Articles by Stuart Green
Rush
Vapor Trails
PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2002
The 17th studio release from the venerable Canadian power-prog-trio finds the band with a spontaneous energy untapped since 1979's Permanen...
Various
Atticus... Dragging the Lake
PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2002
I'm always a little leery of compilations that are tied to commercial ventures, as they are nothing more than an attempt to hawk a crappy p...
Waxwing
Intervention: Collection+Remix
PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2002
With the notable exceptions of the Juliana Theory and the Casket Lottery, Waxwing is perhaps the best of the swirling, epic, emo-tinged pos...
A Long Winter
I'm So Bad With Goodbyes
PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2002
Utilising the old faithful "hard/soft, start/stop, loud/quiet" screamo formula that has been employed with great success by bands like Grad...
Avoid One Thing
Avoid One Thing
PUBLISHED May 1, 2002
Mighty Mighty Bosstones bass whacker Joe Gittleman gets his four-chord "ya yas out on this debut from his New England super group, which a...
Casket Lottery
Survival Is For Cowards
PUBLISHED May 1, 2002
One of the shining stars of the Midwestern emo/grunt rock scene (inhabited by the likes of Guilt, Hum and Shiner), the Casket Lottery conti...
Down By Law
Punkrockdays: The Best of DBL
PUBLISHED May 1, 2002
It should be noted this not truly a "best of" record. It's a fan favourites record of only the stuff they released on Epitaph, nothing from...
Goo Goo Dolls
Gutterflower
PUBLISHED May 1, 2002
As the man once said, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it," and certainly the Goo Goo Dolls have found a formula in the last few years that "a...