Jan 3, 2004 Music When I Consider How My Light Is Spent by Ric Hordinski (Review) There’s much that I do like about this album, but it’s in the subtler, more restrained moments.
Jan 3, 2004 Music Feedback to the Future: A Compilation of Eleven Shoegazing Songs From 1990-1992 by Various Artists (Review) This comp, though far from comprehensive, focuses on a small slice of time from shoegazing’s heyday.
Jan 3, 2004 Music Until He Finds Us by Timonium (Review) On Until He Finds Us, Timonium don’t re-write the Book of Slowcore so much as edit it subtly.
Jan 3, 2004 Music Cause = Time by Broken Social Scene (Review) This single divorces the two sides of Broken Social Scene’s music and explores each in greater detail.
Jan 2, 2004 Music The Happiest Days of Our Lives (The Complete Joan of Arc Tapes) by My Favorite (Review) I’m glad I’m not the only one who wrote such doomed poetry in study hall, and it warms my heart to finally hear it put to such exquisite music.
Dec 13, 2003 Music Osito Records Presents by Various Artists (Review) Many of the songs on the release have a theatrical feel to them.
Dec 13, 2003 Music Little Darla Has a Treat for You, Vol. 21: Winter 2004 by Various Artists (Review) Featuring Printed Circuit, Sweet Trip, Entre Rios, Boyracer, Randomnumber, Manual, and more.
Dec 13, 2003 Music Your Everything by Highspire (Review) One of the more substantial shoegazer offerings I’ve heard in a long time.
Dec 13, 2003 Music Synthstatic by Skywave (Review) Skywave offers an absolutely exhilarating ride through dreampop’s rawer, wilder side.
Dec 5, 2003 Music Real Hair by Rollerball (Review) When you think you have the album figured out, the band seems content on frustrating your expectations.
Dec 5, 2003 Music For Barbara Lee by Seekonk (Review) Much like the slowly building nature of its songs, I found my appreciation inexorably growing with each listen.
Nov 23, 2003 Music Preserve, Volume 1 by Various Artists (Review) Simply put, Preserve, Volume One is a stellar comp, solid in every regard.
Nov 23, 2003 Music Heart by Stars (Review) Even the most starry-eyed of songs are coated with a thin layer of wistfulness and nostalgia.
Nov 23, 2003 Music The Fall of Troy by The Fall of Troy (Review) This CD surpassed any preconceptions I had concerning how a hardcore band should play or operate.
Nov 11, 2003 Music Breathe by Erin Fall (Review) Johannes Fontamillas and Wilson Peralta’s hardest, most innovative album yet.
Nov 11, 2003 Music Frustration by Cult of Jester (Review) Yet another demo chock full of cyberspeed, industrial, and fearcore music.
Nov 11, 2003 Music Circle of Dust by Circle of Dust (Review) Circle of Dust has managed to make surprisingly good improvements on an already excellent effort.