Peaches The Teaches Of Peaches Kitty-yo By: Eric Greenwood I could maybe see how this would have been slightly offensive twenty years ago when sex was still cause for alarm in pop music, but having been through Lydia Lunch and Wendy O. Williams on the underground side and Madonna and even Courtney Love on the […]

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Ms. John Soda No. P. or D. Morr By: Eric Greenwood A band with a bad name can come up with the goods, occasionally, especially when said band features a member of The Notwist behind the controls. The Notwist's Neon Golden hit me harder than any other album in 2002; its mix of sparse electronics, […]

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Centaur In Streams Martians Go Home By: Eric Greenwood Having only recently been fully exposed to Hum, the resurgence of Matt Talbot doesn't carry the weight for me it might for those who await his every move like the rising of the sun. And believe me, there are those out there that do. This gives […]

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Hot Snakes Suicide Invoice Swami By: Eric Greenwood Hot Snakes, the band reuniting Drive Like Jehu alumni, John Reis and Rick Froberg, returns with another blistering thirty minutes of cerebral guitar attacks, although, it's notably less tense and bombastic than anything these guys have ever created together. Maybe, it's just the passing of time that's […]

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The Ghost This Is A Hospital Some By: Eric Greenwood The Ghost fits snugly into that crowded den of bands emoting through frantic dynamics, half-sung/half-screamed vocals, intensely personal lyrics, and post-punk noise, but please don't make me say the word. We all know what I'm talking about, so let's just move on. Keeping The Ghost's […]

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The Timeout Drawer A Difficult Future Some Odd Pilot By: Eric Greenwood It would be easy to dismiss The Timeout Drawer's laborious instrumentals as retro-prog-rock wankery, but the arrangements have such depth and the analogue sounds such warmth and texture that it would be awfully shortsighted to do so. Moving away from the echoing chambers […]

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Moving Units S/T 12 Inch Ep Three One G By: Eric Greenwood So, yeah, Moving Units sounds an awful lot like The Rapture, but that doesn't change the fact that this Los Angeles trio still rocks. The onslaught of post-Gang Of Four bands is almost overwhelming lately. Who would have thought a bunch of art […]

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