Komeda – Kokomemedada – Review

September 13, 2004

Komeda indulges in clean and pretty electro-pop that just screams of their Scandinavian heritage. Think The Postal Service fronted by a puppy.

Battles – EP C – Review

September 13, 2004

Uses instruments associated with rock (electric guitars, keyboards, and heavy drums) to create a sound that owes more to free jazz pioneers than Black Sabbath.

Sultans – Shipwrecked – Review

September 6, 2004

The tunes, recording, thematic concerns, beats, and melodies are all right on, unless you don’t like the Stones’ “Get Off My Cloud.” Or The Von Bondies.

Snow Patrol – Final Straw – Review

September 6, 2004

Final Straw’s songs border on mainstream pop rock, but keep their integrity well within the cloudy nature of that “Scottish sound” we love so much.

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