by Fibi Mutant | 2000 | Music Reviews - M
Main Street Saints – Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven – CD (GMM Records) - Fibi Mutant...
by Fibi Mutant | 2000 | Music Reviews - C
Cactus Pears – Snacks for Slacks – CD (EFB Records) This band reminds me a little bit of Wilco, Son Volt and other alt-country acts out there, with an edgy sense of cynicism and twangy melodies, but Cactus Pears incorporates a spacier/surfer feel to some...
by Fibi Mutant | 2000 | Music Reviews - V/A
V/A – This Ain’t No Tribute – The Songs of Led Zeppelin – CD (House of Blues) This latest House of Blues release features an all-star lineup, including the Derek Trucks Band (if you ever get a chance to see these guys, do yourself a favor and...
by Fibi Mutant | 2000 | Music Reviews - V
Valerie – Valerie – CD (Counter Clockwise Music) Gahhhh?. Obviously designed as an inoffensive showcase project for another as-of-yet undiscovered Amy Grant. It would be even more perfect if she had some rags-to-riches Shania Twain angle. Valerie has that...
by Fibi Mutant | 2000 | Music Reviews - S
Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros – Rock Art and the X-Ray Style – CD (Hellcat Records) Ex-Clash frontman Joe Strummer mixes up the musical pot on this album with the Mescaleros, who used to be a Clash cover band. From dub to funk, swing to ska, rockabilly...
by Fibi Mutant | 2000 | Music Reviews - A
Anti-Heros – Underneath the Underground – CD (GMM Records) The album was produced by Lars Frederiksen, so it has a lot of Rancid-esque qualities to it. Frederiksen was perhaps a little too vocal with his opinions; the Anti-Heros come off sounding less like...
by Fibi Mutant | 2000 | Music Reviews - B
The Belmont Playboys – One Nite of Sin…Live – CD (Deep South Records) Lest there was any doubt, this band rocks in a very hard way. This is old-school rock, back from a time when the women were girls and the men were men. This CD successfully...
by Fibi Mutant | 2000 | Music Reviews - B
Bitchy – Black Socks and Happiness – CD (Thick Records) The band scores points for the title of its latest album, I’ll give them that. Beyond that, the music is punk revival in a sort of hardcore, garage counterpoint to former labelmates Blue...
by Fibi Mutant | 2000 | Music Reviews - N
New American Mob – All Mob Cons – CD (R.A.F.R. Records) Rollicking bass, song titles such as Eating Me and College Girls and relentless drums with screeching lead guitars characterize “All Mob Cons”. Kate, NAM’s drummer, really has a cool...
by Fibi Mutant | 2000 | Music Reviews - J
Jimmy Johnson – Every Road Ends Somewhere – CD (Ruf Records) / Platinum Distribution) I saw Jimmy Johnson perform at the University of Dayton a few years back (I still have the poster) and it was awesome. Johnson was a true roots blues musician, and he had...
by Fibi Mutant | 2000 | Music Reviews - C
Consumed – Hit for Six – CD (Fat Wreck Chords) A dead bug and urinals greet your eyes when you pick up this CD and open it. Based on that iconography, the music has to be better, right? Well, while I wouldn’t flush the CD down the toilet, I probably...
by Fibi Mutant | 2000 | Music Reviews - C
Canned Heat – Boogie 2000 – CD (Ruf Records) This band has been around since 1966 and has a staple for those living the Dead, Phish, Widespread Panic circuit. The latest release contains muted blues-rock-country music with some good guitar work, good...
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