When the red is fighting the blue, when human rights and free speech are still being defended, as we the dollar sinks and the debt rises, as we’re all still pushing to keep our personal world running, the Chemical Brothers come to our rescue with our anthem for 2005. All we need to do is […]
Graham Coxon, formerly of Blur, is almost more fun by himself. Less Brit-Poppy and more garage-rocky, with sassy, sarcastic vocals and a ‘60s and ‘70s vibe, Happiness in Magazines is fun and shows off the development of a solo artist.
The Moaners, a two-girl blues-rock outfit from North Carolina, debut with Dark Snack, a down-and-dirty, girls-in-charge record full of swagger and feedback. Guitarist and singer Melissa Swingle, formerly of Trailer Bride, and drummer Laura King of Grand National, among other bands, come together with a sound that strikes me as the Cramps meeting the White […]
I find it interesting that Spike Priggen has chosen to release a full-length album of cover songs as his sophomore effort. According to Spike himself, “A lot of people might think it’s weird for a songwriter’s second album to be all other people’s songs, but a lot of the artists I really admire were known […]
The Inheritance (Per Fly) American’s have often been accused of living a motto of “live to work” versus the “work to live” lifestyle we see Europeans enjoying, and might I add, with a bit of envy as our weekends turn into workends. The thought of taking eight weeks of vacation is unheard of as is […]
Roger Miret: Vocals and guitarRhys Kill: Guitar and vocalsBrian Darwas: Bass and vocalsMike Mulieri: Drums Roger Miret is a lot of things: the frontman for Agnostic Front and the Disasters, a lifelong proud New Yorker, a music fan with wide-ranging tastes, brutally honest, and an incorrigible flirt. All of these things combined make talking to […]
Some bands are just made for the radio. Robbers on High Street is definitely one of those bands. Their second release, Tree City, is exactly what pop-rock radio ordered. Tree City has the easy-listening capabilities of a Matchbox 20 record, and the catchiness and quirkiness of a Harvey Danger or Fastball single. This is not […]
