Hurry Home Early — The Songs of Warren Zevon
Why should you, the sexy young sparkle-pop press reader, care about a tribute album to a grizzled old (dead) West Coast soft rock troubadour like…
The Sights And Sounds of Esquivel
Esquivel was a dapper-decked master of jumble-pop juxtaposition; doing cosmic "mash-ups" with expert organic jamming long before turntables became that medium's instrument. About ten years…
EP
Nate, Emory, and David of Pomeranian take their seductive time with most of these six songs — a keyboard trill leading to boyish hums and…
Graham "Suggs" McPherson of Madness
The diagnosis of multiple personalities is considered a form of madness, right? Well, the legendary punk-era ska band Madness were notorious for their schizoid image…
AstroPOP! for September 2005
Your monthly imaginary horoscope told in album reviews!Virgo (August 23 - September 22) "How do you remain humble?" may be the question you ask yourself…
Oh No
The Redwalls — "De Nova" {6.3} Buy it! {Capitol Records} These are both second albums by Chicago-based rock bands that have been together since the…
Quit +/or Fight
This is an album that sounds like it's about the unpreventable dying of the light, and yet its very reliance is on vicissitude. The songs…
Imaginary Interview with Nouvelle Vague
Do you remember meeting the first person who loved the Cure as much as you did? Can you image that same feeling, occurring again twenty…
Withstand the Whatnot
Imaginary girl Liz sent along five tracks available on the C. Spaniels website and asked if I would be willing to consider including the band…
Velella Velella
Velella Velella literally brings the party: Last night they came over to my underground basement apartment with a burn-off of the new album, plus two…