Prong “Scorpio Rising” (Locomotive) It’s been awhile since we heard anything out of Tommy Victor and the prong camp. Appetites where whet with the release “100% Live” back in late 2002 that packaged some of the bands best songs together…
Pseudosix “Days of Delay” (54 40 or Fight!) It is one hundred degrees below zero in the Northeast right now. Well, not right now, but earlier this week. When it gets that cold, nothing works, apparently. Cars break, people die,…
Various Artists “Rock Against Bush V1” (Fat Wreck Chords) This is a complilation of mostly rare and unreleased tracks by bands like Alkaline Trio, Anti-flag, Get Up Kids, Ministry, Jello Biafa/DOA, NOFX, Social Distortion, Strike Anywhere and seventeen other bands,…
Robust “Potholes in Our Molecules” (Galapagos4) I’m feeling’ Robust. “Potholes in our Molecules” reminds me of a time when raps were fun, basslines were dominant, and DJ’s actually scratched. A time when rehashing old hits to create new hits was…
Rada “The Double Tall Sessions” (Blue Worm Records) The 6-song CD offers Offspring-like chorus vocals with Soundgarden moments, especially that groups’ incorporation of classic rock. If you still like these bands and, probably, Alice in Chains as well, you may…
Rocket From the Tombs “Rocket Redux” (Smog Veil) The band that gave birth to Pere Ubu and Dead Boys, ’70s Cleveland rockers Rocket from the Tombs here, offers a reprise of a reprise. Material for this first-ever studio album was…
Raunchy ““Confusion Bay”” (Nuclear Blast) Sometimes you think you know what a disc will sound like and then you’re proven completely wrong when you actually hear it; Raunchy was like that for me. I thought I had these guys completely…
Redemption “Self-Titled” (Sensory) OK, so here’s a metal band that sings songs from novels by Steven King and Ray Bradbury. I guess in and of it self that’s not such a horrid thing, but these guys are like metal-lite, they’re…
Ritter “Six Degrees of Variation” (Jump Start) Jump Start is so underrated it’s not even funny. I mean, they’ve got Belvedere-have you heard those guys before? They rip. Ritter rips, too, and both seem to have a connection to 1980s…
Puny Human “It’s Not The Heat, It’s The Humanity” (Small Stone Records) Regurgitated 70’s-styled stoner-boogie-fuzz-rock-bong-metal. Alabama Thunderpussy, Fu Manchu, Clutch, Nebula and Solace are all doing it now based on what Black Sabbath, Blue Cheer, Thin Lizzy, Grand Funk Railroad…