Artsweek

November 7, 2001

Incubus | Morning View | Epic

By Jessica Jardine

As a longtime Incubus junkie, it is with great displeasure that I admit Morning View, though introspective and chock-full of musical surprises, is far from a stellar achievement.

November 7, 2001

Lexicon | It’s the L | Spytech

By Mr. Bell

With its first full-length release, It's the L, the Southern Cali-based duo hopes to broaden its local rep and become "popular" nationwide. Shit ... I remember what it was like to be 15, too.

November 1, 2001

Genre, All Mixed Up

By Jessica Jardine

The Associated Students - sponsored "From Chaos" tour - opened by Alien Ant Farm and headlined by 311 - was a heaven-sent purgation from the festering ulcer that midterms week had become.

November 1, 2001

One for the Road

By DJ FatKid

"I'm tired of Budweiser," said Spencer Moody. "I drank four and a half years of Budweiser on tour, so I'm drinking Heineken on this one."

November 1, 2001

‘Mulholland Drive’: The Long and Winding Road

By Patrick Wright

After his Oscar-winning Disney departure from new noir, "The Straight Story," director David Lynch returns to the off-kilter, double fantasies that made "Lost Highway" so maddeningly enthralling.

November 1, 2001

The Best Words in Their Best Order

By Marisa Lagos

"You can analyze the music of poetry, but it's difficult to conduct an argument about its value, especially when it's gotten into the blood. It becomes autobiography there." -Robert Haas

November 1, 2001

Bush | Golden State | Atlantic

By Staff

Emerging from the grunge movement, comparisons with bands that defined the genre were inevitable. Bush, however, was cursed with more than its fair share of naysayers that slammed the band as another shameless Nirvana kn...

November 1, 2001

Saul Williams | Amethyst Rockstar | American

By Staff

Saul Williams wasn't breast-fed. The 28-year-old goes beyond mere personal tragedy to the world's ills on his debut album, Amethyst Rockstar.

November 1, 2001

Various Artists | Give the People What We Want: Songs of the Kinks | Sub Pop

By Staff

The only valid purpose of a tribute album, as far as I can tell, is to get the listener to ask of each band, "How in the hell can their song sound like this?"

November 1, 2001

Mogwai | My Father King | Matador

By Staff

Like the wrath of a vengeful God, Old Testament style, the new 20-minute instrumental opus from Mogwai channels enough power to level both Sodom and Gomorrah in a single haunting melody.

October 25, 2001

We Interrupt Our Program…

By Erin James

Ladies and gentlemen, this is the most terrifying thing I have ever witnessed ... Wait a minute! Someone's crawling out of the hollow top. Someone or ... something.

October 25, 2001

“From Hell”: Abandon All Hope, Ye Who Enter…

By Patrick Wright

There is more pathology and suspense in an episode of "Blue's Clues" than in the contrived "From Hell."

October 25, 2001

The Cranberries | Wake Up and Smell the Coffee | MCA Records

By Staff

The Cranberries | Wake Up and Smell the Coffee | MCA Records The early ’90s Irish rock band that combined pre-Brit pop textures with a touch of the Celtic world returns to their roots on Wake Up and Smell the Coffe...

October 25, 2001

Death Cab for Cutie | The Photo Album | Barsuk

By Staff

The Seattle-based indie pop quartet has released two full albums in the last two years, and may not be esoteric for long. Their recent outing is a welcome supplement to previous work.

October 25, 2001

Milemarker | Anaesthetic | Jade Tree

By Staff

The band isn't soulless like Rush - head buried firmly in the ass of spandex and high concept; rather, it's soulless like Devo - nervingly alien and unerringly critical of the human condition.

October 18, 2001