Piebald – Sometimes Friends Fight – Review April 1, 1999 These guys must be the most overrated band in the world. Aside from having a clever album title, Piebald is just a tone-deaf (literally) attempt at rock.
Omaha – Non-Par Mystifications and Self Extrications – Review April 1, 1999 Omaha reminds me of a canvas framed with beautiful wood and decorations, but with no breath-taking art in the middle.
Compression – Review April 1, 1999 Compression experiment with their songs and turn brutality into something interesting.
Chamberlain – The Moon My Saddle – Review April 1, 1999 With images of wide horizons as backdrop, these boys from the Midwest dish out steady rock that will have you humming like a bee.
Chamberlain – Go Down Believing – Review April 1, 1999 Nice, mid-western rock ‘n’ roll with a John Cougar Mellencamp feel that conjures up images of wide open corn fields and bare interstate highways.
Appleseed Cast – The End of the Ring Wars – Review April 1, 1999 I’ve heard my share of Sunny Day and Mineral sound-alikes, but these guys take the cake.
Terabithia – Yes, I am Talking to You – Review April 1, 1999 Relies simply on the stylings of its genre (mid-to-slow tempos, whining voices, open chords that sound like a blind kid playing) instead of substance.
Archers of Loaf – White Trash Heroes – Review April 1, 1999 White Trash Heroes is forty minutes of rich, grainy, fuzzy-yet-warm rock for the thinking man.
Cause for Alarm – Beneath the Wheel – Review April 1, 1999 Yes, they’re back. Again. The new (almost H20-ish) style makes the songs a helluva lot more energetic. Every song here is an anthem.
Another Nothing – New Breed – Review April 1, 1999 Stale, Korn/Tool-wannabe rock that manages to carry on for over half an hour without showing even one positive characteristic.