is in his later years.Electrostaticvibraverb by The Swells (Review)
The Swells have heart, but they just don’t inject enough of it into their music.Warzone by The Missing Brazilians (Review)
The Missing Brazilians project apparently felt that dub could be even stranger still.Wait All Summer by The Shining Hour (Review)
How many times can you listen to airy, jangly pop songs about all-around mopeyness before it all starts to coalesce into one tearjerking mass?Beatsville by Rod Mckuen (Review)
There’s not enough that can be said for this disc or Rod Mckuen’s dignified narrative genius.Third Site by Paul Schütze (Review)
Listening to Third Site has been an education on the meaning of “ambience.”Many Worlds Are Born Tonight by Happy Rhodes (Review)
This record is one of the greatest jewels of emotion and creativity to emerge from 1998.The Beautiful EP by Jamie Rowe (Review)
This sounds more like something that would’ve appealed to my high school youth group, or avid viewers of VH-1.Small Talk at 125th and Lenox by Gil Scott-Heron (Review)
This recording is special simply because it captures Gil doing what he does best.Hello Columbus by David E. Williams (Review)
Call it brilliant, call it wrong, but it will certainly cause listeners with a more delicate palate some pause.A House for the Dead and a Porch for the Dying by David E. Williams (Review)
If you’re of a sensitive disposition, you won’t like this album. Trust me.Visions by Steven Severin (Review)
The music on this CD seems very fitting for a film about Divine messages.Speak of the Devil by Chris Isaak (Review)
The album is full of songs about distant relationships and lost loved ones.What’s Going On by Marvin Gaye (Review)
A perfect example of music that can be social commentary and pleasurable listening.Even in Silence by Jessica Bailiff (Review)
Haunting female-fronted atmospheric music in the vein of Flying Saucer Attack and Low.Ocean Songs by Dirty Three (Review)
Dirty Three play a blend of swampy yet cliché-less blues, minimalist jazz, and scaled down chamber music.