Jun 16, 2002 Anime Movies Spriggan by Hirotsugu Kawasaki (Review) Enter Spriggan, the Commando of the anime world, with an Indiana Jones twist.
Jun 16, 2002 Music Perception (Bliss Out, Volume 4) by Amp (Review) Perception’s strength lies in the fact that it takes seemingly unrelated sound sources and combines them into glorious music.
Jun 15, 2002 Music Some Past’s Future by Remora (Review) One of the hardest things of all to understand about this album is why it sounds so much like everything the people in the songs want to escape.
Jun 15, 2002 Movies Fist of Fury by Various Artists (Review) This two-hour distillation of the 30-episode TV series is an incoherent mess.
Jun 15, 2002 Music In Our Gun by Gomez (Review) Guaranteed to open up a new fanbase for Gomez while still appealing to the already impressive and varied one they have accumulated over the years.
Jun 15, 2002 Music In the Aeroplane Over the Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel (Review) The mix of bizarre sonics, lyrical freakshows, and normal songcraft definitely feed off each other.
Jun 15, 2002 Music Gold by Ryan Adams (Review) A crucial album to restore your faith in the music industry.
Jun 15, 2002 Music Indoor Universe by Paula Frazer (Review) In truth, Frazer’s voice is what truly sells this album for me.
Jun 14, 2002 Music Finally We Are No One by Múm (Review) Throughout Finally We Are No One, Múm never lets you forget that live, starry-eyed, wonder-filled humans are behind the music.
Jun 4, 2002 Music Young Team by Mogwai (Review) What Mogwai do really, really well is conjure a sense of euphoric aggression.
Jun 1, 2002 Music Spooky by Lush (Review) Lush always focused more on the ‘pop’ side of the ‘dreampop’ equation.
May 26, 2002 Music Extended Play by The Connection (Review) These are solid songs, songs that could definitely benefit from a little more depth in the studio, if only to polish the edges.
May 26, 2002 Music We Are The Boggs We Are by The Boggs (Review) One of the best things going in the alt-country scene today.
May 26, 2002 Music Cry For Me by Breather (Review) Breather has a rich atmospheric sound that’s anchored down and energized by its darker currents.
May 26, 2002 Music Salt by John R. Williamson (Review) Expect great things from Williamson in the future, and the future is now.
May 26, 2002 Music Faith and Devotions of a Satellite Heart by The Violet Burning (Review) But where most worship albums leave me cold, this one doesn’t, and the reason for that is simply Pritzl’s writing.
May 26, 2002 Music Tienken EP by Au Revoir Borealis (Review) Indeed, you really can lose yourself in this.
May 26, 2002 Music El Dorado LP by The Lassie Foundation (Review) It’s not rocket science, it’s not going to change the world, but as music-as-pleasant-diversions go, El Dorado is a damn good one.
May 26, 2002 Music Lost Weekend EP by The Clientele (Review) This release finds the band delving more into the atmosphere that, until now, has always been that hazy film giving their music it’s surreal touch.