Review: Shelter
Shelter “When 20 Summers Pass” (Victory Records) Krishna-Core? To grasp the band Shelter, one must first come to grips with its singer, Ray Cappo who has done time as a monk and a full on airport hanging out Hare-Krishna disciple.…
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Review: Alien Crime Syndicate
Alien Crime Syndicate “Dust to Dirt” (Collective Fruit, Inc.) Good pop in the vein of rock, with some occasional slips into some exploration of sound (dash of sample here, dose of keyboards there) that puts a stamp of distinction into…
Review: A New Found Glory
A New Found Glory “Nothing Gold Can Stay” (Drive Through Records) For those of you who love the “sweet punk” revolution that is powered by pop-punks and the whole emo-meets-hardcore movement, you will love A New Found Glory. Singing about…
Review: Deftones
Deftones “White Pony” (Maverick) Deftones are truly perfecting their command of unsuspecting moody whispers that somehow transfer into such tormented scraping screams and crushing walls of guitar, the formula seems unworkable. Yet as the band progresses from a sound so…
Review: Rancid
Rancid “Self-Titled” (Hellcat Records) Remember when “…And Out Come The Wolves” came out? The first song, ‘Maxwell Murder’, started playing and you thought, ‘Fuck yeah, Rancid got back to it’s punk roots!’ Then you listened to the rest of the…
Review: Jersey
Jersey “The Battle’s Just Begun” (Fueled By Ramen) Ok, picture this: Unwritten Law after a couple shots of testosterone, add a chick to sing occasionally and you’ve got Jersey, the band. This is by no means a put down. These…
Review: Nashville Pussy
Nashville Pussy “High As Hell” (TVT Records) High As Hell offers more earfuls of southern fried ignorance from the Nashvile Pussy quartet. Compared to the previous album, “Let Them eat Pussy”, “High As Hell” rocks out at a more leisurely…
Review: Strung Out
Strung Out “The Element of Sonic Defiance” (Fat Wreck Chords) Strung Out’s earlier releases on Fat Wreck Chords, “Another Day in Paradise”, “Suburban Teenage Wasteland Blues” and “Twisted by Design” are three of the most influential modern punk rock records.…
Review: TV on the Radio
TV on the Radio “Return to Cookie Mountain” (Interscope) The guys in TV on the Radio reside within another plane of existence. Their world is one where past and present collide. They pull all of the varying energies comprising New…