Review: The Agenda!

The Agenda! "Start the Panic" (Kindercore) Like The Hives?  How about The Strokes?  Well, there's another mod-core band out there with a singer that sounds more distorted than Charlie Brown's parents...

Review: The Arrivals

The Arrivals "Exsenator Orange" (Thick Records) Whenever I hear a punk record I have to admit that I prepare myself mentally for some redundant replicated sounding shit.  It's always "Fuck this!" and...

Review: The Beautiful Mistake

The Beautiful Mistake "Light A Match, For I Deserve to Burn" (The Militia Group) Someone was so behind this release, and wanted us to check it out in advance so they burned us a CDR.  The first one...

Review: The Blood Brothers

The Blood Brothers "March on Electric Children" (Three One G) Classically different.  The Blood Brothers blend so many ingredients into this masterpiece, "March on Electric Children," that you could...

Review: The Blow

The Blow "“Bonus Album”" (Secretly Canadian) As my wife so eloquently put it “The Blow, blows!”  Frankly, I have to agree with her because I just don’t know where the hell this stuff fits into the...

Review: The Boils

The Boils "The Ripping Waters EP" (Thorp Records) Karl Marx would have liked The Boils. Their anthems of rising up against the bourgeoisie will have every kid in plaid pants and spiked bracelets singing...

Review: The Crush

The Crush "Here is Where I Cross My Fingers" (Adeline Records) Adeline has got a serious talent for scouting new bands.  Their latest offering is a four piece emo-punk outfit from Minneapolis that simply...

Review: Sucking the 70’s

Various Artists "Sucking the 70's" (Small Stone Records) Small Stone records corralled 35 bands from six countries to deliver this 2-CD blast of heavy, '70s rock distilled to an even more dangerous proof....

Review: Superdrag

Superdrag "Last Call for Vitriol" (Arena Rock Recording Company) Superdrag is a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. They have been churning out riffs and hooks for years, but have yet to ascend to higher...

Review: Swearing At Motorists

Swearing At Motorists "This Flag Signals Goodbye" (Secretly Canadian) How many stunningly good two-man bands can come out of Ohio? Earlier this year The Black Keys rocked the blues like no white boys ever...