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August 13 - 19, 2002
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click on this image to read the full review of The Afrika Korps

CD / The Afrika Korps / Live at Cantone's 1977 / Gulcher

The Afrika Korps invades the sweat box Cantone’s stage and proceeds to bulldoze the slack- jawwed crowd with a droolworthy set of supercharged punk and garage rawk.
[read more] ---Mach Bell

click on this image to read the full review of Alpinestars 77 Sunset Strip

CD5 / Alpinestars / 77 Sunset Strip / Faith & Hope

The title track is an upbeat/synthy and simple romp with soft male vocals that is nothing if not an absolutely perfect pop song.
[read more] ---Mike Tiernan

click on this image to read the full review of Alpinestars Interlaken

CD5 / Alpinestars / Interlaken / Faith & Hope

The Alpinestars try on Interlaken to do the same thing they did on 77 Sunset Strip. They do not succeed as they did on 77 Sunset Strip.
[read more] ---Mike Tiernan

click on this image to read the full review of Fly

CD / Fly / Put the Needle Down and Fly / Elefant Records

Carefully crafted tunes with strong bass lines and washes of keyboards. It truly is music that takes you on a journey. There isn't a bad track on this disc.
[read more] ---George F. Kilgoar III

click on this image to read the full review of Big Kahuna Kicks 2

CD / various / Big Kahuna Kicks 2 / Kahuna Cuts

From the get go this compilation is full of some monster bass and rhythms, sounds and textures to either chill out or get a groove.
[read more] ---Patrick Rands

click on this image to read the full review of FlexiPop

CD / various / FlexiPop / Ideal Records

The majority of the songs are nice slices of punky electropop, much more "clash" than "electro," if you fancy today's terminology.
[read more] ---Andrew Culler

click on this image to read the full review of Sonar 2002

2xCD / various / Sonar 2002 / Sonarmusic

While none of the tracks are unreleased, I doubt that anyone can listen to this comp without finding some new favorite by an artist you may have heard of, but never bought any records by.
[read more] ---Carl