Jamie Clark’s Perfect “Nobody is Perfect” (SPV) Someone once told me that only arrogant musicians name a band after themselves, which is a pretty easy statement to agree with. Jamie Clark may not be arrogant, but he’s Irish, which is…
Jello Biafra ““The Big Ka-Boom, Part One”” (Alternative Tentacles) Jello Biafra’s latest spoken word release primarily addresses the “war on terror”. Recorded in November of 2001 and some of Biafra’s comments have already proven prophetic. Sometimes his sense of humor…
Doug Martsch ““Now You Know”” (Warner Brothers) Built to Spill’s been laying low for a while, but main man Doug has still been busy recording and performing the results of his obsession with country blues. Yeah, a white guy doing…
Forget About Tomorrow “…And Then There’s June” (Universal warning Records) Forget About Tomorrow? How about “Forget About This Band?” Ha! Ha! Zing! Take that Forget About Tomorrow! Take that you stupid band! Ha! Now that I’ve shown Forget About Tomorrow just…
Dropkick Murphys “Live on Saint Patrick’s Day” (Hellcat) The Dropkick Murphys are the middle ground between punk, the Pogues and oi. Throw in some Guinness, a love for Boston and some blue collar union mentality to create one of the…
Hate“Cain’s Way”(World War III) With chord progressions more reminiscent of Anthrax than death metal (the opening song apes “Spreading the Disease”) it’s at least encouraging to know that Hate derives musical influence from someplace other than strictly death metal. That…
Elaine Summers “Sparkler” (ESP Records) Elaine Summers appeared in the film Almost Famous singing with her partner, bandmate and producer Pete Droge. Droge produced this album that also features him on various guitars and background vocals. As such, this album…
Foo Fighters “One by One” (RCA) What’s cool about the latest Foo Fighters release is that the poppiness that FF started driving with their first release is all but buried, hidden between heavy bass production and excellent drumming. The guitars…
Gina Young “Intractable” (28 Days Records) Former Moxie manager Nancy Scibilia restarted Moxie’s 28 Days Records as a label about “music created by grrrls.” They have a well-suited artist who tosses profanity and her overt Lesbian politics into the songs…
Girl Harbor “Shine On” (Self Released) Who wouldn’t want to visit the Epicurean utopia that Girl Harbor describe on “Riff City,” a place where “there ain’t no cops or STD’s / and gangs of strippers rule the streets”? Unfortunately, the…