Only listened to a couple of full albums yesterday:

764-HERO - Nobody Knows This Is Everywhere (2002)
I was very happy this popped up on eMusic the other day. I’m familiar with their first three but had never heard this final release. It’s excellent. They sound kind of like a cross between Built to Spill and Versus. AMG calls them “emo-core,” which is a label I do not understand. To me anything labeled “emo” sounds like something I should avoid. I’d say they’re “indie-rock” but what do I know? John Atkins is also half of both The Magic Magicians and The John and Spencer Booze Explosion. I wonder if either of those projects are still going?

Holly Golightly - The Main Attraction (2001)
One of these weekends I’ll run out of Holly Golightly albums to write about. Or maybe I should just give up now. What else can I say except that all of her albums are consistently good? Here’s another collection of 60’s influenced, somewhat garagey pop-rock. This was her second album, which means it was probably originally released around 1996. “Just Once” is one of my favorite songs by her. Great stuff.