Madonna

Spin (3/00, p.151) - 8 out of 10 - "...[Kicks] sheets of head-melting skree equal parts Texas rawk swagger and Pacific Northwest postpunk thunder. Everyone trades instruments...on divine screamers that aren't above driving the occasional melody with a buried xylophone..." Q (8/00, p.96) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...An earnest, intense punk-metal racket which nevertheless rewards close and repeated listening....Engaging stuff." Uncut (8/00, p.102) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Their music, a scrapyard of whining feedback and tumbling riffs, draws heavily on SISTER-era Sonic Youth..." Alternative Press (2/00, pp.76-7) - 4 out of 5 - "...one of the more spirited post-punk outfits....assaults listeners with an unbridled blast of sweet noise....They're full of adrenaline and they know how to channel it - the dark melodies that enhance the experience are just icing on the cake." Magnet (1-2/00, p.65) - "...flickers between fiery-yet-polished punk that burns blindingly bright and dramatic, film-score incidental mood music....absolutely bracing....MADONNA rocks." Melody Maker (5/30/00, p.56) - 4.5 stars out of 5 - "...13 reconfigurations of what song-writing is capable of, rock functioning on a dizzy mix of the immediacy and instinct and an almost abstract expressionist stroke....an unimpeachably beautiful album for the end of the world-listening..." Mojo (Publisher) (7/00, p.101) - "...It has its top-flight moments....'Perfect Teenhood', MADONNA's best track, ends proceedings on a cacophonous high, with a cheery string of [expletives], and a better indication of what this soon-to-be great band is capable of."