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...
2 In a Room: Wiggle It May 28, 2001They should have called themselves Zero in a Room, cuz that’s how many people usually stick around when...
Weezer: Weezer [the green album] May 16, 2001There we go. This oughta make some of those Pinkerton-haters happy. Keeping the rockin’ attitude of Pinkerton, but...
G. Love & Special Sauce: G. Love and Special Sauce May 10, 2001On the first listen, one is struck by the oddness of this album. A white Philadelphian dude who...
The Cure: Staring at the Sea: The Singles May 6, 2001There isn’t a jukebox on earth (or at least Manhattan) that doesn’t have this album in it. It...
Ash: Free All Angels April 17, 2001I mean, it’s okay. Rock like this should be less produced, though. Don’t get me wrong, there are some bands...
Hole: Live Through This April 12, 2001Filled with lyrics about body parts and rage, the similarities to Cobain’s writing style is more than suspicious....
Karate: Karate March 18, 2001You dudes ready for some jazz-fusion? Do you love the bass? The debut from these Massholes has it...
Bad Religion: Generator March 13, 2001Boy are we political! Well, political for 1992, and dated for even then. Like a lot of “hardcore”...
American Hi-Fi: American Hi-Fi February 28, 2001Feel good corporate pop rock isn’t really my bag, baby. Any number of utterances of the word “fuck”...
Spoon: Girls Can Tell February 28, 2001Man those Austin boys can rock. Spoon were once the poster boys of post-punk rock, making straight rock...
Guided by Voices: Vampire on Titus February 26, 2001They really dial up the lo-fi on this one. Some of the songs sound as if they were...
Elliott Smith: Either/Or February 25, 2001Smith expands his sound a bit on this, his third album. Sure, nobody’s going to confuse him with...
Dinosaur Jr.: Green Mind February 25, 2001This album was my constant companion for some tough months in college. It is an awesome album to...
Basehead: Play with Toys February 11, 2001For some reason I used to use this one to get the ladies in the mood. I think...
Frank Black: Dog in the Sand January 31, 2001Mr. Black has jumped in the way back one for this one, bypassing the Pixies and everything else related...
Smog: Knock Knock January 20, 2001I have a soft spot in my heart for this album, despite it not really normally being my...
Dr. Dre: The Chronic December 15, 2000While this album has one of the best party songs of all time in “Nothin’ but a ‘G’...
