Epinions Recent Reviews for just_allie

Plath for the eardrums

Sun, 30 Dec 2001 16:13:03 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author just_allie - Sticking to my usual format, here's the part where I relate my first introduction to PJ Harvey, which came at the hands of the Crow: City Of Angels soundtrack, featuring "Naked Cousin," a lovely cacaphony of distorted guitars and bellow-singing...

'Attraction' Rules

Thu, 16 Aug 2001 07:04:54 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author just_allie - I first became aware of Bret Easton Ellis three years ago- upon reading a review of his then-new work, Glamorama, I requested that my mother, a librarian, pick it up for me while she was at work. Upon arriving home that day, however, she...

Break on through to the B-sides

Wed, 15 Aug 2001 06:09:45 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author just_allie - 1991 could very well have been called The Year Of Grunge, and with the release of Nirvana's major label debut, Nevermind, it could also be described as The Year Of Nirvana. However, at the time Geffen signed them, they still had one album's...

Same great song, over and over again

Wed, 15 Aug 2001 05:47:10 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author just_allie - In May 2000, Juliana Hatfield released not one, but two CDs- Beautiful Creature and Juliana's Pony: Total System Failure. In doing so, she exhibited both extremes of her musical leanings: the former is pure singer-songwriter acoustics,...

Better late then never

Thu, 9 Aug 2001 23:59:25 GMT
rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author just_allie - I first became a Portishead fan because of my sister. After seeing "Only You," from their second, self-titled CD on MTV late one night, she came home from Strawberries with said CD in hand. After listening for a few days through the thin walls of...

Coming up man-sized

Mon, 6 Aug 2001 16:13:26 GMT
rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author just_allie - Contrary to popular belief, PJ Harvey is not a solo act, but a band (though their name also happens to be that of the singer/guitarist). They first burst onto the musical mainstream in 1992 with their debut album, Dry, and quickly followed...

'97 Bonnie And Clyde

Sat, 4 Aug 2001 20:03:32 GMT
rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author just_allie - Natural Born Killers.

At the mere mention of Oliver Stone's infamous film, controversy arises. A scathing commentary on America's glorification of criminals as anti-heroes, NBK pushes the limit to the very edge with sex...

Labour Of Love

Sat, 4 Aug 2001 16:17:35 GMT
rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author just_allie - I'm sure there have been enough reviews of this record by teenage girls who claim Courtney Love as their muse and inspiration to pick up a guitar. I could regurgitate all that and mean it, yes, but I won't.

Live Through This is a...

another night down by the circle-A...

Fri, 3 Aug 2001 17:10:15 GMT
rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author just_allie - In 1993, Slacker director Richard Linklater created Dazed And Confused, a story of the last day of school for some newly anointed high school seniors and the initiation of their freshman counterparts. Four years later, he brought Eric...

Ripe (With Filler)

Fri, 3 Aug 2001 14:41:05 GMT
rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author just_allie - So here's where I state my longtime status as a NIN fan since hearing "Closer" as an angst-ridden seventh grader and recieving The Downward Spiral for Christmas the following year, and how I bought their long-anticipated (five years since the...

I Love A Catfight

Thu, 2 Aug 2001 13:41:26 GMT
rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author just_allie - Veruca Salt has always been a contest between the songwriting styles of frontwomen Nina Gordon and Louise Post. With Blow It Out Your A** It's Veruca Salt, the differences become apparent on this four-song EP featuring two songs by Gordon and two by...

B-sides, baby

Wed, 1 Aug 2001 13:37:02 GMT
rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author just_allie - Courtney Love has led quite the life. Born Love Michelle Harrison, her whirlwind journey across the globe has taken her from a hippie commune to high security reform school, from rock groupiedom in Dublin to stripping in Guam, from shooting heroin in...

Trent Reznor's ouvre

Wed, 1 Aug 2001 03:50:04 GMT
rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author just_allie - Trent Reznor's lyrical style has been compared to many things, from unadulterated genius to the morbid and self-indulgent diary of an angst-riddled male. But while sometimes going over the top (the infamous "I want to f*** you like an animal" on...