Articles by Scott Reid

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  Call And Response

  Winds Take No Shape

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2004

  A beautiful patchwork of Stereolab’s spatial lounge pop productions, Low’s love of and sense for vocal harmonies and the light pop-folk of...

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  Minibar

  Fly Below the Radar

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2004

  Last year, the Pernice Brothers proved themselves one of the few bands talented enough to combine incredibly accessible pop with the easily...

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  Rogue Wave

  Out of the Shadow

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2004

  San Francisco’s Rogue Wave arrive as a breath of fresh air amongst an endless amount of terribly boring and complacent indie rock acts that...

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  Rachael Yamagata

  Happenstance

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2004

  Few things are more frustrating to me than finding an original voice that seems utterly content in playing into nearly every singer/songwri...

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  Clann Zú

  Black Coats & Bandages

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2004

  With their debut Rua, Clann Zu sped through a ridiculous number of styles with an equally impressive songwriting dynamic, making the lyrica...

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  Asobi Seksu

  Asobi Seksu

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2004

  A re-release of the group’s 2002 debut, Asobi Seksu (it translates into "play sex”) is, to say the least, an interesting mixture of finely...

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  Fancey

  Fancey

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2004

  Yet another branch of the New Pornographers’ tree, Todd Fancey follows in the footsteps of just about every other of the group’s members an...

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  Iron & Wine

  Our Endless Numbered Days

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2004

  Eventually, most lo-fi artists, from indie staples like Guided By Voices to esoteric singer-songwriters like John Darnielle, will make the...