Steffen Westmark: vocals/guitarSoren V. Christensen: organAllan F. Villadsen: bassPer M. Jorgenson: drums What do you do if you’re a sixth-grader in small-town Denmark and all the kids tease you for having long hair and listening to classic rock’n’roll? Why, find the only other sixth graders like you and start a band, of course. The Blue […]
Yeah, they’re that pop-punk band with the violinist. You probably can’t really remember what they sound like because they sound like so many other people… except they’ve got a violinist! They are however pretty decent live and popular as fuck, which goes someway to explaining this release. That’s right kids! This is a re-release of […]
Oh god. Is the world coming to an end? We’re in a whirl of political chaos and war. The earth seems to be melting. People have to get online to find their friggin’ soulmate. We’re in debt up to our eyeballs. We have a really bad actor running one of the wealthiest states in the […]
The Soviettes aren’t really from the former Soviet Union. They are from someplace almost as cold, though–Minnesota. You wouldn’t know it from listening to their new record, titled L.P. III, though. There are heaping spoonfuls of California and New York in their sound, pop and punk and of course the obligatory 80s influence, but it’s […]
At first glance the new self titled debut from Slik Helvetika looks to be another Scandinavian hair metal band wielding their goblet of rock in garb raided from Rob Halford’s closet. Upon further inspection though you realize the band is headed by former members of Philadelphia power-metal outfit, Destroyer, including its near-legendary front man, Mikhall […]
Why does Arizona have all the cool bands? First Jimmy Eat World, then The Bled and now Scary Kids Scaring Kids. These guys have emerged from the Phoenix desert with the most innovative rock to hit the current scene. Their clean mix of keyboards, melodic, yet hardcore vocals, metal-like, guitar charged riffs and poppy beats […]
LA’s Side One Dummy label has a wonderful habit of putting out very large, very good compilations for not much money at all (they’re responsible for the ever popular Warped collections too) and with Punx Unite (co-released by New Jersey’s Charged Records) they’ve done it again. Thirty-two tracks, from strictly underground punk bands – the […]
LOCAL NEWS Uphollow – The band has skipped the live music scene lately in order to make time for the release of their new CD/DVD release “Jackets For The Trip.” The album is currently being mixed by Bob Ferbrache and is looking a late July release date. The video side of things is also being […]
Up For Grabs (2005, Mike Wranovics) In 2001, while America was still in shock from 9/11 and pretending to be unified at home, busily wondering why the rest of the world hated us, two guys in San Francisco set out to show everyone. Barry Bonds hit his 73rd regular season home run, setting a new […]
Billed as a concept album about Sacramento, California, An Angle’s sophomore offering is possibly the most exciting thing to occur in the Golden State’s capital city since the Bones Brigade’s Tommy Guerrero won the Sacto skate jam back in the ‘80s. It’s hard to determine if the constant references to alcohol are a nod to […]
