Articles by Scott Reid

Pas/Cal
"Oh Honey, We're Ridiculous"
PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2004
Despite the copious number of acts liberally being compared to Belle & Sebastian, there remain a few that follow Murdochs footsteps with s...
Greg Davis
Curling Pond Woods
PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2004
It starts with an awkward hymnal chant reminiscent of the Beach Boys opener for Smile, "Our Prayer, but between it and a twisted cover of...
Denali
The Instinct
PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2004
It might be easy for most to have a negative predisposition about Denali as just the indie version of Evanescence (three guys with a female...
Electric Soft Parade
The American Adventure
PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2004
The game plan: pretend like the Britpop and British art-rock explosions never happened, employ a larger-than-life production (taken on by t...
Helicopter Helicopter
Wild Dogs with X-Ray Eyes
PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2004
Pop rock. Its the no-mans-land of musical genres, where even its best and brightest have the shelf life of thawed meat. The ratio of enter...
Minders
The Future's Always Perfect
PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2004
Had Guided By Voices Robert Pollard decided early in his career to ditch the whole lo-fi angle, part ways with best friend Jack Daniels an...
Moonbabies
The Orange Billboard
PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2004
The second album from the Swedish duo Moonbabies, The Orange Billboard plays like two records quickly fused together to make a whole. On on...
Proclaimers
Born Innocent
PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2004
Hey, remember the Proclaimers? After becoming fodder for countless "Frosh compilations and beer commercials since their left-field hit "I...