Camaro Hair – Far From OK – Review February 16, 2005 From Portland, OR, and play like Muse, but not as amazing, cuz who is? A handfulla really good songs here, and a few that could be considered great.
Bassholes – Review February 16, 2005 Two-piece, Don Howland and whoever he’s with now. Legendary in some circles, been around a couple decades, playing stripped-down, dirty blues.
Amy Ray – Prom – Review February 16, 2005 One of the Indigo Girls. Some quiet moments here, hints of country, and some rockers. Former members of Team Dresch and Luscious Jackson contribute.
19 Wheels – Jawbreaker – Review February 16, 2005 Almost half the songs here could be played on the radio, if the radio didn’t suck so bad.
Reverend Glasseye – Happy End and Begin – Review February 14, 2005 The drunkenly pitched waltz tempos, the seeming interest in calliope music, and the heavy reliance on percussion makes me think of Tom Waits.
The New Transit Direction – Wonderful Defense Mechanisms – Review February 14, 2005 A fine slab of post-hardcore, pop-flavored jagged punk this is. But no recording could ever translate the band’s blistering onstage energy.
The Dresden Dolls – Review February 14, 2005 Amanda Palmer and Brian Viglione twist out thick, sometimes jazzy, sometimes waltzing, syncopated and minor-key music, redolent of pantomime and German cabaret.
King Missile III – Royal Lunch – Review February 7, 2005 Too many tracks ramble in aimless, “Aren’t I cute and pissed?” pseudo-poetry with cuckoo noises and blips and squiggly noise acting as accompaniment.
Badly Drawn Boy – One Plus One Is One – Review February 7, 2005 Damon Gough once again turns tender low-fi folk songs into quirky masterpieces.
Ambulance Ltd. – LP – Review February 7, 2005 The four songs taken from the EP are the album’s lynchpins, the braces without which the album would crash to the ground in pieces.