Collaboration is growing in power within our society. Our world is getting smaller, and we’re better off for it. We come together to provide aid to a country in desparate need, or come together to deliver or receive musical presents, which is at the heart of our humanity. It’s been less than one year since […]
“Understanding Orange” from BM LINX was a track that caught my attention when it appeared on the SXSW 2007 website, mainly because of it’s intrinsic modern rock appeal, the likes of which I would pool with Fischerspooner and The Faint. What’s come out of their new album Black Entertainment is quite a surprise. Basically, this […]
Kid Sister, both in literal (she’s J2K’s little sister, the one-half of Flosstradamus) and in moniker terms, has been blowing the doors off of the Chicago hip-hop and dance scene for over three years now. Along with the national club circuit, she’s also made her way through numerous domestic street festivals while teaming with Flosstradamus, […]
I’m gonna dub these Colorado boys the Social D Little Bros, ripping out (but not ripping off) the vocal style and vintage punk guitar chords of their predecessor without the drugs and self abuse.
For years, Pedro The Lion has been one of the most talked about bands in the sad bastard music corner of the indie rock world. David Bazan is still 90% of the band, though he didn’t play every instrument on this release, as he has with some of the previous stuff. Casey Foubert plays keyboard […]
Thank God for NOFX – the punk-pop complement to the all-knowing Supreme Being himself/herself/itself. The comical, curled-lip quartet is solely responsible for giving life to its only begotten son, Blink 182, who in turned spawned a legion of disciples and followers who have worked diligently to flood the world with that new “sound that’s going […]
I guess it’s been long enough now to say that No Use For A Name have been a defining band in the Southern California power pop/punk scene. They’ve been at it now for fifteen years, which is a long time to be doing anything, especially in this corner of the music world. Most pieces of […]
This is the seventh full length from MU330, who have played more than 1,500 shows in their 14 years as a band. So, chances are that you’ve heard, seen, or at least heard of MU330 by now. Hailing from St. Louis, MU330 were nothing short of seminal in the most recent explosion of American ska […]
Sometimes you can get more attention with a whisper than a scream. It makes you lean in and focus on the sounds that are slowly making their way into your ears. That’s the affect Mellowdrone has on the first track “C’mon Try A Little Bit,” from their debut Box on 3 Entertainment/Red Ink/Columbia (say that […]
Not too terribly long after releasing their first full length, Hey Mercedes are back with a sorta-new CDEP. This has four songs all together. It has “Our Weekend Starts On Wednesday”, from said full length. It also sports three other songs from the same recording session that didn’t end up on the record. All three […]
