Better Than Capone's Vault

Did you miss an issue of No Ugly Babies (God forbid)? These are the soon-to-be-vaunted (we hope) No Ugly Babies archives. Enjoy.

Issue #7 - June 1999

  • Blur - 13
  • Marmoset - Today It's You
  • Sloan - 4 Nights At The Palais Royale
  • Fountains of Wayne - Utopia Parkway
  • Lilys/a> - The 3-Way
  • Fruited Plain - Steadman, Window Shopper's Nightmare, Ten Story Love, The Laces, Longhair

    Issue #6 - April 1999

  • Captain, My Captain - An interview with Robert Pollard
  • I've Owned You For Centuries - A Guided by Voices primer for the uninitiated
  • Sleater-Kinney - The Hot Rock
  • Joe Henry - Fuse
  • Elf Power - A Dream In Sound
  • XTC - Apple Venus Vol. 1
  • Mudhoney - Tomorrow Hit Today
  • Forgotten Favorites - A Bad Religion retrospective

    Issue #5 - March 1999

  • Wilco - Summer Teeth
  • Tobin Sprout - Let's Welcome The Circus People
  • Imperial Teen - What Is Not To Love
  • Silver Jews - American Water
  • Johnny Smoke - Launcher
  • Lilys - Services (For The Soon To Be Departed)
  • From Across The Fruited Plain - Alec James, Anthemic Pop Wonder, Bryan Kelley, Faux Republic, Magnetic Health Factory

    Issue #4 - February 1999

  • Sex. Lies. Audiotape. - Explored: the connection between intimacy and music.
  • Robert Pollard - Kid Marine
  • Another Kid Marine review
  • Olivia Tremor Control - Black Foliage: Animation Music
  • Doug Gillard - Malamute Jute
  • Flat Earth Showcase: United States Three and Lola
  • Mercury Rev - Deserter Songs
  • Tobin Sprout - Wax Nails
  • Forgotten Favorites - A Velocity Girl retrospective
  • Black Crowes - By Your Side

    Issue #3 - January 1999

  • Most Of It Was Crap - A look back on 1998, plus predictions for 1999.
  • Hershel Savage & The American Flag - self-titled
  • Cadmium Orange - Rocket Pole
  • Fear of Pop - Volume 1
  • Howe Gelb - Hisser
  • From Across The Fruited Plain - Bliss, Punchdrunk

    Issue #2 - December 1998

    Tribute to Metal

  • Confessions of a Former Metalhead Brandon's elegy to the way we were.
  • We Were Metal Godz Lane's equally eloquent piece on Heavy Metal days of yore.
  • Seven essential Metal records.

    Reviews of:

  • Liz Phair - whitechocolatespaceegg
  • Velvet Goldmine soundtrack
  • R.E.M. - Up
  • Hole - Celebrity Skin
  • Richard Buckner - Since
  • Catatonia - International Velvet
  • The Minders - Hooray For Tuesday
  • Gomez - Bring It On
  • Various Artists - Sound:CHECK
  • Guided By Voices - Watch Me Jumpstart (video)
  • Grant Lee Buffalo - Live in Chicago
  • Black Crowes - Live in Fort Wayne

    Issue #1 - July 1998

    Reviews of:

  • Guided by Voices - Live in Chicago, 7.18.98
  • Sloan - Navy Blues
  • Sloan - another Navy Blues review
  • Robert Pollard - Waved Out
  • Robert Pollard - another Waved Out review
  • Jeff Buckley - (Sketches For) My Sweetheart The Drunk
  • The Donnas - American Teenage Rock'N'Roll Machine
  • Rufus Wainwright - Rufus Wainwright
  • The Lilys - Better Can't Make Your Life Better
  • Gentle Readers - You In Black & White
  • Pernice Brothers - Overcome By Happiness

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