The Commercials ““Twenty Years Tonight”” (Jumpstart Records) Both in the music and album art, there exists this semi-lovely artistic element to The Commercials new release. I didn’’t put in the effort to find out who bankrolled the fourteen page album…
Susan & The Surftones “The Originals” (ACME Brothers Records) Few instrumental contemporary surf bands have a female front person, but Susan & The Surftones does. Here the group delivers the pipeline goods on an album of all originals. Like many…
The Quill “Voodoo Caravan” (SPV) The Quill falls somewhere between stoner metal and Soundgarden with vocalist, Magnus Ekwall, taking clear singing cues from Soundgarden’s Chris Cornell and maybe a touch of a young Ozzy here and there. If this is…
Ten Foot Pole “Bad Mother Trucker”” (Victory Records) I’’ve always had a soft spot for Ten Foot Pole. I got into them more than other kindred spirits such as NOFX or Assorted Jellybeans. “bad mother trucker” is more of the…
Swift “Waging War” (Tribunal Records) Remember how bad the Deftones sounded on that MTV show ‘Music In High Places’? This reminds me of that. Actually, this is like a carbon copy of the Deftones sound. And that review I did…
Tender Trap “Film Molecules” (K Records) In 2001 the English duo of Rob Pursey and vocalist Amelia Fletcher began quietly making beautiful pop gems with an 8-track machine. Both previously played in Marine Research and Heavenly. Their plan was to…
The Buzzhorn“Disconnected”(Atlantic Records) Inspired by the greed of many of today’s Major League Baseball players, I too have decided to go on strike-you’ll see it on CNN soon, no doubt. You may ask yourself what I’m striking about. Well, against…
The Toasters ““Enemy of the System”” (Asian Man) A new third-wave styled ska album might sound about as appealing to you as bucket of rotten bananas, but let’s face it: the Toasters have been around a DAMN long time and…
Various Artists “Transcend Sampler” (Eulogy) What’s cool about this compilation is that most of these bands aren’t necessarily headliners; you usually only seen them as the ‘band before the band you came to see’, so its nice to get a…
Träd Gräs Och Stenar “Ajn Schvajn Draj” (Silence Records) The name translates as “Trees, Grass and Stones” and this group, an outgrowth of International Harvester, was integral to the development of ’70’s Swedish prog rock. This album, their first new…