Robert Christgau: Dean of American Rock Critics

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  • Moon Safari [Source/Caroline, 1998] A-
  • Premiers Symptomes [Astralwerks, 1999] Dud
  • The Virgin Suicides [Astralwerks, 2000] *
  • Everybody Hertz [Astralwerks, 2002] Dud

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Moon Safari [Source/Caroline, 1998]
As a rock yeoman in good standing, I direct postrock chauvinists to Simon Jeffes's Brian Eno-sponsored Penguin Cafe Orchestra, whose similar (albeit unamplified) hipster kitsch can now be found in the New Age bin. For the nonce, however, the comfy-funk bass, space-age sound effects, and moments of cool femme treacle on this moist piece of patisserie are good-humored enough to win over even an old-ager who remembers when easy listening was worth hating. A-

Premiers Symptomes [Astralwerks, 1999] Dud

The Virgin Suicides [Astralwerks, 2000]
Already de facto soundtrack, they didn't need a real movie to distract them from meaning something ("Ghost Song," "Dirty Trip"). *

Everybody Hertz [Astralwerks, 2002] Dud