Our indie spazz-core darlings, the Blood Brothers paid us another visit, this time at the top of the bill, in a venue slightly smaller than their last appearance at the Gothic. But, the cozier quarters were actually a plus, as the crowd clearly came for the band, and not for whatever other reason people go […]
I swear it’s 1995, not 2005. Much of the better rock music I’ve heard lately sounds, feels, and looks like a throwback to my high school days, when I adored bands like Possum Dixon, The Smashing Pumpkins, and Pavement. This isn’t a complaint; in fact it’s a blessing. alaska!’s second release, Rescue Through Tomahawk, is […]
A bold and solid sophomore release from New Jersey’s Armor For Sleep, What To Do When You Are Dead packs a mean punch in pop-punk’s stoney mug with a killer concept album. The title pretty much says it all: an ongoing reflection of regret and disappointment in the afterlife. Make no mistake, though, this is […]
When you hear the line “New Jersey’s most accomplished ska-punk combo,” about a hundred bad jokes come to mind, and only about half of those are about New Jersey. The ska-punk trend seems to be dead, but don’t tell Catch-22 that. Still, listening to them sucks me straight back into the late ’90s and the […]
Fourteen years ago, Crain, an art-punk quartet hailing from Louisville, Kentucky, recorded their debut album in Steve Albini’s basement on an eight track. They released – and quickly sold – 1000 vinyl copies of the results early the following year and went on to release one more album before breaking up in 1996 before their […]
Kaffeine Buzz doesn’t often review EPs. In the case of locals Five Style Fist there wasn’t a question that an exception would be made. With just three tracks, this introduction to their upcoming full-length Left Right In The Middle overflows with more musical substance than many CDs with three times as many tracks – quality, […]
If you’re one of the people who think Coheed And Cambria would be a great band if only their vocalist would knock off the Geddy Lee howling and they’d tone down all that spacey crap, Kaddisfly could be right up your alley. If you’re one of the people (are there any?) that think a collaboration […]
Denver will finally be getting a chance to flex its musical muscles at this year’s South By Southwest Music Conference in Austin, Texas. SXSW, a tradition for the past 18 years, fills Austin’s 50 hottest venues with the best up-and-coming acts of the year, going 24 hours a day for four days straight from March […]
New York loves this boy. So do I, and so should you. Joshua Novak is a Denver native who creates intense and awesome singer-songwriter material comparable to the emergent New York solo artist scene that holds claim to such burgeoning acts as Devendra Banhart and Kimya Dawson. During an evening discussion with a Twin Beaks […]
I get really excited when I have the chance to review an album from a Denver-based band. I get all giddy with hometown pride, and I honestly don’t care who or what it is, I just want to hear it. When I received my copy of Yellow Second’s latest release, Altitude, in the mail, I […]
