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All reviews by Charlie
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Rockets Red Glare – Moonlight Desires
Posted March 23, 2004, 4 p.m.
Minimalist tendencies. Math-rock. Post-rock. All good things in proper doses. But can they be mixed to produce something great? Ah, well, there's the real question. ... read more
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Antioch Arrow – Gems of Masochism
Posted March 23, 2004, 4 p.m.
Weird, artsy, dark hardcore was nothing new to San Diego in 1994 when Antioch Arrow released their seminal masterwork, Gems of Masochism. The presses had ... read more
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Jawbreaker – Dear You (Reissue)
Posted March 16, 2004, 1:27 a.m.
Many people consider Dear You to be a perfect record. I'm not one of them, and I'm a Jawbreaker fan, too. Nope, I'm one of ... read more
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Envy – A Dead Sinking Story
Posted March 4, 2004, 12:18 a.m.
There're plenty of bands in the world, but the ones that really stick out are the ones that leave you scratching your head, unsure of ... read more
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North of America – Brothers, Sisters
Posted March 2, 2004, 12:06 a.m.
There's an alternate universe somewhere out there, one in which Steve Albini moved to Guelph, Ontario, hooked up with members of the Rapture and Hot ... read more
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Stars – Heart
Posted Feb. 29, 2004, 7:06 a.m.
There are few things worse in this world than a record composed by a group of people that are intensely passionate about the contents, but ... read more
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Constantines – Shine A Light
Posted Feb. 29, 2004, 6:43 a.m.
I'm from California. I live near the ocean. I like driving. I like watching baseball. I'm the outside world's perception of a fairly typical American ... read more
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Death Cab For Cutie – Transatlanticism
Posted Feb. 29, 2004, 6:36 a.m.
The members of Death Cab For Cutie equal far more than the sum of their parts; this much has been evident since a small, unknown ... read more
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The Strokes – Room On Fire
Posted Feb. 29, 2004, 5:58 a.m.
The first words to leap out at you on the sophomore LP by the Strokes are "I want to be forgotten." How literally this can ... read more
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Explosions in the Sky – The Earth is Not a Cold Dead Place
Posted Feb. 29, 2004, 5:54 a.m.
If Explosions in the Sky's previous LP, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live Forever, could be called ... read more
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Andrew W.K. – The Wolf
Posted Feb. 29, 2004, 5:47 a.m.
I'll keep this short so you kids will understand me. I want the time back I spent listening to this. I feel cheated, robbed, and ... read more
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A Perfect Circle – Thirteenth Step
Posted Feb. 29, 2004, 5:42 a.m.
And so, our alt-rock heroes in a Perfect Circle return for the second installment, to see if the dreaded sophmore slump can be overcome. The ... read more
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Thursday – War All the Time
Posted Feb. 29, 2004, 5:31 a.m.
Of all these "emo" bands around right now, Thursday is the one that continually disappoints me. I see in Thursday the potential to do something ... read more
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The Dismemberment Plan – A People's History of...
Posted Feb. 28, 2004, 9:39 p.m.
First off, the Dismemberment Plan gets props just for the fact that this record came out. Consistently innovative while they were active, the band is ... read more
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Hella – Bitches Ain't Shit But Good People
Posted Feb. 28, 2004, 9:31 p.m.
Hella is less a band that be thought of in terms of "good" and "bad" as they are a band that you either like, or ... read more
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The Fire Theft – The Fire Theft
Posted Feb. 28, 2004, 9:21 p.m.
Sunny Day Real Estate was a great band. No one contends with this or argues with this. They fell into that elite category of bands ... read more
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Spiritualized – Amazing Grace
Posted Feb. 28, 2004, 5:34 p.m.
J Spaceman's life seems to be a never-ending spiral of hard drugs and failed romances, if his records are to be believed. From his early ... read more
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Bright Calm Blue – Direct Approach for Casual Conversation
Posted Feb. 28, 2004, 5:31 p.m.
It was bound to happen sooner or later. I've come across a band that doesn't really sway me one way or the other, and that ... read more
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Limbeck – Hi, Everything's Great
Posted Feb. 28, 2004, 5:29 p.m.
Consistency is a hard thing to perfect. Too many bands aim too high and pollute their great ideas with sub-par songs, whereas an equal amount ... read more
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Broken Social Scene – You Forgot It In People
Posted Feb. 28, 2004, 9:05 a.m.
It had been a long time since I'd heard an absolutely perfect pop record, until a few days back when I finally gave in to ... read more
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Benton Falls – Guilt Beats Hate
Posted Feb. 28, 2004, 8:58 a.m.
Thanks to Cursive, every band on the planet has to try to out-honest each other in their lyrics. Call it the fallout of their neutron ... read more
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Mogwai – Happy Songs For Happy People
Posted Feb. 28, 2004, 8:56 a.m.
The indie nation are a bunch of whiners. Not only that, but they're pretentious, snobbish, and apparently humorless. Probably why Mogwai has always stuck out ... read more
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Radiohead – Hail to the Thief
Posted Feb. 28, 2004, 8:54 a.m.
Radiohead are one of those bands that people go out of their way to like because there's quite a bit to like about them. Some ... read more
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These Arms Are Snakes – This Is Meant to Hurt You
Posted Feb. 28, 2004, 8:41 a.m.
The sticker on the front of this CD's jewel case is going to sell lots of copies of it, I guarantee. It reads "Featuring former ... read more
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Thrice – Artist In the Ambulance
Posted Feb. 28, 2004, 8:38 a.m.
You've heard this record before. Honestly, you have. The last time that band you know jumped ship from their indie and put out a big ... read more
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The Mars Volta – De-Loused In the Comatorium
Posted Feb. 28, 2004, 8:25 a.m.
As one of the few music geeks on the planet who wasn't infatuated with At the Drive-In, I approached this record with very few expectations. ... read more
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Every Time I Die – Hot Damn!
Posted Feb. 28, 2004, 8:11 a.m.
It's a rare thing when the title of a band's record suits that record perfectly, but Every Time I Die has managed to do this. ... read more
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The Sawtooth Grin – Cuddlemonster
Posted Feb. 27, 2004, 11:52 a.m.
The only thing that kept repeating in my head the entire time I listened to this record was "Wow, the Locust certainly do this whole ... read more
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Brandtson – Death and Taxes
Posted Feb. 27, 2004, 11:46 a.m.
Part of me says it's not Brandtson's fault. They formed way back in 1996, and as such, are quite possibly the last of these so-called ... read more
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The Locust – Plague Soundscapes
Posted Feb. 25, 2004, 4:47 p.m.
Unlike a lot of other people, I was entirely unfamiliar with the Locust upon the release of this record. All I knew about them was ... read more
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