Anytime you see a “best of” when it comes to album releases it’s typically because of the need to a band’s contractual agreement. This is not to poo-poo the idea of this hit driven concept. In fact, it can be a great way to introduce newbies to a given group with some of their best […]
Three’s a(nother) charm for the band that taught Green Day how to dress. They may have formed in 2000, and have released half as many albums as the aforementioned ‘biggest rock band on Earth,’ but The Briefs have got the style down. With skinny ties and simplicity, stripes, and sunglasses that new wave could only […]
Oh, Face to Face. You take me back to high school. To Lacie’s beat-up Subaru on the way home from Savannah, singing along to “Disconnected” buzzed on several coffee house free refills that we drank while pretending so hard to be hip. We weren’t, of course, but that’s what’s fun about going back to those […]
Thunder, Lightning, Strike could be a soundtrack for a cartoon featuring children who turn into old school hip-hop superheroes to battle evil. This debut album from The Go! Team is overwhelmingly move-your-feet-inducing, indeed I felt strange listening to it in front of my computer and not amidst a crowd illuminated by disco light. Nor is […]
It’s a metal-lectric onslaught! Lightening speed metal has a tendency to just race ahead like a naked, blindfolded tweaker on East Colfax. While Horse the Band’s debut The Mechanical Hand definitely has its tweaky moments, it also has a recognizable mastery of the breakdown, and the build.
Tokyo casts another powerful jab of punk rock with One Shot, One Kill, the first LP from girl-fronted, hard stompin’, spit flingin’ street-punks, Last Target. The group has released a pair of splits (with One for All and The Boils, respectively); and if you follow Japanese punk, you’ll recognize singer, Ryoko from her previous group, […]
With Vheissu, Thrice deliver the most definitive record of their career. The title was inspired by Thomas Pynchon’s classic underground novel from 1963 titled: “V.”, which is a loose collection of arcane myths and ideas. While explanations for the title aren’t entirely specific, the band alludes to the many crossroads and decisions they’re faced with […]
Occupation: Dreamland (Garrett Scott and Ian Olds) Ask anyone about the war in Iraq and more times than not you’ll get a response, either pro or con. Mothers, fathers, wives and husbands have vocalized their emotions, their beliefs. Politicians have thrown their prepared speeches across the televisions screens while drones applaud and the rest of […]
Three Dancing Slaves (Gaël Morel) Honestly, this movie was a bit painful at first. It started off so slow I debated if I could get through the entire 90 minutes. One of the main characters, Marc (Nicholas Cazalé), was an a-typical loser: good looking but with no job, hanging out with the wrong crowd, somehow […]
