Prince Musicology Columbia By: Eric Greenwood Despite all the recent press and hype, Musiclogy is not a return to form for Prince. It's simply a case of the public being nostalgic for his former greatness, as he blatantly coasts on his own legend. Granted, it's about time people started noticing him again (and how could […]

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PJ Harvey Uh Huh Her Island By: Eric Greenwood PJ Harvey's Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea was my favorite album of 2000, hands down. Yes, it was the slickest album of her career, eschewing the raucous caterwauling of Rid of Me as well as the low-end semi-trip-hop of Is This Desire?, but […]

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Stereolab Margerine Eclipse Elektra By: Eric Greenwood Stereolab never fails to remove me from whatever my surroundings are. I am instantly carried off to moog Utopia (Potatoes, Comrade?), thanks to Laetitia Sadier's otherworldly monotone and Tim Gane's lush and locked melodic grooves. I never really try to distinguish one song from another on Stereolab albums. […]

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Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand Domino By: Eric Greenwood Franz Ferdinand has panache. That word is applicable to very few bands these days, especially when most hide behind bandwagon-esque trends and slacker cool. It takes a rare class of insight, personality, and cleverness to attain such a descriptor, but Franz Ferdinand exploits it freely. Disjointed dance […]

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Trans Am Liberation Thrill Jockey By: Eric Greenwood Remember back when people gave a shit about Trans Am? What happened? That double album, Red Line, certainly didn't help matters, but it wasn't all bad. I mean, I distinctly remember at least two good songs on it ("I Want It All", "Play in the Summer"). Oh, […]

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Modest Mouse Good News For People Who Love Bad News Epic By: Eric Greenwood Producing the follow up to your career-defining album is no small feat, evidenced by the fact that it took Modest Mouse four years just to rear its head again. Good News for People Who Love Bad News better represents Modest Mouse's […]

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The Von Bondies Pawn Shoppe Heart Sire By: Eric Greenwood Initially, I thought Jason Stollsteimer was a giant wuss, hungry for whatever sad publicity he could eke out of a fistfight with The White Stripes' Jack White, but after listening to Pawn Shoppe Heart countless times, I have since retracted such sentiments. Stollsteimer's throaty, blues-drenched […]

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