AltWeeklies Wire
Stunning and Spellbindingnew
The dozen songs of Springtime span anguish and transcendentally drunken sex as easily as the everyday epiphanies of bus rides and back-road drives.
Leaving the Proverbial Shednew
Denver's music scene could use a healthy dose of Vitamins.
Tags: vitamins, Vitamins EP
Rehashed Yet Illuminatingnew
Via sheer wizardry, Ruin feels like a rebirth, with Joey Burns's recycling of the archetypal taking on the dimension of myth.
Tags: Calexico, Garden Ruin
Fragile, Elastic Masterpiecenew
Destroyer actually does destroy indie-rock wussitude, by channeling it into the sonic equivalent of a passive-aggressive apocalypse.
Tags: Destroyer, Destroyer's Rubies
Westword's Favorite National CDs for 2004new
After sifting through more crap than a Roto-Rooter guy, Westword's music staff submits these suck-free national releases as reason not to stick a shank in your speakers.
