December 2000 Archives
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Listening
Phoenix, United
This is the final album of the week for 2000 and, as such, it seems appropriate that TMN say that this album is our favorite of the whole year. No top-ten...
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Listening
Joy Division, Substance 1977-1980
Compiling early raw material and a number of later singles and b-sides, Substance 1977-1980 is a fine, impressive collection not exclusively for Joy Division/Factory completists, but really for everyone,...
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Personalities
Andy Crewdson of Lines & Splines
Our writer interviews Andy Crewdson of Lines & Splines. We especially like that he is an ‘average indie kid.’
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Letters From the Editor
Democratic Par-tay
For anyone who saw this morning’s edition of the New York Daily News, you know that Al Gore really cut loose at his post-concession get-together. Though the event was,...
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Listening
Godspeed You Black Emperor!, Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven
The first LP was groundbreaking; the EP took that momentum and displayed a tightness that was teeth-shattering; and now (actually, last October, when this record came out) Godspeed You Black...
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Listening
Mercury Rev, Yerself Is Steam
It’s a far, far cry from Deserter’s Songs, most definitely, and this is where it all began for Mercury Rev. Exploding on the musical map like (and we’...