Short Takes String Cheese Incident unleashes Untying the Not by Mike Breen 09-24-03

Short Takes RPM Records zigzags through some overlooked Soft Rock classics of the early ’70s by Mike Breen 09-17-03

Short Takes Pretty Girls Make Graves dig on The New Romance by Mike Breen 09-10-03

Short Takes Megan Reilly comes on strong along her Arc of Tessa by Mike Breen 09-03-03

Short Takes Vintage Soul material can buy The Beatles love by Mike Breen 08-27-03

Short Takes The Dandy Warhols welcome listeners to the monkey house by Mike Breen 08-20-03

Short Takes Nice doesn't begin to describe Puffy Amiyuni by Mike Breen 08-13-03

Short Takes Reviews of Holly Golightly, Paloalto and Ween by Mike Breen 08-06-03

Short Takes Reviews of Pole, Superjoint Ritual and Big Al Downing by Mike Breen 07-30-03

Short Takes Reviews of Mogwai, M-Ziq and Cheap Trick by Mike Breen 07-23-03

Short Takes Reviews of Liz Phair, Spock's Beard and Stratford 4 by Mike Breen 07-16-03

Short Takes Reviews of Sparks, KRS-ONE and the Mars Volta by Mike Breen 07-09-03

Short Takes Willie Nelson pays the right price for superstar duets by Mike Breen 07-02-03

Short Takes Dwele is the Subject for radio-ready music by Mike Breen 06-25-03

Short Takes Lizz Wright peppers her Salt through her newfangled Jazz voice by Mike Breen 06-18-03

Short Takes Fountians of Wayne bubble up with a quasi-Pop opera by Mike Breen 06-11-03

Short Takes Outrageous Cherry falls under the supernatual equinox while The Gossip turns up some Arkansas Heat by Mike Breen 06-04-03

Short Takes Dressy Bessy's RetroPop a little too simple and too cute as Manitoba's psychedlic flourishes go up in flames by Mike Breen 05-21-03

Short Takes Fruit Bats drink in Mouthfuls as Burnside Project sets The Networks ablaze by Mike Breen 05-14-03

Short Takes Macy Gray has little trouble being herself, The Bug applies Pressure, and it's easy being The Essex Green by Mike Breen 05-07-03

Short Takes The New Pornographers add to their beautiful body of work with Electric Version by Mike Breen 04-30-03

Short Takes CSO burns with the music of Stravinsky by Mike Breen 04-23-03

Short Takes For Jazz guitarist Charlie Hunter, Right Now is a let-down by Mike Breen 04-16-03

Short Takes The Jayhawks shine with Rainy Day Music by Mike Breen 04-09-03

Short Takes The White Stripes rides a precious Elephant by Mike Breen 04-02-03

Short Takes The Orb swings Back to Mine with a cohesive mix by Mike Breen 03-26-03

Short Takes The Sea and Cake crest with mature AltPop One Bedroom by Mike Breen 03-19-03

Short Takes Terry Reid navigates the River (Water) by Mike Breen 03-12-03

Short Takes Massive Attach takes a hit through their Window by Mike Breen 03-05-03

Short Takes Not all is happy with Ramones tribute by Mike Breen 02-26-03

Short Takes Seether is more than just the "Anti-Creed" by Mike Breen 02-19-03

Short Takes That other Elvis is king thanks to new Tribute CD by Mike Breen 02-12-03

Short Takes Creative Sole floats atop Hip Hop waters by Mike Breen 02-05-03

Short Takes Change is nothing to fear for Creeper Lagoon, plus reviews of Sanctus Real and Lab Partners by Mike Breen 01-15-03

Short Takes Reviews of Flickerstick, System of a Down and Someone Hollow by Mike Breen 01-08-03

Short Takes Reviews of Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man, Crimson Sweet and Avail by Mike Breen 12-12-02

Short Takes Reviews of Badly Drawn Boy, Donnie and Audioslave by Mike Breen 11-27-02

Short Takes Reviews of Underworld, Hot Water Music and Santana by Mike Breen 11-07-02

Short Takes Reviews of Beck, Minus the Bear and The Flaming Lips by Mike Breen 10-17-02

