764-Hero: Salt Sinks & Sugar Floats November 5, 2001This album does sound suspiciously like a Built to Spill outtakes record. Maybe we can blame it on...
The Get Up Kids: Something to Write Home About September 21, 2001Despite the “emo” backlash, not everything associated with the genre is bad. After all, there needs to be...
Pinehurst Kids: Bleed It Dry June 20, 2001At 11 tracks, it’s a short document of quintessential early aughts emo pop punk, but certainly a decent...
Karate: Karate March 18, 2001You dudes ready for some jazz-fusion? Do you love the bass? The debut from these Massholes has it...
Elliott: False Cathedrals August 23, 2000Wow, what a difference one album makes. Piano and heavy bass dominate the opening tandem track “Voices/Calm Americans,”...
Elliott: If They Do ep July 25, 2000As I’ve stated many times before, I don’t really like EPs. Many times these little things are made...
764-Hero: Weekends of Sound July 19, 2000They’ve amped up the musicianship on this one. The basslines have become more snaking, the time signatures a...
Weezer: Pinkerton January 31, 2000These guys got totally hosed on this album. Actually, it’s a better all around record than their debut....