Various Artists “Wild Dub: Dread Meets Punk Rocker” (Select Cuts) It is just what you would expect based upon the title, a little reggae to make you bang your head. Funky and catchy, this comp utilizes some of our nation’s punx…
Wisenbaker “Contemplating Whether or Not to Tell You, I Love You” (Indianola Records) I think the title of the album says it all. I just had to fight back an urge to barf and laugh at the same time. Sometimes…
COMEBACK KID – interview by Brian Greenaway The Surgeon General estimates that there is one hardcore band for every 3.2 US citizens. By my math that works out to roughly ten bagallion hardcore bands operating in America at any given…
The Weakerthans “Reconstruction Site” (Epitaph) The Weakerthans aren’t your average Epitaph band in that they don’t necessarily beat you about the head and neck with snare drums and blinding cymbals. No, The Weakerthans share more with the jazzy, country stylings…
Thrice “The Artist in the Ambulance” (Island) When a band releases an amazing debut album like Thrice’s first release, “Illusion of Safety”, one of three things will happen with the follow-up. Most commonly, it will sound, look, smell and taste…
Tora! Tora! Torrance! “A Cynic’s Nightmare” (The Militia Group) Kobe Bryant is big news, huh? I hate the Lakers but damn that’s a good story. Nick Koenigs’ first vocals on TTT!’s follow up to “Get Into It” are, “What’s wrong…
Type O Negative “Life is Killing Me” (Roadrunner Records) How beautifully bleak Type O Negative paints their world. Underneath the hard rock coating, there is a smooth sadness, a dark illumination, a depression-induced moment of clarity. The effect is most…
Various Artists ““Mass Transit”” (Woodson Lateral Records) Mass Transit is a collection of independent artists from a number of different labels all of which are either sparsely contemporary indie rock or electronica. I had never heard of any of these…
Tabula Rasa “The Role of Smith” (A-F Records) It’s a rocked out indie band unconsciously taking steps not to be. Every time I think “indie rock” while listening to Tabula Rasa, they spice it up with some kind of rock…
Tabula Rasa “The Role of Smith” (A-F Records) It’s a rocked out indie band unconsciously taking steps not to be. Every time I think “indie rock” while listening to Tabula Rasa, they spice it up with some kind of rock…