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Lexicon | It’s the L | Spytech

November 7, 2001 by

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.
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Genre, All Mixed Up

November 1, 2001 by

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.
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One for the Road

November 1, 2001 by

"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."
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‘Mulholland Drive’: The Long and Winding Road

November 1, 2001 by

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.
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The Best Words in Their Best Order

November 1, 2001 by

"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
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Bush | Golden State | Atlantic

November 1, 2001 by

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 ...
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Saul Williams | Amethyst Rockstar | American

November 1, 2001 by

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

November 1, 2001 by

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?"
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Mogwai | My Father King | Matador

November 1, 2001 by

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.
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We Interrupt Our Program…

October 25, 2001 by

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

October 25, 2001 by

There is more pathology and suspense in an episode of "Blue's Clues" than in the contrived "From Hell."
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The Cranberries | Wake Up and Smell the Coffee | MCA Records

October 25, 2001 by

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...
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Death Cab for Cutie | The Photo Album | Barsuk

October 25, 2001 by

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.
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Milemarker | Anaesthetic | Jade Tree

October 25, 2001 by

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.
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Tangled Up in Blue and Gold

October 18, 2001 by

I love seeing a live music performance, but I hate concerts. There are always too many damn people to ruin the whole experience.
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