Articles by Chris Whibbs

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  Signal Hill Transmission

  Tomorrow, the Stars

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2005

  The debut from this Los Angeles-based band certainly has some bright spots, but does the world really need another emotional rock based fou...

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  Spoon

  Gimme Fiction

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2005

  With such past milestones as Girls Can Tell and Kill the Moonlight behind them, Spoon has the unenviable position of having mountains of ex...

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  Summer Lad

  Themes: International

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2005

  With an interesting mix of genres and scope that is no less than epic, Calgary’s the Summerlad have made a hell of an impression, but one t...

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  We vs. Death

  Postneoliberal Paradise

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2005

  Usually a three-song showcase wouldn’t be considered short to the usual post-rock instrumental crowd, as the songs would be drawn out to in...

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  AK-MOMO

  Return to N.Y.

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2005

  Repeated in the press release and also plastered on the front of the CD are the proclamations that AK-MOMO are "Joanna Newsom fronting Gold...

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  Aroah

  The Last Laugh

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2005

  A slice of acoustic confessionals and musings, The Last Laugh doesn’t hold enough original flourishes to throw Aroah to the top of the heap...

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  Burn Rome in a Dream

  True If Destroyed, True If Not Destroyed

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2005

  Leaning more toward grooves than the usual quiet-loud crowd, Burn Rome in a Dream find their instrumental inspirations in both jazz rhythms...

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  Keren Ann

  Nolita

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2005

  The title of Keren Ann’s North American debut, Not Going Anywhere, seemed to be eerily prescient as she indeed has a new disc out as the in...