The release of their new album Garden Ruin, sees Calexico taking a different tact with their music and simplifying some of their sound. I saw them when they came to town most recently with Iron and Wine and feel that the touring collaboration may have had some influence on this most recent release. The band […]
When they say they listen to a bit of everything, Hard-Fi might just be telling the truth. After kicking off the album with the first single, “Cash Machine,” Talking Heads and Happy Mondays come to mind, laced with modern elements as they proclaim that the computer has replaced the guitar as the punk rock instrument. […]
Well, after tons of singles, EP’s, comp tracks, splits, 10 full length records, and 15 world tours NOFX is still playing their brand of punk rock by their own rules, and still kicking some decent ass with it, pushing 40 no less. Even though they are a little more vocal about their political stance in […]
People Under The Stairs has long been considered one of the underground’s best groups. Members Double K and Thes One, honed their talents on “the fringe of L.A.’s late-90’s hip-hop underground.” Devoting themselves to jazzy samples, hype beats, and humorously intricate rhymes, the duo would release their debut album, The Next Step, in 1998. They […]
Reminiscent of some Prince Paul/ Dan The Automator collaboration, Dudley Perkins’ sophomore CD, Expressions (2012 A.U.), which pairs the unlikely singer with the evil genius of Madlib, is every bit as funky, irreverent and quirky as anything by Bootsy, George or Parliament. Psychedelic with a hip-hop and soul vibe, Dudley lays down his “rap” with […]
Minneapolis has always cranked out impressive music on the side-lines of pop and rock, from the Replacements and Husker Du, to Babes in Toyland and Soul Asylum, to Lifter Puller, to… In the latest development grabbing (inter)national attention, it’s rock’s turn to ride again (in the path of Atmosphere and other Rhymesayer’s hip-hop successes) with […]
Recently named to AP’s ‘100 Bands You Need To Know’ in 2006, Ryan’s Hope release their new album Apocalypse in Increments on the fairly new imprint Punk News Records (distributed by Epitaph). The record, produced by Dan Precision (Rise Against, 88 Fingers Louie, Break the Silence) is a slick, yet hard driving punk rock record. […]
Scissorfight is one of those bands that can be absolutely loved or vehemently hated. They should be admired for their simplicity and their ability to deliver quality rock songs with great consistency. But their lack of variation and originality can be as annoying. Either way, the four piece from the backwoods of New Hampshire is […]
Ask and you shall receive. The story of how the second album for this twinkling, moxy made duo Sing-Sing, came to be is often mentioned in the reviews of Sing-Sing and I and in most of their bio stories. But if you haven’t heard about it, its tale is worth telling again, even if you […]
I suppose that I was given Doublewide and Live to review as a result of accent-ism. It’s kind of like racism, except you are judged by how you pronounce your A’s and R’s as apposed to the color of your skin. My speech patterns exhibit qualities most closely related with what is known as “Virginia […]
