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Classic Album Review: Armor For Sleep | What To Do When You Are Dead
This came out in 2005 — or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Emo-punks tend to treat...
Classic Album Review: Len | The Diary Of The Madmen
This came out in 2005 — or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
There's nothing wrong with...
Classic Album Review: Despistado | The People Of And Their Verses
This came out in 2005 — or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
About a week after...
Classic Album Review: Hot Hot Heat | Elevator
This came out in 2005 — or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
What goes up must...
Classic Album Review: Jann Arden | Jann Arden
This came out in 2005 — or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
When established artists release...
Classic Album Review: Heavy Trash | Heavy Trash
This came out in 2005 — or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Blues Explosion garage-punk evangelist...
Classic Album Review: John Doe | Forever Hasn’t Happened Yet
This came out in 2005 — or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
X man John Doe...
Classic Album Review: Shooter Jennings | Put The O Back In Country
This came out in 2005 — or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Yep, it's Waylon’s kid....
Classic Album Review: LCD Soundsystem | LCD Soundsystem
This came out in 2005 — or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
You gotta give it...
Classic Album Review: Electrocute | Troublesome Bubblegum
This came out in 2005 — or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Double your pleasure with...
Classic Album Review: Mariah Carey | The Emancipation of Mimi
This came out in 2005 — or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
If imitation is the...
Classic Album Review: Faith Evans | The First Lady
This came out in 2005 — or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
“You got me mesmerized,”...
Classic Album Review: Tweet | It’s Me Again
This came out in 2005 — or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
The Southern Hummingbird vocalist...
Classic Album Review: Low | The Great Destroyer
This came out in 2005 — or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Lush is the new...
Classic Album Review: Lisa Marie Presley | Now What
This came out in 2005 — or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
On this followup to...
Classic Album Review: Brendan Benson | The Alternative To Love
This came out in 2005 — or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
“I wanna go back...
Classic Album Review: The Wedding Present | Take Fountain
This came out in 2005 — or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Reunited and it sounds...
Classic Album Review: Stereophonics | Language. Sex. Violence. Other?
This came out in 2005 — or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Kelly Jones and his...
Classic Album Review: Ash | Meltdown
This came out in 2005 — or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
With its flaming-phoenix cover...
Classic Album Review: Ivy | In The Clear
This came out in 2005 — or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Ivy bassist Adam Schlesinger...
Classic Album Review: The Blue Van | The Art of Rolling
This came out in 2005 — or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
A singer with a...
Classic Album Review: Kaiser Chiefs | Employment
This came out in 2005 — or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
The smash single I...
Classic Album Review: Garbage | Bleed Like Me
This came out in 2005 — or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Feeling nostalgic for some...
Classic Album Reviews | The Residents | George & James + Stars & Hank...
This came out in 2000 — or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
With their anonymous giant-eyeball...
Classic Album Review: Tristan Psionic | Mind The Gap
This came out in 2000 — or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Actually, what they should...
Classic Album Review: Pinehurst Kids | Viewmaster
This came out in 2000 — or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Their name sounds like...
Classic Album Review: Da Brat | Unrestricted
This came out in 2000 — or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Beauty and Da Brat?...
Classic Album Review: Black Rob | Life Story
This came out in 2000 — or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Embattled Bad Boy bossman...
Classic Album Review: P!nk | Can’t Take Me Home
This came out in 2000 — or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
From her vibrant handle...
Classic Album Review: Dido | No Angel
This came out in 2000 — or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Released in the U.S....
Classic Album Review: Shivaree | I Oughtta Give You A Shot In The Head...
This came out in 2000 — or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
This prime contender for...
Classic Album Review: Poison | Crack A Smile… & More
This came out in 2000 — or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Frankly, I’m not sure...
Classic Album Review: P.O.D. | Fundamental Elements Of Southtown
This came out in 2000 — or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
There was a time...
Talia Keys’ From The Ashes Marks the First Release Under Buy Before You Stream...
Talia Keys’ highly anticipated album From The Ashes is the first release under the Buy Before You Stream initiative, a groundbreaking model designed to reconnect independent artists with their...
Classic Album Review: U.S. Crush | U.S. Crush
This came out in 2000 — or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
“I wanna destroy indie-rock...
Classic Album Review: J. Englishman | Poor Li’l Rockstar
This came out in 2000 — or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Poor li'l J. Englishman.
If...
Classic Album Review: Lou Reed | Ecstasy
This came out in 2000 — or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
For a guy who's...
Classic Album Review: Miles Davis & John Coltrane | The Complete Columbia Recordings 1955-1961
This came out in 2000 — or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Trying to measure the...
Steve Schmolaris’s EP Review: Garbage Mitts | Bumper Shine Life
How cool are Winnipeg staples Garbage Mitts? So cool they wear parkas in the summer - that's how cool.
They've internalized Winnipeg, and so, too, have internalized its winter harshness,...
Brett Abrahamsen Has 11 Questions For Weasel Walter
Weasel Walter is arguably the most intriguing composer alive. His demented symphonies of chaos stand as the West’s only answer to the apocalyptic cacophony of Space Streakings, Boredoms, and...
