Tagged issue-17

The International Noise Conspiracy - interview by Michael Moriatis...

LOADER MILK - by bushman home On a tip from a local promoter, I was advised to swing down to Cane's...

The Eyeliners "Sealed with a Kiss" (Panic Button) More Ramones-ish pop-punk, except for these are three gals, supposedly sisters.  Catchy, as expected, but vacuous.  Like The Donnas, but even poppier...

The Movie Life "Has a Gambling Problem" (Drive Thru Records) With smooth vocals and a little more creativity, Movie Life breezes thru their second EP release, now on Drive Thru records, pausing only to...

The Dismemberment Plan "Change" (DeSoto) The Dismemberment Plan are like the jazz/adult-oriented answer to the emo/indie scene.  Meaning, once you wade through all the "music" out there, you start to get...

To/Die/For "Epilogue" (Nuclear Blast) The press release seems to want to push the term "Gothic" onto this band, and sure enough the vocals do have Christian Death sort of Gothic appeal, but the vocalist...

Vegas Demilo "Motel California" (Pinch Hit) Despite the surface sentiment of their Elvis Costello rip-off "Radio", which curses the banality of mainstream music, Vegas Demillo doesn't escape being just...

Wizard "Head of the Deceiver" (SPV) Wizard is a poor man's Iron Maiden with a dash of a middle class worker drone's Manowar and a sprinkling of a drunken spare changers German Power Metal (Rage,...

Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Self-Titled" (Shifty) There’s a garage rock revival that the record companies are whipping up and it’ll soon become a frenzy, but I’m all for it as long as it results in bands like the...

Somnambulist "The Paranormal Humidor" (The Laser's Edge) This is "The Paranormal Humidor," as opposed to the Abnormal Humidor known as Lewinsky's cunt. Joking aside, the word "eclectic" comes to mind...