Horace Pinker – Copper Regret – Review September 1, 2000 Pretty much the best elements of West Coast sweetness (even though they’re from the Midwest): Samiam, Knapsack, The Tank, old Gameface, you get the gist.
The New Rising Sons – Thieves and Angels – Review September 1, 2000 I was one of many excited fans when I heard that former members of Texas Is The Reason and Into Another had started a straight-up rock’n’roll band.
The Murder City Devils – In Name and Blood – Review September 1, 2000 Murder City Devils sound like the Mummies, with a singer who croons like Danzig, but looks like Messy Marvin.
Melvins – The Crybaby – Review September 1, 2000 This one’s the “duets” record. They thumbed through the date book and pulled the names of those whose jibs had the right cut.
The Haunted – Made Me Do It – Review September 1, 2000 Brutal, crushing, manic riffs lobbed about like handfulls of mashed potatoes in a food fight.
Mock Orange – The Record Play – Interview September 1, 2000 An interview with Ryan Grisham, Joe Asher, and Heath Metzger
Less Than Jake – Borders & Boundries – Interview September 1, 2000 An interview with vocalist/guitarist Chris Demakes
Heresiarh – Mythical Beasts and Mediaeval Warfare – Review September 1, 2000 Blast beats and blurring riffs buried in the mix and songs that sound like a wolf racing through a forest (a poorly-produced forest).