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 […]
Muse‘s new album gets straight to the effin’ point. Allow me to do the same: the first four tracks are the four best tracks on the album. Am I the only one who didn’t really get into the Muse craze before? For whatever reason, Absolution and its predecessors just didn’t quite do it for me. […]
I find it interesting that Spike Priggen has chosen to release a full-length album of cover songs as his sophomore effort. According to Spike himself, “A lot of people might think it’s weird for a songwriter’s second album to be all other people’s songs, but a lot of the artists I really admire were known […]
Hey, bartender! I’ll have a vodka punk up with a splash of rock and a twist of blues, please. What’s that, you say? You’ve never heard of that one? Ah, well it’s called The Golden Republic, and it’s perfect for this debut full-length self-titled album from a four-piece in Kansas City, MO.
GGGRAAAAAAAAAAWR!! The mighty hell spawn of Antarctica has done it again! Clearly one of the most entertaining acts around, this macabre death-metal outfit always manages to put on a wonderfully engaging show. The first band, Dying Fetus, was missed altogether, again, because the Ogden in its idiocy takes credit cards, thus creating the kind of […]
Nick Urata: vocals, theremin, guitars, piano, trumpet Tom Hagerman: violin, accordion, piano Jeanie Schroder: sousaphone, upright bass, Vocals Shawn King: drums, percussion, trumpet After what seems like forever, DeVotchKa has finally released another amazing album, How It Ends. In a world full of war, politics and hardship, one thing is for certain: they will be […]
One of Saddle Creek’s newer investments, Son, Ambulance, has released a record that’s like buttered toast: plain, but still mildly satisfying. Key is a record of mostly piano, layered vocal and instrumental tracks, and simple vocals courtesy of singer/songwriter Joe Knapp. Tracks like “Billy Budd” are reminiscent of Cursive and hint at the new conglomerate […]
Power house drumming, fuzzy lint-covered brash guitar, bullhorn whooping lyrics and stabilizing bass are what compile to result in the Pathers latest release, Things Are Strange, released on Vice Records. A tad Jesus Lizard, a bit Tool, this five-piece from Brooklyn is heavy, almost hardcore, not too garage or punk. By avoiding any major genre […]
The Faint:Todd Baechle – vocals, guitarClark Baechle – drumsJacob Thiele – keyboards, synthJoel Petersen – bass, guitarDapose – guitar Let me just start by saying it was colder than a witch’s tit on the night of Election Day, and I ended up stuck in the will-call line for about 40 minutes because the Ogden Theater […]
I’ll have you know I thought I was in nouveau Euro-dance-beat heaven the first time I discovered The Faint. The hearty combo of solid ‘80s synth dance beats with a modern millennial rock sound tickled my fancy right when I needed it. When I found out, recently, that The Faint hail from Nebraska of all […]
