Lollipop Magazine

+/- – Plus Minus – You are Here – Review

February 16, 2004

Somehow +/-, once known more for its “members of Versus” tag than anything else, have transformed into indie rock’s brightest contenders.

Plus/Minus – +/- – Self-Titled Long-Playing Debut Album – Review

September 9, 2002

Versus guitarist James Baluyut’s “solo project”: A bedroom recording with fuzzy breakbeats and dizzying falsettos, chamber pop melodies and vocal harmonies.

Versus – Hurrah – Review

April 1, 2001

Sometimes it’s explosive carnage, sometimes it’s crisp sing-alongs, but it’s always unpredictably musical yet so familiar. This is what pop really could be.

Versus – Two Cents Plus Tax – Review

November 1, 1998

Includes several original concoctions, including “Jack and Jill,” which sounds like a lounge act performing to the accompaniment of an unbalanced dishwasher.

Means To An End: The Music of Joy Division – Review

November 1, 1995

nd is a beautifully haunting, haunted collection. Songs are treated with respect, but without the sycophantic reverence that makes most tribute albums bores.