Review: Only Crime
Only Crime “To The Nines” (Fat Wreck Chords) Good Riddance and Bane go on tour. Singer of Good Riddance, Russ Rankin, bonds with Aaron of Bane, they do a mind meld and decide to start another band. They call it…
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Review: Sick Of It All
Sick Of It All “Live in a Dive” (Fat Wreck Chords) Live Sick Of It All recorded at Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco. This is the third installment of the “Live in a Dive” series from Fat Wreck.…
Review: Dillinger 4
Dillinger 4 “Situationist Comedy” (Fat Wreck Chords) Dillinger 4 is perhaps one of the most entertaining bands out of Minnesota. They take the fast edgy styling of political punk rock and smother it with agonizing humor. The song titles alone…
Review: No Use For a Name
No Use For a Name “Hard Rock Bottom” (Fat Wreck Chords) For those of you who thought NUFAN had crossed that sugar-coated line into power-pop after listening to 1999’s “More Betterness!”-do yourself a favor and pick up “Hard Rock Bottom”.…
Interview: Swingin’ Utters
(this interview originally appeared in issue #4 of Modern Fix Magazine in 2001) interview by pr! The ninth release of Swingin Utters is out, and after reading this, you will understand why you’ll need to buy it. To a…
Review: Propagandhi
Propagandhi ““Today’s Empires, Tomorrow’s Ashes”” (Fat Wreck Chords) So Propagandhi went out and read a coupla’ books, used a painting by Lawrence Ferlinghetti on the cover of their album, and tried to make a difference. They almost achieved. Their latest…
Review: “Fat Music Volume 5: Live Fat Die Young
Various Artists ““Fat Music Volume 5: Live Fat Die Young”” (Fat Wreck Chords) In the tenth grade I was together with this girl named Grace Kim who spent “hours and hours” making a mix-tape (no CD burners back then) for me.…
Review: Frenzal Rhomb
Frenzal Rhomb ““Shut Your Mouth”” (Fat Wreck Chords) The hearty boys from Australia are back with their second full length on Fat Wreck Chords, “Shut Your Mouth”. Sixteen tracks throw the listener from the raw pent up energy of…
Review: Me First & The Gimme Gimmes
Me First & The Gimme Gimmes ““Blow in the Wind”” (Fat Wreck Chords) Twenty-seven and a half minutes of cover songs. It sounds like a dumb concept but it’s more fun then getting drunk on prom night and blowing chunks…
Review: Snuff
Snuff ““Blue Gravy: Phase 9” ” (Fat Wreck Chords) Snuff puts out their 5th cd and this one is good. Blue Gravy: Phase 9 has plenty of energy and very groovy riffs. They prove to be very versatile and dynamic…