Dec 21, 2000 Music Picnic, Lightning by Garlands (Review) The production on the album is top-notch, the instruments sound crisp and clean.
Dec 21, 2000 Music Ever Revolving, Never Evolving by 30 Foot Fall (Review) Clever arrangements and whip smart lyrics that project a subtle feeling of optimism make for a very enjoyable listen.
Dec 21, 2000 Music Silver Lining Underwater (Bliss Out, Volume 3) by Orange Cake Mix (Review) Ends up sounding like someone has spent way too much time locked up in their bedroom with a couple of analog synths.
Dec 21, 2000 Music Feng Shui by Doldrums (Review) Wonderful CD, looking forward to more, and to getting the rest of this band’s back catalog.
Dec 21, 2000 Music Moon Pix by Cat Power (Review) Cat Power used to be one of those bands that I lumped in with “all the rest of the indie crap that’s not drone.”
Dec 21, 2000 Music What Will Become of the Key of Reason? by Mahogany (Review) All in all, a pleasant-sounding enough EP, but nothing that will probably blow your socks off.
Dec 21, 2000 Music Miniature Portraits by Five Style (Review) Five Style’s musical hyperactivity makes for an interesting, albeit exhausting listen.
Dec 21, 2000 Music The Beat Assassinated by Dj Cam (Review) It’s just a waste of talent when the extraordinary is ruined by the preposterous.
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 Lapsed by Bardo Pond (Review) This is one dirty album, and wonderfully so at that.
Dec 21, 2000 Music Mad for Sadness by Arab Strap (Review) Somehow the recording of the concert has become a classic anyway.
Dec 21, 2000 Music Antarctica (Bliss Out, Vol. 2) by Windy & Carl (Review) Fans of a slower, instrumental Slowdive, or any floaty, droney should probably check this out.
Dec 21, 2000 Music Cool September Skies by LN (Review) It’s pretty obvious what kind of sound they’re going for, and it’s not a bad sound.
Dec 21, 2000 Music Lips That Taste of Tears by Trembling Blue Stars (Review) Trembling Blue Stars becomes a band for every broken heart simply because Wratten will sing everything we would (or could) never say.
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 America by Havalina (Review) A grand musical road trip that, as meandering as it is sometimes, always promises a surprise around the next bend.
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.
Dec 21, 2000 Music A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular by Hooverphonic (Review) This album takes the trip-hop sound and injects a healthy dose of 4AD into it.