Cursive: Cursive’s Domestica July 14, 2002It’s amazing when music can be both ugly and beautiful at the same time. This is Cursive’s torch,...
Bailter Space: Solar 3 June 21, 2002Mumble, mumble, hiss, buzz. What? Speak up, you freak, I can’t hear you over the terribly mixed, drone...
Silkworm: Italian Platinum June 11, 2002It’s as if nobody makes fuckin’ rock ‘n roll anymore. Okay, this isn’t a completely accurate statement, but...
Enon: High Society June 5, 2002If they weren’t so damn likable, I would hate this band. I was excited to hear their first...
Eminem: The Eminem Show May 27, 2002It’s all a matter of perspective. Is this guy the great white hope, or just a total clown?...
Beastie Boys: Ill Communication May 23, 2002This album starts with such promise. “Sure Shot” is such a nice dose of Beastie spaziness, and then...
Elvis Costello: When I Was Cruel May 23, 2002There’s a twenty-year gap in my Elvis Costello record collection. I literally went from Trust to this album...
Girls Against Boys: You Can’t Fight What You Can’t See May 15, 2002Girls Against Boys? Sounds a little mid-eighties Euro to me. Apparently they once had that techno edge, but...
Weezer: Maladroit May 15, 2002They have really poured on the pop for this one. “Dope Nose” is a great, great pop song...
John Vanderslice: Life and Death of an American Fourtracker May 8, 2002John Vanderslice is a weird guy. Helming the now defunct San Francisco band MK Ultra, he got the...
Bad Religion: Stranger than Fiction April 30, 2002The fist thing I noticed about this album is the production quality–it doesn’t sound like it was recorded in...
Karate: In Place of Real Insight April 28, 2002You can feel the vibe right off the bat on this album. The forward, verging on (gulp) emo...
Guided by Voices: Bee Thousand April 28, 2002Ah, here’s the album that Propeller and Vampire on Titus promised to deliver! Granted, the horrible sound quality...
Beastie Boys: Check Your Head April 21, 2002You know from the opening track, “Jimmy James,” that this ain’t gonna be your typical Beasties release. Of...
The Cult: Love April 18, 2002I’d love to think Kurt Cobain named his band, Nirvana, after the opening track on this album. There’s...
Del tha Funkee Homosapien: Both Sides of the Brain April 11, 2002Del always sounds a little unbalanced to me. I mean the guy is generally pissed about stuff, but...
764-Hero: Nobody Knows This Is Everywhere April 10, 2002Funny enough, these guys actually pepped up for their swan song. They took elements of all their previous...
Das EFX: Dead Serious April 7, 2002Triggity triggity trendy like the CD in sale bin, I rap like Porky Pig and we’re a bunch...