Covenant ““Northern Light”” (Metropolis Records) I by no means am prepared to give a educated opinion of techno music. With that said Covenant so called test the water of my knowledge with this release “Northern Light”. I’ve listened and listened…
Crank Yankers “The Best Uncensored Crank Calls: Volume 2” (Comedy Central Records) Crank Yankers, the Comedy Central Television Show, has released this version on compact disc, and it is definitely almost as funny as the show – the only separating…
Various Artists ““Stay Tuned For The Holidays”: A Crank! Sampler” (Crank! Records) Old friend, for sure your time had past, with your dense arthritic arms outstretched to greet what once was great. The girth of your branches shows the true…
Alexander Cockburn “Beating the Devil: The Incendiary Rants of Alexander Cockburn” (Alternative Tentacles Records) Alexander Cockburn discusses a number of relevant topics facing the general public throughout these “rants” which are a collection of speeches recorded at the old and…
Allister “Last Stop Suburbia” (Drive Thru Records) Guitars played at high passionless velocities, boring relationship belly-aching, and stale production manifest themselves in Allister’s Last Stop Suburbia, a record where the titles change, but the songs stay the same. These are…
Various Artists “American Idol: Greatest Moments” (RCA Records) Greatest Moments from “American Idol”, huh? Yep, that’s right-this CD is exactly four seconds long. No, no, I’m just kidding. “American Idol” contains fifteen tracks sung by the contestants from one of…
Amon Amarth “Versus the World” (Metal Blade) There’s an overall melancholy feel to the recording which is strange for such double bass driven death metal, but I often find that death metal tends to alter my mood towards melancholy. That’s…
Ancient Greeks ““The Song Is You”” (Flameshovel Records) Who would ever want a flaming shovel? Coming at you as if in a fist of rage this off the wall Sea and Cake “Nassau” type record is as filled with jazz…
Various Artists “Badman’’s Bedtime Maladies” (Badman Recording Co.) I like to really get inside what I do and really understand its true meaning. I once drank two 40s before a final because I was doing market research for an essay…
Bongzilla “Gateway” (Relapse Records) With a name like Bongzilla there is little chance of a misconception. Any idiot can easily see that this is stoner rock even before you pop this little piece of THC into your disc player. Now…