DJ FatKid

May 8, 2002

Girls Against Boys | You Can’t Fight What You Can’t See | Jade Tree

By DJ FatKid

Here's a new old dance: the Major Shuffle. Girls Against Boys have mastered this, jumping in with the post-grunge wave of indie signings back in '96 before going on an extended hiatus.

May 1, 2002

Hot Hot Heat | Knock Knock Knock | Sub Pop

By DJ FatKid

Stealing liberally from the Cure, the Stooges, and piano-driven post-punk groups, such as the Get Hustle and Tarot Bolero Hot Hot Heat knocks out an album full of dry danceable indie rock.

April 24, 2002

Getting Past Portraits

By DJ FatKid

Funeral Diner avoids cheese. They play a form of hardcore that is devoid of pained melodies, ranting anger, blazing licks, or mosh breakdowns.

April 24, 2002

Desaparecidos | Read Music Speak Spanish | Saddle Creek

By DJ FatKid

Musically, Desaparecidos seem to take a cue from mid-'90s proto-emo bands such as Jawbreaker or J Church - the chunky chords alternating with bouncy picked melodies.

April 11, 2002

Rye Coalition | On Top | Tiger Style

By DJ FatKid

Returning after three years of silence with a third album, the band stands by its old habit of changing membership every album as well as its snide regard for '70s hard rock, and then goes full bore.

April 11, 2002

Bats & Mice | Believe It Mammals | Lovitt

By DJ FatKid

I feel cleansed, fresh, wonderful. But let me start at the beginning. Last year, a curiously simple little brown-fronted CD-EP landed in the review pile, from a band called Bats & Mice.

April 4, 2002

Dead and Gone | The Beautician | GSL

By DJ FatKid

Meet Dead and Gone. They're oh-so-creepy, oh-so-dark, in oh-so-much pain, and with The Beautician, prove once and for all that they're smarter than you.

April 4, 2002

…And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead | Source Tags & Codes | Interscope

By DJ FatKid

Austin, Texas's ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead's major-label debut features a cut entitled "Homage," and it's the most misnamed song on the album.

March 7, 2002

The Catheters | Static Delusions and Stone-Still Days | Sub Pop

By DJ FatKid

After following in the Devils' footsteps on Seattle's eMpTy and Sub Pop labels the Catheters have tried to pop out some pubic hair with Static Delusions and Stone-Still Days.

February 28, 2002

The Get Up Kids | Eudora | Vagrant

By DJ FatKid

The major difficulty in dating within the independent rock scene is the Get Up Kids.

February 21, 2002

Crossroads: Trashy, Sassy and Britney Hit the Road

By DJ FatKid

"Crossroads" joins blockbusters "Glitter" and "On the Line" as the latest pop-star vehicle to leave American adolescents insecure and socially sedated.

February 21, 2002

Various Artists | The Thing That Ate Floyd | Lookout!

By DJ FatKid

The Bay Area has a steady tradition of re-releasing compilations documenting scenes that have passed on. The Thing That Ate Floyd is the most recent re-entry into the fray.

February 14, 2002

Neil Michael Hagerty | Plays That Good Old Rock and Roll | Drag City

By DJ FatKid

The guitarist, known for his involvement with abrasive blues-punk combo Pussy Galore and subsequent unabashed vein-thumping as half of Royal Trux, returns with his second solo album.

February 7, 2002