MF Doom: Operation: Doomsday October 4, 2002Love him or hate him, MF Doom is the choice of all white guy hipsters when it comes...
Guided by Voices: Alien Lanes September 26, 2002There they go. They’ve taken a baby step towards sounding like professionals. Still sounding homemade, but coming to...
Beck: Sea Change September 25, 2002Our buddies over at dictionary.com define “sea change” as “A marked transformation.” I guess that’s appropriate in some...
The Cult: Electric September 16, 2002I saw these guys in Los Angeles at the last show of the Electric tour. Ian Astbury’s voice...
Built to Spill: There’s Nothing Wrong with Love September 13, 2002“In the Morning,” the song that starts off this album, is just one of those great first tracks...
764-Hero: Get Here and Stay August 20, 2002They’ve definitely smoothed out some of the rough edges on this album compared to their debut. Like the...
The Cure: Disintegration August 18, 2002This was actually one album after I really stopped listening to The Cure. Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss...
Brad: Welcome to Discovery Park August 14, 2002I honestly picked this one up out of the junk bin at work because I was curious where...
Kool Keith: Black Elvis/Lost In Space August 10, 2002This dude is straight up nutz. I’m going to assume it’s drugs or mental illness or both, but...
Elliott: U.S. Songs August 4, 2002If you want to see where so much of today’s emo b.s. on modern rock radio comes from,...
Modest Mouse: This Is A Long Drive For Someone With Nothing To Think About July 27, 2002This is the first Modest Mouse album I heard, and is really their first proper album. So balls...
The Flaming Lips: Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots July 17, 2002I saw The Flaming Lips open for Jane’s Addiction back in the Telepathic Surgery days. And that’s a...
The Detachment Kit: They Raging. Quiet Army July 14, 2002Chicago is windy. Chicago is cold. Chicago bands play music that sounds as if they are playing icy...
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?...