Short Takes Reviews of Richard X. Heyman and Sleater-Kinney by Mike Breen 09-05-02

Short Takes Reviews of Neko Case, Thursday and The Crawdaddy! Book by Mike Breen 08-22-02

Short Takes Reviews of Beth Orton, Audio Learning Center and Ani Difranco

by Mike Breen 08-14-02

Short Takes New music from Oasis, Mary Prankster and Audio Learning Center by Mike Breen 08-08-02

Short Takes New music from The Flaming Lips, Rosey and Superdrag by Mike Breen 07-25-02

Short Takes New music from Mike Ireland & Holler, The Walkmen and Butch Walker by Mike Breen 07-18-02

Short Takes Reviews of Sonic Youth, Victoria Williams and Robert Plant by Mike Breen 07-11-02

Short Takes Reviews of J-Live, Aerogramme and Arto Lindsay by Mike Breen 06-27-02

Short Takes New albums by Deadsy, Guided By Voices and Oakenfeld by Mike Breen 06-20-02

Short Takes by Mike Breen 06-06-02

Short Takes by Mike Breen 05-16-02

Short Takes by Kathy Y. Wilson 05-09-02

Short Takes by Mike Breen 04-18-02

Short Takes by Mike Breen 01-10-02

Short Takes by Mike Breen 12-06-01

Short Takes by Mike Breen 11-21-01

Short Takes by Mike Breen 11-01-01

Short Takes by Mike Breen 10-25-01

Short Takes by Kathy Y. Wilson 09-27-01

Short Takes by Mike Breen 09-13-01

Short Takes by Mike Breen 08-16-01

Short Takes by Mike Breen 08-02-01

Short Takes by Mike Breen 06-07-01

Short Takes by Kathy Y. Wilson 02-15-01

Short Takes by Mike Breen 01-04-01

Short Takes by Mike Breen 11-22-00

Short Takes by Mike Breen 11-16-00

Short Takes by Mike Breen 11-09-00

Short Takes by Mike Breen 11-02-00

Short Takes by Mike Breen 10-05-00

Short Takes by Mike Breen 09-28-00

Short Takes by Mike Breen 09-21-00

Short Takes by Mike Breen 08-17-00

Short Takes by Mike Breen 07-14-00

Short Takes by Mike Breen 07-13-00

Short Takes by Mike Breen 07-12-00

Short Takes by Mike Breen 06-15-00

Short Takes by Mike Breen 06-08-00

Short Takes by Kathy Y. Wilson 06-01-00

Short Takes by Mike Breen 05-11-00

Short Takes by Mike Breen 04-27-00

Short Takes by Mike Breen 04-20-00

Short Takes by Mike Breen 04-13-00

Short Takes by Mike Breen 04-06-00

Short Takes by Kathy Y. Wilson 02-03-00

From Hallelujah to Hell No New Gospel releases range from The Dixie Hummingbirds' ebullient 70th anniversary celebration to Knee-C's non-stop flop by Kathy Y. Wilson 10-07-99

short takes Reviews of Me'shell Ndegéocello, The Beautiful South, Days of the New and Christina Aguilera by Mike Breen 09-16-99

Short Takes Reviews of Self, Maxwell, the Paladins and Cloud Eleven by Mike Breen 09-02-99

short takes Reviews of Bis and Motley Crue and The Scorpions (live) by Mike Breen 08-05-99

short takes Reviews of Charlie Hunter/Leon Parker, Mark Isham, Steve Coleman and Five Elements and Macy Gray by Kathy Y. Wilson 07-15-99

Short Takes Reviews of Suede, Os Mutantes and Doug Hoekstra by Mike Breen 07-01-99

Short Takes by Kathy Y. Wilson 06-17-99

Short Takes by Mike Breen 05-27-99

Short Takes by Mike Breen 05-13-99

Short Takes by Kathy Y. Wilson 04-22-99

Short Takes by Mike Breen 04-15-99

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Short Takes by Mike Breen 03-11-99

Short Takes by Mike Breen 03-04-99

Short Takes by Mike Breen 02-25-99

Short Takes by Mike Breen 02-18-99

Short Takes by Mike Breen 02-11-99

Short Takes by Mike Breen 01-28-99