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...

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...

Torn in Two "Sol Deo Gloria" (Facedown) So, this is Christcore.  Well, I could really get into the idea of Christian hardcore if most of it wasn't just a crappy version of work done by secular bands of...

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...

Victim's Family "Apocalicious" (Alternative Tentacles) These veteran, funky, spazzy-jazzy, punk rockers have been around since at least 1985, and they're still fucking amazing.  Plenty of an old school...

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...

The Bad Luck 13 Riot Extravaganza "We Kill Children" (Too Damn Hype) By the look of the pictures in the booklet Bad Luck 13 certainly seems to have quite the interesting stage show.  I'm sure one could...