Email Author Jason Bracelin

2002 Stories by Jason Bracelin

• Christina Aguilera

  published December 12, 2002

  Christina Aguilera's problem has always been overcompensation. On her debut, the young waif was so eager to show off her pipes she mostly sounded... More >>

• Pearl Jam

  published November 21, 2002

  If Pearl Jam once came across as a group of populist party-poopers who helped put a bar code on teen-age angst, these born-again progressives now... More >>

• Nile

  published October 17, 2002

  Every last conceit that makes heavy metal both goofy and great is encapsulated on Nile's fourth full-length, the colossal In Their Darkened... More >>

• Papa Roach

  published July 4, 2002

  If Korn's expansive Untouchables slammed the coffin lid on narrow-minded nü-metal, Papa Roach's second album--released just one week... More >>

• Boxcar Racer

  published June 6, 2002

  If blink-182's last record, the surprisingly maudlin Take Off Your Pants and Jacket, was like a pinch of novocaine in the Vaseline, the... More >>