Category: Reviews

Artist: The Chemical Brothers Title: Surrender Label: Astralwerks Rating: 8/10 “Music: Response” opens the album with “music that triggers some kind of response.” The robotic voice confirms what the Chemical Brothers’ real intentions are. So if you’ve packed your flannels and other grunge accessories and decided that you’re not going to jump on the next…

Artist: Cha Cha Title: Dear Diary Label: Epic Rating: 6.5/10 What do you get when you cross Lauryn Hill’s looks with Missy Elliott’s skills? Cha Cha. The album intro starts out giving props to Cha Cha, as an eighteen-year-old with a hard core flow and as someone who writes her own rhymes. The first track,…

Artist: The Charlatans UK Title: Us and Us Only Label: MCA Rating: 5/10 The Charlatans have experienced some turbulence in their career, like originally being dismissed as nothing but a Stone Roses cover band or when the press wrote them off before they came back with their greatest effort to date, Tellin’ Stories. With that…

Artist: Catanonia Title: Equally Cursed & Blessed Label: Atlantic Rating: 8/10 From the beginning, as Cerys sings “The sun is shining/ we should be making hay” on the track “Dead From The Waist Down”, I thought the little girlie voice was a childish joke. Her vocals sound like a bad impression of a cartoon character,…

Artist: Cave In Title: Antenna Label: RCA Rating: 7.5/10 Company Line: This same crowd seemed to enjoy searching for new bastard genres to describe Cave In’s music as much as they enjoyed the music itself. The Good: “Stained Silver” – Nice progressions and a good hook. “Anchor” – A plain old good rock song. Period.…

Artist: Jeff Buckley Title: Mystery White Boy Label: Columbia Rating: 6/10 At thirty, Jeff Buckley disappeared into the waters of the Mississippi, leaving behind as much mystery in his life as he did in his music. All we have left to remember him by are his recordings and this newly released album of live tracks,…

Artist: Built To Spill Title: Live Label: Warner Bros. Rating: 5/10 Have you seen Built To Spill play live? Whether you have or not, you’d have to be a real fan for this album to enhance your life. Live is filled with tracks from Keep It Like A Secret, Perfect From Now On, and There’s…

Artist: Bernard Butler Title: Friends & Lovers Label: Columbia Rating: 7.5/10 For Bernard Butler, the making of Friends And Lovers was all about finding the true musician inside himself. Bernard’s time with Suede and David McAlmont was well spent developing his craft for tremendous songwriting. Comparing Bernard’s past work, Friends And Lovers is more of…

Artist: The Beatles Title: Yellow Submarine Label: Capitol Rating: 9.5/10 It was thirty years ago when the Yellow Submarine first set sail on her maiden voyage. Both the movie and soundtrack have been reissued, but it’s the soundtrack that has undergone the major reconstruction. It now contains all fifteen Beatles’ tracks featured in the movie.…

Artist: Bush Title: Science of Things Label: Trauma Rating: 5/10 Bush hasn’t changed one bit since they first took America by storm. Some would say this is a good thing while others, like myself, aren’t so certain. They come right out of the box with the not so exciting “Warm Machine” and the even less…