The Nerve Agents – The Butterfly Collection – Review February 22, 2002 The Nerve Agents are pretty good tho’, once ya get passed their pissed-offness (if ya wanna, mebbe ya don’t).
The Neatbeats – Mercurial – Review February 22, 2002 Japan’s Neatbeats make it their lives’ work to duplicate early ’60s teenybeat pop stuff like The Beatles and everyone else honed their chops on.
Monstrosity – Enslaving the Masses – Review February 22, 2002 A two-disc retrospective from one of death metal’s most underrated old timers.
Them Wranch – Medium Rare – Review February 22, 2002 Cast-off cuts copped offa Davie Allin fuzz and Flo and Eddy bup bups, Keith Moon fills circa the first or second Who record coexisting with double entendres.
Moke – Carnival – Review February 22, 2002 I can see they’ve got more soul than Oasis, and some nice Hendrix-lite riffery, but it just doesn’t rock my pale ass enough.
The Mullens – Tough to Tell – Review February 22, 2002 Solid mid-tempo garage punk, not like it gets transcendental or anything like that (which probably wouldn’t be a real good thing anyhow).
M.I.R.V. – Dancing Naked in a Minefield – Review February 22, 2002 Goofy to a fault, M.I.R.V. is a loud King Missile attempt with a deep-voiced frontman.
The Ivory Coast – Clouds – Review February 22, 2002 The band is great; droplets of each instrument raining on different parts of the song to create a storm. But then the vocals come in…
Mira – Apart – Review February 22, 2002 This is Regina Sosinksi’s ice-eyed soprano: the polished, open pipes of reverence, hurt and wonder that haunt the tracks of Mira’s Apart.
The Impotent Sea Snakes – Everything in Excess – Review February 22, 2002 Blasphemy meets burlesque in a futuristic, exotic sort of way. These guys (and girls) put the “X” in sex and then come back for sloppy seconds.