Shrek November 27, 2001Are we this desperate for entertainment that a rehashed telling of Beauty and the Beast/The Frog and the...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Fury September 1, 2001It’s hard to listen to a man who spends his nights hobnobbing with the literati at Elaine’s complain...
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....
Choke August 1, 2001From the author of the international sensation Fight Club, a powerful (and hilarious) novel about love and strife...
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?...
Saves the Day: Stay What You Are July 11, 2001Hailing from New Jersey, Saves the Day plays its brand of snotty post-punk/emo pop that is one part...
The Cold Six Thousand July 1, 2001I’m assuming Ellroy’s editor was afraid to say anything to him, lest he be dragged behind James’ car...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...