1/29/00	BASIC GIST: [on Excess]'...has a real throwback appeal, which could work it's magic with modern and mainstream listeners...' Click to read full piece
1/00	BASIC GIST: '...one of the most different, smart and hook-filled rock albums to come along in a long time.' (he also happens to hate our clothes, check it out!) Click to read full piece
8/28/99	BASIC GIST: [on Heather's Arrest]'...a lively upbeat track with an infectious bassline...layers of jangly guitars (with just enough wah-wah pedal) tackle the listener and yeah-yeah sing-along choruses keep the ball rolling...support from a just a few creative programmers could introduce these indies to the world.' Click to read full piece
8/2/99	BASIC GIST: Artist Profile Interview. [on the future of the music industry, MP3 etc...] "Music on-line is fascinating! Millions of ears and no middle man; the possibilities are endless". Click to read full piece
7/23/99	BASIC GIST: 'GiftHorse and their debut LP, Excess, Lies And Heather's Arrest, is a true find.' Click to read full piece
8/6/99	BASIC GIST: Shows Specialty Radio chart activity and small blurb: '...congrats to Pinch Hit Records for debuting GiftHorse's single, "Heather's Arrest"...' Click to read full piece
8/11/99	BASIC GIST: 'If you take away Cake's ostentatious vibrancy, leave their penchant for witty, self-deprecating perversity, add in Black Crows-like guitar loops and a Lennon/Petty vocal charisma, the music of GiftHorse will surely wriggle through.' Click to read full piece
8/27/99	BASIC GIST: 'GiftHorse bolts out of the chute with a tremendous 10-song debut album.' Click to read full piece
10/28/99	BASIC GIST: 'GiftHorse races to the top with it's single, "Heather's Arrest".' Click to read full piece
Volume 5 Issue 98	BASIC GIST: (2 separate reviews; CD and live show) 'The enigmatically titled Excess Lies And Heather's Arrest is nothing short of a superb collection of songs.' Click to read full piece
9/23/99	BASIC GIST: 'Known for clever, often biting lyrics, this guitar-driven band confidently walks the line between rough garage rock and smart indie-rock.' Click to read full piece
9/30/99	BASIC GIST: 'Bret Levick still knows how to stitch David Bowie's glittery pop of excess onto John Lennon's rougher tapestry of sound without seeming like a chintzy rip-off artist. Lenny Kravitz had better keep an eye over his fashionably-clad shoulder...' Click to read full piece
9/23/99	BASIC GIST: 'Every tune on this album has a sense it is a finished and completed work. No threads are left hanging and the tunes all rock' Click to read full piece
Vol. 4, No. 5 -1999	BASIC GIST: (Not a great review but what the hell...) 'As a critic, I'm in the position of litterally having to look this GiftHorse in the mouth...' Click to read full piece
10/99	BASIC GIST: 'Mott The Hoople. David Bowie. T-Rex. GiftHorse?' Click to read full piece
9/24/99	BASIC GIST: (includes charting activity) 'Excess, Lies And Heather's Arrest is a great record and should do well...' 'Keep an eye on this one. It hit #20 on The Album Network's Fairly Underground Specialty Show Airplay charts just after it's release...' Click to read full piece
July 28 - August 10, 1999	BASIC GIST: 'This album is consistantly good from start to finish.' 'With the many drug refferences, one would hope that this band won't go the way of Stone Temple Pilots.' Click to read full piece
8/12/99	BASIC GIST: 'GiftHorse is definitely an up-and-coming band. It's classic with it's own twist of style.' Click to read full piece
September/October 1999	BASIC GIST: '...jaded characters and sarcasm fill this disk space well...' Click to read full piece
8/30/99	BASIC GIST: This one is in MC's Signing Stories section. It's about how GiftHorse hooked up with Pinch Hit Records etc... Click to read full piece