Review: The Used

The Used "Self-Titled" (Warner Brothers) So yeah, these guys have a music video and songs on the radio, but I've never heard (of) them. What has this CD taught me? Take everything you can learn from bands...

Review: The Young and the Useless

The Young and the Useless "Self-Titled" (Thorp Records) I went down to LA last weekend.  I was hoping I'd run into Kelli Skye, but I'm not even sure if she lives in LA, so I had to admit my chances of...

Review: Tiger Army

Tiger Army "Early Years" (Hellcat Records) Re-releases are cool right now.  If re-releases were muscles they'd be abs.  Everyone wants great abs and everyone seems to be falling all over each other,...

Review: Today is the Day

Today is the Day "Sadness Will Prevail" (Relapse Records) Have you done your Christmas shopping yet?  Of course you have, because by the time you're reading this it's already January (even February,...

Review: Until the End

Until the End "Let the World Burn" (Eulogy Recordings) I just finished reading "Cat's Cradle" by Kurt Vonnegut.  It's not about the world burning, but about the world freezing.  Well, it's not really...

Review: How We Rock

Various Artists "How We Rock" (Burning Heart Records) A big ol' heaping hunk of rock and roll.  The greasy rock.  The dirt on the grill, blood in the gears rock and roll.  Most of the bands here, work...

Review: Vaux

Vaux "“On Life; Living”" (Volcom Entertainment) Volcom has become a Generation X, extreme sports and now music conglomerate.  Pretty soon they will have their own HungryMan Dinners in your local...

Review: Wanted Dead

Wanted Dead "Repercussions" (Chunksaah Records) More than one punk band has proclaimed punk rock's immortality and Wanted Dead is no exception. The first track off Repercussions screams "Punk rock will...

Review: Wonderlick

Wonderlick "Self-Titled" (Future Farmer) Easy going music.  That is confused in direction, and all directions are wrong to begin with.  Some songs are the 'guy and his acoustic' singing about, yes,...

Review: Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Machine" EP (Touch and Go) This EP starts out so fucking cool. "Machine", the opening track, is a rad song with cool guitar sounds and mid tempo drumming that makes me think of......