There are various ways to relieve tension and stress. You could kick the dog, drive real fast, go drinking, sleep with strangers, dive into a pint of Häagen-Dazs Dulce de Leche, play X-Box high on Red Bull for 24-hours straight, or ask your doctor to prescribe a pill with side affects that are worse than […]
A split CD aimed at recruiting new fans for both bands while hyping up the indoctrinated masses, Drive-Thru Records releases two songs each from The Early November and newcomers I Am The Avalanche on July 26th in anticipation of releases from both outfits in the upcoming fall and spring. The first two tracks are from […]
In a rock and roll world where too many bands are giving up hope, The Starting Line is back, feverishly striving to put a smile on your face. After the release of 2002’s Say it Like You Mean It, and four years of international touring under their belts, the boys, all still in their early […]
There is an old adage: If you add a teaspoon of fine wine to a barrel of sludge, you get sludge; and if you add a teaspoon of sludge to a barrel of fine wine, you also get sludge. That said, as far as the neo-emo-pop-punk world goes, I only have a few interests. Alkaline […]
Yay! In the San Francisco Chronicle, when a movie gets a great review, they use an icon of a man jumping up and down on the edge of his theater seat, leaning forward in applause. That is exactly how excited I am about this (re) release.
Much to the dismay of vinyl addicts worldwide, it appears the 7-inch is slowly but surely losing favor to the almighty $5 compilation. It should come as no surprise that even indie labels prefer to promote a product that showcases their entire portfolio of acts, rather than distributing a split single for the two bands […]
