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December 2000 Archives

Listening

Phoenix, United
by Andrew Womack
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...
Listening

Joy Division, Substance 1977-1980
by Andrew Womack
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,...
Personalities

Andy Crewdson of Lines & Splines
by Rosecrans Baldwin
Our writer interviews Andy Crewdson of Lines & Splines. We especially like that he is an ‘average indie kid.’
Letters From the Editor

Democratic Par-tay
by Andrew Womack
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,...
Listening

Godspeed You Black Emperor!, Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven
by Andrew Womack
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...
Listening

Mercury Rev, Yerself Is Steam
by Andrew Womack
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’...