The Get Up Kids: Eudora November 28, 2001Ah, the odds-and-ends collection. What can we say other than they probably shouldn’t have covered Suffragette City? There...
Ice Cube: The Predator November 17, 2001Wow, this one starts off angry, too! Ice Cube really hates this Uncle Sam guy. I mean what...
Flickerstick: Welcoming Home the Astronauts November 7, 2001I watched these guys slug it out on VH1’s Bands on the Run, where their off-stage antics almost...
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...
Liars: They Threw Us in a Trench and Stuck a Monument On Top October 31, 2001Liars are an anomaly. One part funk, art troop, one part spastic teenager with a penchant for banging...
Ice Cube: Death Certificate October 31, 2001I only had Ice Cube’s first album, AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted, on cassette, so I’ve missed out on Ice’s finest...
Digital Underground: Sons of the P October 15, 2001No this ain’t the one with “The Humpty Dance” on it. This is the follow-up that sold like...
The Apes: The Fugue In the Fog October 10, 2001A more appropriate name for this band would be The Sea Monkeys, cuz every time I hear this...
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...
Bad Religion: Recipe for Hate September 21, 2001I actually had a crappy advance tape version of this album before buying the CD used from Moby...
Beulah: The Coast Is Never Clear September 16, 2001These guys just know what pop music is all about. It’s a cooled out trip in the California...
Dread Zeppelin: It’s Not Unusual September 9, 2001I don’t have the heart to put this thing on to re-listen to it. I think it played...
The Cure: Faith September 1, 2001My favorite track on this, and honestly one of favorite Cure tracks is “Primary.” If only the rest...
Elliott Smith: XO August 25, 2001First let me say that I went to see a Smith show at Irving Plaza for the XO...
Airport 5: Tower In the Fountain of Sparks August 22, 2001Recapturing old magic is tough, as age and maturity obviously tend to kill youthful exuberance and original creativity....
Robert Pollard: Choreographed Man of War July 25, 2001Sigh. I can’t believe I went and bought another one. I mean what is my tolerance level here?...
Beastie Boys: Paul’s Boutique July 25, 2001And to think the assholes at my local record store in LA told me not to buy this...
Elliott Smith: Elliott Smith July 21, 2001I guess we can call it the next logical step in the Pacific Northwest ‘s music scene: mope folk. I...