Robert Pollard: Kid Marine July 1, 2007This album starts off with “Submarine Teams,” which features some sort of weird thing going on throughout the...
Motherless Brooklyn March 1, 2007It’s as if my subconscious didn’t want me to finish this one. I was about three-quarters of the...
Disgrace May 15, 2006Every time I talk to a friend going to Africa on safari I worry whether or not he...
Ghostwritten January 2, 2006Sometimes I like books for no other reason than a feeling they give me when I finish them....
Robert Pollard: Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Department May 6, 2005Whoa, did Pollard actually use a professional studio for this one? There has been a general trend towards...
Stone Temple Pilots: No. 4 February 28, 2005What a title! Yes, it is STP’s fourth album. I skipped that Tiny Music thing (I think that’s...
Dreamland July 15, 2004There’s something about early New York society that just fascinates me. The lawlessness, brutality and utter hopelessness are...
Len: You Can’t Stop the Bum Rush July 11, 2004Remember Len? Remember that “Steal My Sunshine” song? Of course you do. Remember their follow-up? Sure you do....
American Football: American Football March 10, 2004I think this might be the kind of music kids in high school get beaten up for listening...
Being Dead June 1, 2003Narrated much in the same way as the movie Memento, Being Dead starts off with the murder of...
Guided by Voices: Do the Collapse May 22, 2003I must admit that I heard “Teenage FBI” on the radio about a week before this album came...
The Dismemberment Plan: Emergency & I October 26, 2002The only thing better than listening to this amazing album is hearing it live. Of course, with the...
MF Doom: Operation: Doomsday October 4, 2002Love him or hate him, MF Doom is the choice of all white guy hipsters when it comes...
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...
Magnolia August 3, 2002From its first beat, Magnolia is a complex work of both glorious fantasy and stupefying reality. Harry Nillson's "One," covered perfectly by Amy Mann rings that first
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...
Beulah: When Your Heartstrings Break March 9, 2002They were Pavement. Now they’re Beulah. Starting with track one, “Score from Augusta,” you know you’re in for...
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...