by Superchunk Steve | 2000 | Music Reviews - E
Ester – Default State – CD (Thirsty Ear Records) If you’re into Soundgarden, then you’re into Ester. If you’re still mourning that loss, then go out right now and buy an Ester. I’m not even into this stuff, but these guys have a very good sense of the...
by Superchunk Steve | 2000 | Music Reviews - U
U.S. Maple – “Talker” – CD (Drag City) Devo began the de-evolution of music back in the eighties. Here in 1999 U.S. Maple has achieved perfect and precise deconstruction. Precise and calculated compositional entropy and random, flourishing guitar squeals...
by Superchunk Steve | 2000 | Music Reviews - J
Joshua – A Whole New Theory – CD (Doghouse Records) Toledo! Fuckin’ Toledo? Come on. I grew up in that shitty, rusting ghost town, and when I left (okay it was ten years ago) there wasn’t a goddam thing going on musically or otherwise. But here is this...
by Superchunk Steve | 2000 | Music Reviews - B
Jessica Bailiff – “Even in Silence” and “Hour of the Trace” – CD (Kranky) Graceful and quiet, almost ethereal. A lover whispering secrets into your ear; secrets falling like snow, cold and accumulating, a little disconcerting, sometimes chilling, but...
by Superchunk Steve | 2000 | Music Reviews - E
Escape Velocity – Escape Velocity – CD (Surf Into Space Prod) Sci-fi surf ala Man or Astroman. Lots of strange synth noise background, and creepy vocals. They usually seem content to kick back and casually ride the New Wave. - Superchunk Steve...
by Superchunk Steve | 2000 | Music Reviews - F
Fanmail – Here Comes Fanmail EP – CD (Tooth & Nail Records) Very good! Excellent rocked out power-pop with no seams showing. Good sound, good songs, good harmonies, great hooks. This works. I want to hear more. - Superchunk...
by Superchunk Steve | 2000 | Music Reviews - A
…And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead- Madonna – CD (Merge Records) Picture a daredevil wearing a black crash helmet, sitting calmly in a rickety, dining room armchair. He’s surrounded by piles of dynamite–fuses lit and sparking. The crowd is...
by Superchunk Steve | 2000 | Music Reviews - H
The Huntingtons – File Under Ramones – CD (Tooth & Nail Records) Umm. This is a Ramones tribute, by a Ramones clone, playing Ramones songs the way the Ramones played them. I like the Ramones, too. I think Joey and DeeDee would be hard pressed to tell...
by Superchunk Steve | 2000 | Music Reviews - B
Big Angry Fish! – The 13 Electric Turn-Ons – CD (Beluga Records) Let’s talk about Sohio, the fifth and best song on the CD. When I start reviewing I listen to a couple of songs, and then prioritize all the CD’s according to really good and really bad. This...
by Superchunk Steve | 2000 | Music Reviews - C
Cats & Jammers – Hurray for Everything – CD (Beluga Records) Boom-a-chaka, boom-a-chaka, boom-a-chaka. Very fast, tiny guitars racing over a thumping bass and spastic snare pops. At times I swear I’m listening to the Femmes, then the Turtles, then it’s...
by Superchunk Steve | 2000 | Music Reviews - J
Jon Cougar Concentration Camp – Hot Shit – CD (BYO Records) Nasty! Rude! Loads and loads of fun shit! Speed of sound brash face-punching punk. Certainly, they get the ‘best band name of the decade’ award. There’s no bullshit here. Just straight on Punk...
by Superchunk Steve | 2000 | Music Reviews - B
Big Meteor – Wild River – CD (David Wimble) Oh wait, okay. This is very twangy. Just needed to get adjusted. Sometimes this reminds me of karaoke in a truck stop. But there is really a very cool Roy Orbison quality to it, too. Lots of pedal steel. This is...
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