Dec 23, 2000 Music Owl Remix Low by Various Artists (Review) The best way to enjoy this disk is not really so much as a Low record, but as a relatively well-done compilation of electronic and ambient music.
Dec 23, 2000 Music In the Fishtank 5 by Tortoise and The Ex (Review) Sounds like a Fugazi clone with a horn player and a strange sort of intensity that got lost in the translation.
Dec 23, 2000 Music Destructor by Supremeex (Review) This album represents what Hip Hop can be when a focused artist is given the right amount of time and space.
Dec 23, 2000 Music Good Looking Blues by Laika (Review) There’s so much more substance here than anything produced by the average person alone in a basement doing electronically reconstructed jazz.
Dec 23, 2000 Music Normal Control Range (Bliss Out Vol. 16) by Technicolor (Review) While all of the songs are electronic in nature, they avoid falling into the normal trappings of your average dancehall fare.
Dec 23, 2000 Music Felt Mountain by Goldfrapp (Review) This is undoubtedly one of the best things to happen in 2000.
Dec 23, 2000 Music Genetherapy by Tleilaxu (Review) Once again, we have another release proving that not all electronic music falls into that amorphous realm called “electronica.”
Dec 23, 2000 Music Dots and Loops by Stereolab (Review) Incredibly listenable, downright catchy, and kitschy in all the right ways.
Dec 22, 2000 Music Live: Roseland NYC by Portishead (Review) Live: Roseland NYC reveals a band that not only puts out great albums, but puts on one heckuva live show.
Dec 22, 2000 Music For Beginner Piano by Plone (Review) Plone’s analog synth music is at its best when it’s most whimsical and playful.
Dec 21, 2000 Music La Folie by Lin (Review) I think LIN’s music would work much more for me if the hip-hop influence was less-pronounced.
Dec 21, 2000 Music The Contino Sessions by Death In Vegas (Review) It just doesn’t sound that good. Not in any sort of big dose anyway.
Dec 21, 2000 Music Morning Light by Locust (Review) An attempt to bridge the gap between Mark Van Hoen’s harsh earlier work and his most song-oriented material.
Dec 21, 2000 Music We Only Love You by Halou (Review) This incredibly promising debut is guaranteed to appeal to fans of both the early 4AD and Projekt sounds.
Dec 21, 2000 Music Riddim Warfare by Dj Spooky (Review) Riddim Warfare features several MCs that freshen up what’s already a texturally diverse, rhythmically complex album.
Dec 21, 2000 Music Synkronized by Jamiroquai (Review) Synkronized is still as funky, gritty, and groovy as anything you’re likely to hear this year.