Canibus “Rip The Jacker” (Baby Grande) I was first introduced to Canibus when I heard the Lost Boys’ “Beasts from the East”. After that one vicious verse, I was convinced a new legend had birthed, and we might just have…
Blonde Redhead “Misery Is A Butterfly” (4AD) On their latest release, “Misery Is A Butterfly” Blonde Redhead find themselves in familiar territory, only on a different record label this time around. Shifting from the staunchly independent Chicago-based Touch And Go…
Boss Martians “The Set-Up ” (MuSick Recordings) This is a melodic indie rock album that strays into Elvis Costello-like territory on “Walk Away” and “He’ll Be Around”. So, this is pretty accessible stuff. This may be garage punk, but the…
Cex “Maryland Mansions” (Jade Tree) The party prankster known as Cex seems to have toned down his party jams and teenage anthems this time around on his latest release, “Maryland Mansions.” The album offers a rather introspective look at MC…
A Jealousy Issue “If the Flames Don’t Kill Us We Will” (Indianola Records) These guys are trying hard to make people like them. They seem to be the dorky kid in the hardcore classroom. They are a little metal, a…
(this interview originally appeared in issue #40 of Modern Fix Magazine in 2004). – interview by pr! Before everyone had a white belt and played semi-pop indie rock, there was Braid. Emotional lyrics with technical music. And before I…
Against Me! “As the Eternal Cowboy” (Fat Wreck Chords) I’m going to get the one thing that I don’t like about this album out of the way first: it’s too short. Twenty-five minutes isn’t enough. There. That’s it. Everything else…
interview by gordon downs For the better part of the nineties, Brent Arnold was a name you would come across quite frequently if you were ever one to read the inner liner notes of the various CD’s and records that…
Agents Of The Sun “Aurora” (DCide) Without a doubt this is one of the more impressive debuts that hass come across my desk. Agents of the Sun “Aurora” is a multi-layered exploration in melodic rock. Signed to the same label…
interview by james wright “People used to ask us all the time to describe our sound and we used to say we’re like two catholic schoolgirls in mid knife-fight,” explains Alexisonfire guitarist Wade Preston. “When it was time to come…