Articles by Scott Wilyman
Universal Freak
Garden's Edge
PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2000
A solid rock/pop recording by this West Coast band that offers what could be a classic hit with opener "Bring Me Something," an easy inclus...
Brodie
Brodie
PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2000
There are detractors who decry artists who throw in everything but the proverbial kitchen sink into their music. They usually call it "unfo...
Pearl Jam
Binaural
PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2000
Pearl Jam seemed to have lost the rock and roll plot several years ago, with underwhelming albums like Yield and No Code. Many of the songs...
Alien Crime Syndicate
From The Word Go
PUBLISHED Aug 2, 2000
Another in the long line of happy American guitar pop bands, ACS have two things going for them on this, their second full-length album: Pr...
Sunlikestar
Inverse
PUBLISHED Aug 2, 2000
With one of the coolest names I've heard in a while, Sunlikestar have created a very slick album that fuses some intense rock with very gro...
Sweeder
Swallowed By The Sun
PUBLISHED Aug 2, 2000
To describe an artist's music as lilting, soothing or serene would be to stigmatise it as weak and possibly new age. This recording is all...
Various
The Golden Age
PUBLISHED Aug 2, 2000
This compilation by L'Age D'or, one of Germany's foremost underground labels, founded in 1988, highlights some great Deutsche pop and avant...
The Dears
End Of A Hollywood Bedtime Story
PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2000
There was a time when tearjerkers were not the sole domain of glossy Disney-like soul or new country. Montreal's "Switched-On Orchestral Po...