Articles by Scott Wilyman
Sunna
One Minute Science
PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2000
Jon Harris, the mastermind behind Sunna, played guitar on the Massive Attack masterpiece Mezzanine, and once again is part of another great...
12 Rods
Separation Anxieties
PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2000
The third release from Ohio's 12 Rods is a musical hodgepodge that defies both category and, more interestingly, any reference to a defined...
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...