A snotty, “We don’t need anything from you” is the first lyrical declaration on Where the Sun Never Sets. I immediately think I am hearing a NOFX side-project or something Propaghandi has thrown together; but it doesn’t bear the Fat Wreck imprint, so it must to stand alone.
Kicking the National Habit is the debut album from English duo Grand National; and if its acclaim across the pond is any sign, this freshman LP is a tell-tale introduction that hints emphatically towards an epic-length story.
Listening to any type of music, the brain cannot help itself from flashing imagery of all sorts. When The Lashes’ Get It starts to rock, the mind-produced music video starts to roll, sporting frontman Ben twisting his lanky body to and fro with early Elvis Costelloesque maneuvers from the SNL days of the ‘80s. The […]
After selling out a slew of dates last winter (as a warm-up act mind you) and an appearance on the ever-trendy OC, The Subways have definitely shown why they’re worthy of a bigger stage.
Various Artists – Take Action! Volume 5Hopeless/Sub City Records The punk rock benefit compilation seems to be the new black. Record labels we’ve hardly heard of pop up out of the woodwork with an album full of artists you know to benefit a cause you probably support. This recent trend may have been brought to […]
It may have taken 20+ years or so, but the formula of a rock mega tour finally hopped over to the world of electronic music. In 2002 it happened with Sasha and Digweed’s Delta Heavy Tour, which reached over 85,000 fans across the country. With a few decades of multi-city tour planning under his belt […]
