Various Artists – Take Action! Volume 5Hopeless/Sub City Records The punk rock benefit compilation seems to be the new black. Record labels we’ve hardly heard of pop up out of the woodwork with an album full of artists you know to benefit a cause you probably support. This recent trend may have been brought to […]
Amber Pacific – The Possibility and the Promise
Imagine Northstar, The Early November, New Found Glory, and early Fall Out Boy’s vans colliding in a winter storm, aimlessly scattering bodies and lyrics in the snow. Dazed and confused the members of each band wearily trek back to what they think to be their respective vans, and try to remember the direction their music […]
Against All Authority/Common Rider – Split EP
Don’t let the spit-and-snarl of Against All Authority fool you. These guys have just enough awareness of what makes a great pop song to put together punk rock that’s catchy without being sugary, and still retains an authentic sense of anger at the injustices that have been fueling punks since the seventies.