Trans Am Ta Thrill Jockey By: Eric Greenwood After the giant step backwards that was its fifth album, Red Line, Trans Am tossed aside any pretense of seriousness in favor of a full-on, retro-mock-rock schtick. The band's collective tongue is planted so firmly in its cheek nowadays that the gratuitous bulge is almost as obnoxious […]

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Capitol K Island Row Xl By: Eric Greenwood Island Row is a spastic yet glorious fusion of organic instrumentation and computerized experimentalism and, therefore, an essential addition to your collection. Kristian Craig Robinson A/K/A Capitol K is a human blender of musical ethnicities, ambient soundscapes, glitches, bleeps, and unadulterated pop genius. His songs veer away […]

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The Get Up Kids On A Wire Vagrant By: Eric Greenwood Let's put it this way: if you had graciously overlooked The Get Up Kids' sappy word vomit for its pogo in place pop hooks on its first two albums, then you will be sorely disappointed with its third, On A Wire. Gone is any […]

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Moby 18 V2 By: Japanese Corespondent- Patrick Doherty Moby's history of alienating his splintered fan-base is notorious. His 1995 release, Everything Is Wrong, with its orchestral and moody overtones, turned off legions of glow-stick waving fans of "Moby the DJ." Everything Is Wrong fans didn't have to wait long to be brushed off, either. Animal […]

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Star Wars Episode II – Attack Of The Clones Directed By George Lucas Twentieth Century Fox By: Charles Michael Jones- Special Star Wars Correspondent I just watched a bootleg copy of Episode II – Attack of the Clones. My first instinct is to convey this fact in a playground-taunt tone of voice, but I cannot […]

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Elvis Costello When I Was Cruel Island By: Eric Greenwood It's been a long time since Elvis Costello has released an album that wasn't kind of a chore to sit through. While I respect the breadth of his musical talents on paper, I'm not always so keen on listening to him croon. It's been almost […]

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The Exit New Beat Some By: Eric Greenwood From the artwork to the font to the snotty pose, it looks as if The Exit were going to be a rough and tumble punk rock outfit from big, bad New York City, but, unfortunately, the band opts for a much more streamlined and safe approach. The […]

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