FCS North Expresses the Inexpressible
What's the sound of "six girls simultaneously urinating over scattered shrubbery awash in moonlight?" Find out in this
CD review by Reed Jackson

The Black Sounds Which Make Art a Power, Not a Construct
Reed Jackson reviews The Ice in Me, the new cd from Enemymine

Abstract Confessions, Concrete Dreamscapes
Dave Liljengren reviews the new CD from
Tagging Satellites

Getting In Tune
Steve Stav reviews a brand-new Who tribute album

Our Little Polly Jean is in Love
Or at least she’s made an album as though she were. Norm Elrod reviews PJ Harvey's Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

Most Artists Would Kill for a Single Moment of Transcendence
U2 has managed three albums worth. Norm Elrod reviews U2's
All That You Can't Leave Behind

Trimmed Down Fat Beats Handcuffed to Wheels of Steel
"Fatboy Slim excels most when he brings it, and brings it hard" - Norm Elrod reviews
Halfway Between The Gutter And The Stars

Bring The New Noise
New releases by Radiohead, Madonna, Shellac, Godspeed You Black Emperor, and The Posies are
reviewed and reviled by Michael Hukin

The Prom: Bring a Date
Shane Berry
reviews In This Way They Found Me, a new disc from Seattle band,
The Prom

Notes from Underworld
"Any band that can capture their show on tape isn't a very good live band," says Norm Elrod in this CD review

Rock and Roll is Not About Jennifer Lopez and Her Ass. Or Is It?
Charles Redell
reviews
Iron Maiden live in Seattle

Jets to Brazil: My Self-Inflicted Ass-Whupping
Thousands watch in astonished horror as Les Thomas kicks his own ass!

Almost Lester Bangs:
Cameron Crowe, Almost Famous & The Birth of Uncool, by
Claude Iosso

The Helio Sequence Doesn't Suck
Then again, they're not yet the next Radiohead either. A Com Plex CD Review by Norm Elrod

Eminem: Don’t Believe the Hype
Eminem’s new album proves that his relevance goes way beyond being a thorn in the side of propriety, by Kimberly Reyes

The Rock'n Roll Lifestyle
Silkworm's Lifestyle illustrates the evolution of some indie rock veterans, says Norm Elrod in this
CD Review

Prince Harvey Revises King James
Reef Valmont reviews King James Version, the new CD from Harvey Danger

It's an Election Year and The Presidents are Back!
And this time they're Freaked Out and Small, in this CD review by Sal Garro

Far From the Paisley Underground
Tim Midgett sets the record straight about 80s LA neo-psychedelics, True West, in $2.99 Wax Necessities

Whoever That Girl is: You Rock!!!
Les Thomas
reports on all the Endfest 2k action, complete with
stunning action pix!

Is This The Big Record for Belle & Sebastian?
Jason Thornberry
reviews
Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant

In Name and Blood and Gore and Mayhem
David Mills reviews the latest rampage from the Murder City Devils

"I Can Be Demure Like Girls Who Are Soft For Boys"
Kat Jetson reviews Sleater-Kinney's
All Hands on the Bad One

A WHORE JUST LIKE THE REST
Tim Midgett reviews a new collection of essays by legendary rock critic, Richard Meltzer

Modest Mouse Triumphs on the Moon
Modest Mouse's "isolationist, sometimes apocalyptic view of the world is as weird as ever," on their fine new CD,
The Moon and Antarctica

The Underground is No Longer the Underground
Michael Hukin
reviews Survival Sickness by
The (International) Noise Conspiracy

Failing the Punk Rock History Test
Rod Moody
reviews
Hangnail

From the New Nation of Long Shadows
Matthew Parker reviews the new CD from Voyager One

The Makers: Rock Star Gods
The Makers celebrate the release of a larger than life album with a star-studded gala at the Crocodile, in this live review by David Mills