Review: The Rocket Summer
The Rocket Summer “Calendar Days” (The Militia Group) Songwriters are not making it very easy for me to hang my hat on their music. Although there is more than one way to skin a cat the techniques used by Rocket…
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Review: Pansy Division
Pansy Division “Total Entertainment!” (Alternative Tentacles) Pansy Division is getting older and so is their music. “Total Entertainment!” is the seventh full-length album from this group of gay rockers and it is the most mature. In the family of PD albums…
Review: Pantera
Pantera “Far Beyond The Great Southern Cowboys’ Vulgar Hits” (Elektra / Rhino) To squeeze every last dime out of you fans, their label decided to release a “Best Of”. While the cover art looks like a 4th grader learning Photoshop,…
Review: Paris
Paris “Sonic Jihad” (Guerrilla Funk Recordings) As far as rap goes, this is good; it has a darker tone than the hip-hop-happy by the numbers shit you can hear sloshing around all over MTV. This isn’t just rap, however, it’s…
Review: Pepe Deluxe
Pepe Deluxe ““Beatitude”” (Emperor Norton) If Mozart was a genius of the modern age, he might have built constructions similar to those found in Pepe Deluxe. Successor of two like minded records, Beatitude flourishes in rich instrumental and vocal qualities.…
Review: Pete Rock
Pete Rock “Lost and Found” (BBE / Rapster) This is Pete Rock at his best. Fresh, energetic with vibrant beat-construction. Nothing but that classics here! If you were checking for Pete and his old comrad “cL Smoooth”, then you know…
Review: Planet Smashers
Planet Smashers “Mighty” (Stomp Records) The staff over at Modern Fix must think that just because I’m Canadian that I’ll enjoy Canadian rock. In the case of the Planet Smashers they couldn’t have been more right. The Planet Smashers specialize…
Review: Project Rocket
Project Rocket ““New Year’s Revolution”” (Uprising Records) It’’s absolutely amazing to me what personal computers and programs like Pro Tools have done to the music industry. There’s one thing for sure, it gives T.J. Minich and company an opportunity to…
Review: Punishment
Punishment “Broken But Not Dead” (Thorp) Yawn…like a Melatonin after a night of drinking, “Broken But Not Dead” will leave you dazed, groggy, and more than a little out of it. With tons of tough guys lyrics about the oh-so-predicable…
Review: Razed in Black
Razed in Black “Damaged” (Cleopatra Records) Techno for the masses. Without feeling watered down or pre-packaged for the club circuit, Razed in Black manages to meld some Goth/rock influences into the techno/trance foundation. Moody vocals break apart any of the…