Articles by Chris Gramlich

The Wire: The Complete First Season

PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2004

Descriptions like "gritty," "compelling" and "astounding" are thrown around by all the big media (Newsweek, Time, USA Today) to describe on...

Clerks X

Kevin Smith

PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2004

So, if you're Kevin Smith and your "new" direction (the more "mature" Jersey Girl) didn't have enough of your style (i.e., dick and fart jo...

Anodyne

Lifetime of Gray Skies

PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2004

Escape Artist refugees Anodyne (along with the dear departed LickGoldenSky) have found solace on Level Plane and released a record that sho...

Cream Abdul Babar

Covering The Track Marks

PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2004

When it comes to Cream Abdul Babar, many have said "with a name that bad, they’d better be awesome,” and despite their moniker, one thing C...

Lords

The House That Lords Built

PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2004

Like former label-mates/musical terrorists the National Acrobat (who they share geography with) and Ink & Dagger, Lords are here to musical...

Unpersons

IV: Self-Portrait

PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2004

After a truly devastating full-length on At A Loss (III), Unpersons remerge with the same terrible moniker and a fresh one-track, 15-minute...

Farscape: The Complete Third Season

PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2004

Pity anyone trying to jump into the Farscape journey halfway through its scheduled five-season story arc (which ended prematurely with its...

Jersey Girl

Kevin Smith

PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2004

Grappling with the overwhelming repercussions of Gigli (Jersey Girl was the second, and last movie to feature Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lope...