Review: Fairweather
Fairweather ““If They Move…Kill Them”” (Equal Vision) Smart enough to recognize hook and melody, but manage to chunk it up enough to skirt past the edges of the emo label. Each song has lots of little bridges and build-ups. The…
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Interview: The Dragons
by liz ortega In the vein of Johnny Thunders, Rolling Stones, and the Texas Tornados–The Dragons ignite a rock n roll blaze of glory with their trashy, alcohol induced tales of getting loaded and fucking–everyone! With Mario “from the Bario”…
Reviw: Darkane
Darkane ““Insanity”” (Century Media Records) I bet death metal singers give the best blow-jobs. You could probably jam your cock deep into their throats, and they’d growl making their little uvulas rapidly vibrate back and forth right at the peak…
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Review: Chroma Key
Chroma Key ““You Go Now”” (Fight Evil Records) Calm with lulling smooth tempo. Pink Floyd with a modern twist. The depth of the recording shows some time spent in the studio while the actual arrangements are simple dreamy atmospheric pop…
Review: Vomitory
Vomitory ““Revelation Nausea”” (Metal Blade) Fast, brutal: Death Metal. Non stop aggression from start to finish, the only respite is the silence between tracks. The major downfall of the wall of butchered sound put out by Vomitory is the…
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BLEED – interview by mike bushman home Beer, Brats and Bleed. Oh, the inhabitants of Milwaukee Wisconsin are a lucky bunch of freezing bastards. They get to claim Bleed as their own dirty, greasy, straight-outta-tha-garage rock n’ roll. A dirty…
Live Review: The Mighty Mighty Bosstones in San Diego, CA 2002
(this live review originally appeared in issue #8 of Modern Fix Magazine in 2001). – by bushman I do not own a Bosstones album. I can recognize about two songs in their set. I in no way consider myself informed…
Review: Blood Has Been Shed
Blood Has Been Shed ““Novella of Uriel”” (Ferret) I sat down and strapped myself into to my gas powered dual shock vibromatic hardcore metal appreciation harness with full intent to delve into this piece of artwork and explore the beauty…
Review: Blur
Blur ““Greatest Hits”” (Virgin Records) If you are interested in Blur, but you don’t know where to start , this double CD is highly recommended. The first disc has 18 tracks that come off of various albums and singles, while…