Chemical Brothers have returned. While Push That Button leaned heavier on funk and house elements, We Are The Night seems to pull sounds from all corners of the electronic earth and their own minds. There is less opportunity for getting down and more opportunities for opening up and looking inside. The title track “We Are […]
Chalk (Mike Akel) If you look back on most high school related movies, from “Breakfast Club” and “Fast Times at Ridgemont High,” to “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” and the pseudo Columbine inspired film “Elephant,” they all derive is from the student’s perspective, which typically puts the teacher in the enemy camp. “Chalk,” having been written […]
Bad Religion may not ever end up in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and would probably crack up at the thought of getting a call of notification, but when it comes to angry, opinionated, inspiring and defiant punk rock, the boys-now-men still pump as much fire into speakers and minds as they did […]
London-based Gallows are about the most exhilarating thing happening to punk and rock at the moment; and Americans, they are infiltrating. References to Gallows are becoming common enough in U.S.-based publications that people often have an “I’ve heard that name, but I don’t know why” reaction. It’s time to embrace Gallows as more than just […]
