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Caustic Resin – Keep On Truckin – Review

September 11, 2003

Caustic Resin are not folkies, nor are they Utopians – these are the people the film River’s Edge was made about.

Mike Johnson – What Would You Do – Review

January 10, 2003

What Would You Do makes a strong case for Mike Johnson and Mark Lanegan being brothers separated at birth or spiritual siblings or some shit like that.

Land of the Loops – Puttering About A Small Land – Review

September 1, 2000

What we got here is a kid sitting in his folks’ basement, tooling about with samplers & sequencers, creating soundtrack music for Pez and Valium.

The Dark Fantastic – Review

September 1, 1999

Joined on bass by Screaming Trees veteran, Van Conner, Pickerel and TDF have put together 12 nocturnal sonatas not far afield from the Trees crazed psychedelia.

Juned – “Possum” – Review

December 1, 1996

I am just so fucking indie rock I can’t stand it! That’s why I like Juned. It reminds me of wet flowers in the bathtub drain.

Incredible Force of Junior – Let the World Fall Apart – Review

October 1, 1996

Fuzzy indie pop jangly as a silver bracelet. In “Walrus,” the chick screeches like one of my aunts after too much chardonnay-in-a-box.

Land Of The Loops – Bundle Of Joy – Review

August 1, 1996

Entirely groove-oriented, lots of eclectic and campy samples (hence the name), and an extensively happy, bouncy feel.

Juned – Every Night For You – Review

May 1, 1996

A lovely platter of indie beauty-rock with hints of surf, psychedelia, and country, branching further out into a world about which they have mixed feelings.

The Pastels – Mobile Safari – Review

March 1, 1996

Thirteen years ago, The Pastels ambled out of Glasgow with a charmingly awkward pop shimmy and some of the most out-of-tune vox to grace vinyl. They’re back.

Incredible Force of Junior – Blue Cheer – Review

February 1, 1996

Good emo-type music that is Pixies influenced. Reminicent of past Seattle garage bands or the modern day Pee-Chees.