Alexisonfire “Self-Titled” (Equal Vision) Tricky guitar interplay and double vocals are the defining features here. And yeah, one vocalist screams harshly while the other counters with a more smoothed out yell. Anyone else notice that is the flavor de-jour lately?…
Alias “Muted” (Anticon.) Alias is bugged. Caught somewhere in that electro-fantasy world between Mantronix and London Town Dub. His freak out beats will have the Boom-bappers and the Acid-tabbers Dos-E-Doh-ing in a gritty spiral of madness. “Muted” spraypaints a burner…
FEATURED ALBUM REVIEWS back to album reviews home Artist: Anti-Flag Title: The Terror State Label: Fat Wreck Chords Purchase at: Lumberjack Purchase at: Interpunk Purchase at: Amazon I read a review of this album online a while back that really stuck in…
Anti-Flag “The Terror State” (Fat Wreck) I read a review of this album online a while back that really stuck in my head. The writer started off the review somewhere along the lines that “If I wanted to listen to…
Antifreeze “The Search For Something More” (Kung Fu) Kung Fu: once adored for their panache and coolness in being owned by a Vandal (and sporting Tsunami Bomb), now the most offensive unit-shifting pop/punk label today. Can it be true? Well,…
Avenged Sevenfold “Waking The Fallen” (Hopeless) Isn’t it hilarious how quickly scenesters are striving to replace AFI’s “vacated spot” as gothic punks extraordinaire? They’ve gone so far as to claim that otherwise-ignored Avenged Sevenfold are heirs to their underground PVC-laden…
interview by peter soyer Sometimes the calm before a storm has more power than the storm itself. Listening to the delicate piano notes fall from Amanda Rogers’ debut album is like listening to the rain from inside a tent. I…
A Week in July “Nearfatalexplosion” (Orange Peel Records) Being from Pittsburgh, I have seen this band play before – specifically when they first formed as a band. This record is better than they were then, but it still doesn’t break…
Getting a jumpstart in the music business has never come easy for Montreal’s Slaves On Dope. Countless hours of drive time between gigs, labels folding, business partners who lied and the search for a home have plagued the band through…