Jul 20, 2002 Music [A→B] Life by mewithoutYou (Review) Each of these songs feels convincingly, painfully convicted.
Jul 19, 2002 Music Alone at the Microphone by Royal City (Review) Royal City has moved from being a band that hinted at greatness with their debut to an act that fully realized that potential in one enormous step.
Jul 19, 2002 Music Thank You Reykjavik by Rivulets (Review) Nathan Amundson has quietly established himself as a singer/songwriter to watch.
Jul 19, 2002 Music Blisscent 1 by Various Artists (Review) As a fan of all things drone-y, blissed out, and dreampop, this one hit the sweet spot.
Jun 17, 2002 Music Stenorette by Amp (Review) AMP has indeed changed their sound, and not managed to totally disappoint in doing it.
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 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.