Tagged issue-29

Crank Yankers "The Best Uncensored Crank Calls:  Volume 2" (Comedy Central Records) Crank Yankers, the Comedy Central Television Show, has released this version on compact disc, and it is definitely...

Various Artists "“Stay Tuned For The Holidays”: A Crank! Sampler" (Crank! Records) Old friend, for sure your time had past, with your dense arthritic arms outstretched to greet what once was great....

Amon Amarth "Versus the World" (Metal Blade) There's an overall melancholy feel to the recording which is strange for such double bass driven death metal, but I often find that death metal tends to alter...

Ancient Greeks "“The Song Is You”" (Flameshovel Records) Who would ever want a flaming shovel?  Coming at you as if in a fist of rage this off the wall Sea and Cake “Nassau” type record is as filled...

Various Artists "Badman’'s Bedtime Maladies" (Badman Recording Co.) I like to really get inside what I do and really understand its true meaning.  I once drank two 40s before a final because I was doing...

Bongzilla "Gateway" (Relapse Records) With a name like Bongzilla there is little chance of a misconception. Any idiot can easily see that this is stoner rock even before you pop this little piece of THC...

Botch "Unifying Themes Redux" (Excursion Records) It's tough to say, considering the awe-inspiring music this recently fallen band has made, but this is for completists only.  Combining all of the songs...

Brand New Sin "Self-Titled" (Now or Never Records) It's weird to get a Rock record.  It seems like nowadays if you've got a guitar in your band you've got about three options: punk, metal, or country....

Channel 3 "CH3" (Doctor Strange Records) According to the sticker on the cover of the CD, this is the best Channel 3 album since 1982's "Fear of Life"  1982!? Fuck!. That means these guys have to be at...

5ive's Continuum Research Project "The Hemophiliac Dream" (Tortuga Recordings) I read a book called Snow Crash a while ago.  It's some kind of cyber-punk sort of thing.  It was pretty interesting.  One...