Chaos View
Such is the clout ofDave Matthewsthat even the most minor of his Charlottesville, Virginia, brethren are lifted to prominence. Witness the left-field success of Tim Reynolds, a frequent DMB live supporter and a fellow folkie who shared the stage with Matthews on the recording ofLive at Luther College. Despite the obvious connections, Reynolds gingerly sidesteps DMB's lilting acoustic rock onChaos View, instead favoring intricate electronic effects and lyrics steeped in politics and post-millennial uncertainty. His sonic experiments work best on tracks like "Radar Contact" and "Skeleton Walls"--angular, ethereal songs that are refreshingly free of corporate focus-pocus.--Aidin Vaziri