Gaming 2003: 30 Ways To Love Your Lever
In the annals of videogame history, this is the year before the
By Ryan Rayhill, John Sellers, and Scott Steinberg 11.24.03 4:00 AM
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A Homestar Is Born
Most cartoon characters spend their lives falling off cliffs,
By James Montgomery 11.21.03 4:00 AM
Most cartoon characters spend their lives falling off cliffs,
running into brick walls, and chasing small creatures that are
lower on the food chain. The animated antics of the cast of
Homestarrunner.com seem to be limited to standing around, eating
marshmallows, and writing emails--and that’s just how their
fans like it.
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The Strokes, 'Room On Fire' (RCA)
On their second album, the Strokes don't fix what ain't broke.
By Greg Milner 11.21.03 4:00 AM
Only their hairdressers and Backstage Pass know for sure, but this is how I bet it went down: One night, early in the sessions for their second album, the Strokes retired to singer Julian Casablancas' apartment to listen to some rough mixes. The mood was festive, and the Old Milwaukee was flowing, but once Julian hit play, the lads knew something was amiss.
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Come As You Are
Grunge was always more of a construct than an actual movement -- a
By Ross Raihala 11.21.03 4:00 AM
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Ted Leo/The Pharmacists, 'Tell Balgeary, Balgury is Dead' (Lookout!)
By Greg Milner 11.21.03 4:00 AM
"But mine eyes have seen the glory of the fields of flowers and fa-fa-factory floors," Ted Leo sings on "The High Party." If you heard a near-subliminal reference to Elvis Costello's "Let Them All Talk" ("Have we come this fa-fa-far to find a soul cliche?"), then this odds-and-sods EP is for you.
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The Shins, 'Chutes Too Narrow' (Sub Pop)
Persecuted indie rockers smile on.
By Zac Crain 11.20.03 4:00 AM
When the Shins’ 2001 debut, Oh, Inverted World, catapulted the Albuquerque, New Mexico-based indie-rock Anglophiles to the top of the middle, not everybody boarded the bandwagon.
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