Album Reviews

Wicker Park : Soundtrack

E.c. Thomas October 1, 2004 No Comments

A virtual

Colonel Claypool’s Bucket Of Bernie Brains: The Big Eyeball In The Sky

David Dube September 30, 2004 No Comments

In his newest venture, Les Claypool teams up with long time drummer Brain, legendary keyboardist Bernie Worrell, and the enigmatic guitarist Buckethead as Colonel Claypool

Citizen Cope: The Clarence Greenwood Recordings

Shane Handler September 30, 2004 No Comments

On his second album, The Clarence Greenwood Recordings, Cope takes a bite from Eminems’s alter ego playbook, mixing fact and fiction. But rather than a straight hip-hop record, Cope fuses rock, dub, reggae, and blues into an eclectic effort that, although sleepy and moody, proves patient and drawing.

Rob Levit Trio: Uncertain Path

Kenny Bohlin September 30, 2004 No Comments

Levit

Shawn Lee

Jack Spilberg September 29, 2004 No Comments

Have Mercy! This album from beat guru extraordinaire Shawn Lee is the shiznit. It

DJ Harry: Collision

Kenny Bohlin September 29, 2004 No Comments

DJ Harry is an artist apart from the ranks of more mortal DJs, and some of the usual rules don

Steve Earle: The Revolution Starts…Now

Jason Gonulsen September 29, 2004 No Comments

Emotionally and politically charged, Revolution feels like the freshest batch of songs that have come out of Steve Earle and his band, the Dukes, in quite a while. Speaking in more direct terms than he has ever before, right away we get the feel of a record that is so raw and inexorable that Earle could have sworn that the songs were recorded within 24 minutes, not hours, of their birth.