Indie/Alternative Review – Page 50

Blei – In Day As Dark – Review

June 8, 2005

To exaggerate, it’s like Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood, or Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore. There’s a guy and girl singing, and they play opposite roles.

The Makers – Everybody Rise – Review

June 8, 2005

Good to see this quality vintage rock band move from the garage label of Estrus to the bedroom label of Kill Rock Stars.

Sloppy Meateaters – Conditioned by the Laugh Track – Review

June 8, 2005

There are weak spots, sure, but this is basically the best local bar band you and your friends usually try to go see when they’re playing a good bill.

Seventeen Evergreen – Life Embarrasses Me On Planet Earth – Review

June 8, 2005

Opens with strummy pop with too-loud vocals, and ends with Neurot-style pulsing, seething gush, like watching the sun rise slowly to a poisoned sky.

Run Run Run – Endless Winter – Review

June 8, 2005

Lazy and nicely soothing. Light atmospherics and slight rock outs, a Mazzy Star cover, a band name based on a Velvet Underground song.

Pillbox Remedy – Wasted Memories – Review

June 8, 2005

Sounds like quick Nerf Herder. Very simple, tight, with no real identity, but a certain charm, like a shy smile that’s not a come-on, just a little smile.

The Rise – Reclamation Process – Review

June 7, 2005

Lotta energy, lotta experimentation, but they really oughtta figure out who they are and what they do best. A million things from embarrassingly bad to decent.

The Its – Review

June 7, 2005

Something charming about this band that I can’t place. From Chicago, sound young and like nice guys, and they love bouncy pop. Very British enunciation.

The Capes – Taste – Review

June 7, 2005

Part jangle, part jumpy garage, part sweeping, anthemic Britpop, part ’60s surf pop, part trendy electroclash. And it’s a six-song EP.

Seer – Review

June 7, 2005

The guy can sing, belt it out, warble and waver like Muse and The Sheila Divine/Dear Leader, and the band back him nicely, not showing off, not sucking.