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• 22 Embrace — s/t (Dischord, 1986)

  In early 1986, Embrace, fronted by future Fugazi singer Ian MacKaye, released 14 gritty, moralistic rock songs as a self-titled Dischord release — a perfect primer for Fugazi's Repeater.

  in Music — by Steve Sabo — on Jul 31, 2003

• 21 Har Mar Superstar's Going Away Party @ First Ave. in Minneapolis

  Sure Har Mar Superstar's is a novelty act. But not every rock act exists to push the frontier between rock and art.

  in Music — by Steve Sabo — on Jun 10, 2003

• 20 Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks — Pig Lib

  Stephen Malkmus, formerly of indie giant Pavement, recently released his second album with his new supporting cast, The Jicks. The new album, entitled Pig Lib, makes up all of the ground that was lost as a result of his disjointed and bland self-titled release.

  in Music — by Steve Sabo — on Apr 12, 2003

• 19 Music Industry Stumbles into Combat with File-Swapping Applications

  "But watching the record companies as they try to find a formula for a successful paid alternative is like watching five people play blindman's bluff on stilts." ~ D. Pogue

  in Sci/Tech — by Steve Sabo — on Mar 25, 2003

• 18 ASTRONAUT WIFE - Flying Saucer

  Then Astronaut Wife took to the stage and changed my life. From that point forward, I could no longer say things like "I hate pop music" with a straight face.

  in Music — by Steve Sabo — on Mar 23, 2003

• 17 Zwan - Mary Star of the Sea (Reprise 2003)

  Thankfully, the album speaks for itself. Even though their website encourages surfers to vote for the first single, "Honestly", on MTV's TRL, the album is an outsider in the cookie-cutter repackage/repurchase world of major label music.

  in Music — by Steve Sabo — on Mar 18, 2003

• 16 DJ Krush — Live at the Ascot Room in Minneapolis

  DJ Krush busted up the scene with a feverish illustration of his mad skills, craftily manipulating and molding his sound like the DJ virtuoso that he is.

  in Music — by Steve Sabo — on Mar 15, 2003

• 15 Saddle Creek 50 to be released April 8

  in Music — by Steve Sabo — on Mar 15, 2003

• 14 Max Tundra: Mastered by Guy at the Exchange

  Stated simply, Mastered by Guy at the Exchange is a beautiful medley of jazz, soul, R&B and pop that employs as its glue diverse electronic techniques that collectively spare the album from languishing into a jumbled mess of noise.

  in Music — by Steve Sabo — on Jan 25, 2003

• 13 New York rockers, The Walkmen, go commercial

  The Saturn Ion commercial: Bitter are some New York scenesters that another band heisted rock'n'roll glory from the deserving hands of Jonathan Fire*Eater, the band that was as creative and talented as any New York ensemble since, perhaps, the Talking Heads.

  in Music — by Steve Sabo — on Jan 25, 2003