BLITZEN TRAPPER: FURR (SUB POP) ***½ Somewhere along the way, bands having a sound became bands playing in monochrome - wedging themselves into their own pigeonhole such that even a slight variance sends Spin or Rolling Stone swooning about "eclecticism." ...more

October 24, 2008

Last year's "Zeitgeist" album - turgid, bleak and monochromatic - was a none too promising proclamation of Smashing Pumpkins' return. ...more

August 21, 2008

CLEARWATER - Last year's "Zeitgeist" album – turgid, bleak and monochromatic – was a none too promising proclamation of Smashing Pumpkins' return. ...more

August 20, 2008

"American Idiot" kicked Green Day into levels of respectability no punk ever imagines. Having to follow it apparently didn't appeal to the trio, so it sidestepped the issue with a new identity. ...more

June 5, 2008