AltWeeklies Wire
Between Sentimental Mush and Genuine Potentialnew
If Craig exercised just a little more artistic restraint, his navel-gazing might be a little easier to digest.
Spoofed Outnew
Even sans the film, the Tenacious D-orchestrated soundtrack for its full-length feature The Pick of Destiny is a seriously marvelous three-act musical comedy.
Tags: tenacious d, The Pick of Destiny
Thrash 'Til Death, Dudesnew
DDC could easily become a strong musical challenger in its own so-called war against the poser subgenre laughingly referred to as fashioncore.
Tags: DDC, The End of Days
Vaporous Vocalsnew
If Jackson thinks nipple obsession will compensate for underwhelming performances, she's missing the point.
Tags: Janet Jackson, 20 Y.O.
Catchy Melodiesnew
This album won't draw converts by the legions, but for Kweller fans, there's plenty here that will rattle around the skull for days.
Tags: Ben Kweller
A Giant Messnew
Get these motherfucking emo bands off this motherfucking album.
Glitchy Sketchesnew
This is what the frontman's songs must sound like before they become Radio-ready.
Tags: The Eraser, Thom Yorke
'Mature' Listeningnew
Stadium has generated raves from easily pleased scribes even though it's basically two discs' worth of been-there-done-that.
Mike Patton Remains Welcomenew
Despite this disc's arty concept, the results are unexpectedly accessible -- but with an irresistible core of subversion.
Tags: Peeping Tom
No Happy Endingsnew
Greg Dulli is unapologetically lugubrious and melodramatic, and he doesn't seem to care about being liked -- that's a unique combination, and a dangerous one.
Tags: Powder Burns, The Twilight Singers
White-Belt Powernew
The Rakes are catchy as heck, though the drivel of artsy lyrics and dance-club beats are about as worn out as those stupid haircuts.
Tags: Capture/Release, The Rakes
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
Dig Gravesnew
The alterations in the Girls' sound seem inspired more by creative concerns than by commercial calculation.
Support the 'War'new
Fortunately, this Bush-inspired disc isn't a one-dimensional screed, but an eccentric slab of pop psychedelia that wraps topical references in weirdness.
