Review: Bracket
Bracket “Live In A Dive” (Fat Wreck Chords) Bracket is a strange phenomenon. They’re a little bit country and a little bit rock and pop-punk. 1994 saw the release of their debut CD, “924 Forestville St,” on Caroline, then another,…
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Review: NOFX
NOFX “45 or 46 Songs That Weren’t Good Enough to Go on Our Other Records” (Fat Wreck Chords) This is the NOFX album to own. Not only is it 46 ‘new’ songs over two CD’s, but also included is a…
Review: Mad Caddies
Mad Caddies “Just One More” (Fat Wreck Chords) Southern California’s Mad Caddies have returned with their fourth release and they’ve brought a little piece of home with them. Appropriately named after the bar where the Caddies spend most of their…
Review: Rise Against
Rise Against “Revolutions Per Minute” (Fat Wreck Chords) “Revolutions Per Minute” serves as a strong follow-up to Rise Against’s first release, “The Unraveling,” which featured guitarist Mr. Dan Precision. Regrouping after his departure, the band enlisted guitarist Todd Mohney and recorded…
Review: Lagwagon
Lagwagon “Blaze” (Fat Wreck Chords) “Blaze” finds the boys from the greater Santa Barbara area spreading their collective wings, bridging the gap between “Hoss” style punk rock and “Let’s Talk About Feelings” emo-ness. The evolution of Lagwagon’s sound is evident…
Review: The Fight
The Fight “Home is Where the Hate is” (Fat Wreck Chords) K8, lead singer of The Fight, says “Girl singers are pretty much crap.” Not that you’d know by her Avril Lavigne-ish “sk8erboi” name, but K8 happens to be a…
Review: Me First And The Gimme Gimmes
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes “Take a Break” (Fat Wreck Chords) You know all those Weezer songs that you downloaded where they do pop-punk covers of classic rock/oldies/show tunes? Yeah, well that wasn’t Weezer. No, those were by the…
Review: Swingin’ Utters “Dead Flowers, Bottles, Bluegrass and Bones”
Swingin’ Utters“Dead Flowers, Bottles, Bluegrass and Bones”(Fat Wreck Chords) The real question is, should I swap the “s” in “Utters” and “Swingin’” with dollar signs? The CD cover says “$wingin’ Utter$” but typing that looks stupid . Swingin’ Utters new…
Review: The Lawrence Arms
The Lawrence Arms “The Greatest Story Ever Told” (Fat Wreck Chords) The best band on Fat. This is a rollicking, mischievous, literate post-hardcore record that has boy genius written all over it. Well, that may be going a little too…
Review: Rock Against Bush V1
Various Artists “Rock Against Bush V1” (Fat Wreck Chords) This is a complilation of mostly rare and unreleased tracks by bands like Alkaline Trio, Anti-flag, Get Up Kids, Ministry, Jello Biafa/DOA, NOFX, Social Distortion, Strike Anywhere and seventeen other bands,…