This Day Forward “In Response” (Equal Vision) Remember back in the day when you fucking loved everything on Revelation Records? And so, if Youth of Today thanked Side by Side and Gorilla Biscuits and Bold in the liner notes, you’d…
Three 6 Mafia “Da Unbreakables” (Sony) “Ima get my chief on/ while she sucks my ding dong/ eyes like a ching chong/ hard on like King Kong.” Fuckin’ amazing! Do you know about the Sizzerpp? The Syyzzzrrrpppp? Down South…
Thought Riot “Sketches of Undying Will” (A-F Records) There are a lot of political punk bands doing their thing these days and that’s just fine with me. Now is a great time to be into politics since we’ve got a…
by bushman Not much is known about Cougars. Hailing from Chicago, or thereabouts, this 8-man rock armada is crafting horn infected indie rock with a passionate twist. Guitars and bass pound out loose string odes to rock, while horns run…
Uppercut “Four Walls” (Blackout Records) This is more than a re-issue of the Uppercut “Four Walls” EP. The New York hardcore band’s sought-after collectible from the late ‘80s/early ‘90s scene is buttressed with seven tracks from the post-Uppercut Mind’s Eye.…
Volcano, I’m Still Excited!! “Self-Titled” (Polyvinyl) First of all, the name-I know, it sucks. Big time. Can you imagine saying to your friends, “Hey, let’s go check out Volcano, I’m Still Excited!! at Johnny Logburn’s place tonight!” Of course not.…
The Gathering “Souvenirs” (The End) I’m reading up on the history of this band and unbelievably enough they’ve progressed into their current style, a dreamy, trippy electronic affair with sweet female vocals from their original style as a death metal…
The Lawrence Arms “The Greatest Story Ever Told” (Fat Wreck Chords) The best band on Fat. This is a rollicking, mischievous, literate post-hardcore record that has boy genius written all over it. Well, that may be going a little too…
These Arms are Snakes “This is Meant to Hurt You” (Jade Tree) The debut EP from these fine folks at Jadetree does not show their age. They just formed in 2002, but “This is Meant to Hurt You” sounds like…
The Evaporators “Ripple Rock!” (Alternative Tentacles) I don’t know what “Ripple Rock” is and it’s probably because it doesn’t mean anything. Or maybe it does. Either way, if The Evaporators are ripple rock, I dig it. I really have to…