Apr 7, 2004 Supra Argo by Supra Argo (Review) Listening to the album reveals a kind of dark electronic pop that now sounds ten years out of time.
Apr 7, 2004 Pants Control by Lil Pocketknife (Review) I’m flabbergasted as to how something like this made it out the door without someone crying foul.
Apr 7, 2004 The Invisible EP by Invisible (Review) Clocking in at half an hour, it’s the perfect length and a good introduction for a promising new band.
Apr 7, 2004 Broken Lamp EP by Maduro (Review) In a way, it’s nice and refreshing to hear something so simple, unpretentious, and as honest as Maduro.
Apr 7, 2004 Flaxen by Bethany Curve (Review) Clocking in at just over 26 minutes, the 6 songs on Flaxen represent some of the finest shoegazer/dreampop I’ve heard in God knows how long.
Mar 24, 2004 Ten by Clouddead (Review) More focused and concise then their debut, but still as out there as you’d expect from cLOUDDEAD.
Mar 20, 2004 North Via by North Via (Review) North Via manages to separate themselves from many of the post-rock/instrumental bands that would normally be considered their peers.
Mar 20, 2004 Halloween, Alaska by Halloween, Alaska (Review) Every time I put on the album, I find myself coming under its spell just as surely as when I first listened to it.
Mar 20, 2004 The North Shore (Bliss Out, Volume 20) by Manual (Review) From the very first delicate wisps of sound to the last atmospheric that fades over the horizon, The North Shore rarely disappoints.
Mar 20, 2004 The Incomplete Triangle by Lansing-Dreiden (Review) One of the most original and compelling albums, all artistic obscurity and nonsensical double-speak aside, that I’ve heard in a long time.
Mar 19, 2004 Seven Swans by Sufjan Stevens (Review) With his humility and subtlety, Stevens gets it right where so much of the “praise and worship” music out there gets it so very wrong so much of the time.
Mar 7, 2004 Should or The Drawing Boarded Colour Target Future Theater Wars by Arkitekchur (Review) Shimmering, beautiful post-rock shot through with darkness and anxiety.
Feb 28, 2004 Ghosts of the Great Highway by Sun Kil Moon (Review) The album’s most affecting moments are certainly its most languid and leisurely.
Feb 22, 2004 Cast of Thousands by Elbow (Review) Cast of Thousands is much deeper and more fully-realized than might be implied by the obvious Radiohead comparison.
Feb 22, 2004 Margerine Eclipse by Stereolab (Review) It feels rather unfocused and meandering, like the group hit a brick wall after a decade of making the same lovely sounds.
Feb 21, 2004 On Vacation by The Robot Ate Me (Review) This collection of inventive and brilliant avant pop songs is well worth the price. I only wish it was longer.
Feb 21, 2004 Seqsextend by I/Dex (Review) What primarily elevates Seqsextend above being just another glitch exercise is that there’s a nigh-living, breathing quality to its songs.
Feb 14, 2004 Bloodflowers by The Cure (Review) This album is a reminder that no good thing can remain forever, and that we ought not to take them for granted while we have them around.