Various Artists- A Tribute To Weezer Rock Music Deaddroid Records By: Eric Greenwood In a preemptive strike against the inevitable balking at a Weezer tribute this early in the game, the biography accompanying Deaddroid Records" wholly unnecessary Weezer tribute claims that "if you name your current favorite indie rock/punk/emo band, you"ll probably also be naming […]

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Mates Of State Our Constant Concern Polyvinyl By: Japanese Correspondent, Patrick Doherty The latest release from San Francisco"s Mates Of State evokes many of the same aspects of its debut from two years ago: slightly bizarre vocal harmonies, poppy organ melodies, and somewhat obscure lyrics about the advantages of long-term relationships. Reviewers of the band […]

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Sorry About Dresden The Convenience Of Indecision Saddle Creek By: Eric Greenwood There"s no real shame in being an average band. The members of Sorry About Dresden must just be interested in other things besides becoming a good band, and that"s cool. Bands aren"t for everyone. I just hope they pick out their new careers […]

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Printed Circuit Reprints Catmobile By: Eric Greenwood Printed Circuit"s retro-electro pop is memorable simply because of the dichotomy of unsophisticated melodies and complicated beats. She marries her Kraftwerkian melodies to computer-generated stutters and pulses with a childlike sense of awe and innocence. Such groundwork creates quite a playground for disparate remixers, and Reprints showcases such […]

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Echo And The Bunnymen Flowers Spin Art/Cooking Vinyl By: Eric Greenwood Flowers is the third respectable installment in the resurrected Echo And The Bunnymen"s second act. The band ended the 1980"s with a whimper, having besmirched its reputation somewhat with a lackluster self-titled album in 1987. A decade later the three original Bunnymen picked up […]

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Gosford Park Directed By Robert Altman Usa By: Eric Greenwood Robert Altman goes period piece in his latest offering, Gosford Park- a comedic murder/mystery set in the 1930"s and featuring some of England"s A-list actors (Kristin Scott Thomas, Emily Watson, Helen Mirren). The last decade was shaky at best for Altman, who churned out some […]

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Brazen And Kevlar Split Double 3-inch Mcd Snuff By: Eric Greenwood Beautiful packaging goes a long way these days. How can you sift through piles of anonymous CD"s without discerning the good artwork from the bad? Appeal to the eye and then to the ears. This split EP certainly appeals to the eye. It"s a […]

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