A true emcee’s MC, Brother Ali follows up his critically lauded Champion EP with the incredibly passionate The Undisputed Truth, an album filled with the brash, straightforward lyricism of Champion and the personal truth and delivery of his first album Shadows On The Sun.
The Germans – Cape Fear
Toronto-based, non-Deutschen boys The Germans have released a loud fuzzy guitar rock album called Cape Fear. This album consists of music that is a tribute to bands like Sonic Youth, Modest Mouse, and Dinosaur Jr. The only problem is that these bands haven’t even really gone out of style yet. And correct me if I’m […]
Goldrush – The Heart is the Place
Oxford, England’s Goldrush has created a follow up to 2005’s Ozona, which was recorded in a cowshed in the U.K. countryside. The Heart Is The Place is free from overly produced studio work (obviously, a cowshed can only be so high-tech, right?!), and may not be perfect, but that becomes more endearing than something to […]
Storm Davis – Kegstand Poetry For The Recovering Alcoholic
Counting as inspirations the likes of Justin Warfield, Divine Styler, and Wise Intelligent (of Poor Righteous Teachers), as well as Everlast (after House of Pain), Rhode Island resident Storm Davis delivers his debut album Kegstand Poetry For The Recovering Alcoholic. Though self-professed as being “hip hop smooved out on the indie rap tip, with a […]
Agnostic Front/Discipline – Working Class Heroes
The best thing about a live hardcore show is that even if you don’t know anything about the bands, if there’s a halfway decent crowd you can still have a great time. The pushing, shoving, slamming of sweaty bodies against one another along with the jolting, crashing, throaty screaming of the music…you know what I’m […]