Murder City Devils07/29 | Capitol Hill Block Party, Seattle07/30 | Showbox, Seattle Late lords of wolfman-howling, brooding cowboy/trucker/sailor rock, The Murder City Devils have raised themselves from a five-year slumber to assemble for The Capitol Hill Block Party in their hometown of Seattle, WA. Having run all pre-sale tickets a week before the event, an […]
On the self-titled debut from Black Stone Cherry, four from the middle-of-nowhere Kentuckians display how to inject modern rock and metal influences into the tried-and-true southern rock format.
Another Gay Movie (Todd Stephens) In the throbbing vein of modern day, kitchy and colorful films, “Another Gay Movie” takes a crate of neon Crayolas, some fabulous Eichler style, mid-century modern homes, and Brady/Leave It To Beaver suburban flair (even the movie’s font title is pulled from the Brady archives) to take a literal “poke” […]
Be Your Own Pet is a spastic little foursome straight outta music city, Nashville represent! They love Iggy and the Stooges, caffeine, spicy food, T-Rex, and playing a fast, “uptight fun” style of punk rock for twenty-somethings with ADD. They hate having asthma, yep all four have it, they hate flat tires, runny eggs, and […]
It’s really hard to dislike what CSS is doing on their debut album for Sub Pop records, Cansei De Ser Sexy. The young sextet from San Paolo, Brazil, truly has a knack in causing an unforeseen addiction to their overall catchy as fuck sound. In what plays out like a semi-replica of Peaches or The […]
Less underground hip-hop vibe, more ‘80s Hair Band sound, The Return of Dr. Octagon—one of the many alias’s of East Coast bred MC Kool Keith—is big on production, but somehow lacking in the vast lyrical tomfoolery that this prolific musician has come to be known for. That’s not to say there aren’t moments that recall […]
In the ever-changing landscape of indie rock, the increasing utilization of keyboards and synthesizers are slowly becoming the rule, not the exception. But like a gallon of milk passed its expiration, each sub-genre continues to yield approximately one last bowl of cereal into the belly of the scene. Enter Terrior Bute, a three-piece straight outta […]
A few weeks back some peeps and I were in a round table discussion about a band’s sound potential, and how it often it doesn’t make it to the shiny disc that slides into the CD player. You see a band play live somewhere and pick up the CD at the show because they really […]
Apparently, according to the press release I received, Missouri-based The North Atlantic was born on the same day as I was: October 15th. But I am not so sure that this album heralds as glorious an arrival as I did some two-odd decades ago. I came out two weeks early and was no bigger than […]
