Archers of Loaf: Vs. The Greatest of All Time EP March 30, 2004EPs are tough. It’s like just when you’re getting into them, they end. Also, in the days before...
Archers of Loaf: Vee Vee March 25, 2004Building on the shredding noise that was their debut, Icky Mettle, Vee Vee incurs the same fits of...
Mr. Hipster Goes Domestic March 21, 2004It’s true, in another life Mr. Hipster was an interior decorator. Most people were sports stars or pharaohs...
Archers of Loaf: Icky Mettle March 20, 2004If I could start off every mix I ever make with “Web in Front” I’d be a happy...
Elvis Costello: This Year’s Model March 17, 2004It almost feels like someone hit the 75RPM switch on the record player on this LP right out...
Archers of Loaf: All the Nations Airports March 15, 2004It’s obvious the boys at the record label sat these guys down and told them to rein it in,...
American Football: American Football March 10, 2004I think this might be the kind of music kids in high school get beaten up for listening...
Tori Amos: Little Earthquakes March 10, 2004Oh boy, I know I’m gonna get crap for this one. Making sense of Tori Amos’ little piano-side...
Alkaline Trio: Maybe I’ll Catch Fire March 10, 2004Not as good as their debut, Goddamnit!, this album still has a couple classic punk-pop gems. “Fuck You...
Alkaline Trio: Good Mourning March 10, 2004I never really knew what these guys looked like until I saw them on Conan. Holy Satanic priest!...
Alkaline Trio: Goddamnit! March 10, 2004This is one of those serious guilty pleasure albums. I know I’m not supposed to like it at...
Alice In Chains: SAP March 10, 2004Dark and haunting acoustic rock from the masters of sludge, this album reminds me of sitting in a...
Alice In Chains: Dirt March 10, 2004A classic album of the grunge era, Dirt made me feel, well, dirty. It may have been the...
Alice In Chains: Alice in Chains March 10, 2004What the fuck happened to this dog’s leg? It must have chewed off its own appendage to get...
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl March 3, 2004Billy, do you like gay pirate movies? Have you ever worn a Versace headscarf, blacked out your teeth and swaggered around like Tony Blair high on Quaaludes and champagne
Vernon God Little March 1, 2004Now, I don’t claim to know great literature. I’ll read anything that looks remotely interesting and isn’t written...