OK Go
Of The Blue Colour Of The Sky
Capitol Records
9/10
I bet the Killers are pissed that OK Go can do glam better than them, and can do it without dress... Read More...
Memphis punk Jay Reatard has passed away at the age of 29. Born Jimmy Lee Lindsey Jr., Reatard made a name for himself as founding member of The Reatards an... Read More...
Ahhh, the obligatory “Best Of” lists. If anything, they get my blood pumping as I think of the injustice of none of my top ten even making the top 40 for Spin. ... Read More...
GWAR
With uhhhh…some other bands who weren’t GWAR! (Job For a Cowboy, The Red Chord)
The Glasshouse, Pomona, CA
Here is how GWAR went:
- Pick up RacketMik... Read More...
Kingdom Of The Spiders
Shout Factory
8/10
B-Movies alone are hard to seriously judge, but when the main character is none other than William Shatner, well,... Read More...
Rooney
W/ The Crash Kings and Tally Hall
The Glasshouse, Pomona, CA
I have seen Rooney maybe eight times over nine years now, and it seems that only drumme... Read More...
NOFX
Cokie The Clown /My Orphan Year EPs
Fat Wreck Chords 8/10
You know what, I dislike Fat Mike. I do. A fair amount. Everytime I have met him he has left... Read More...
The Lawrence Arms
Buttsweat and Tears
Fat Wreck Chords
9/10
FUCK. YES. The first bit of new tunes since Oh! Calcutta back in ’06 and it doesn’t disappoint... Read More...
Capgun Coup
Maudlin
5/10
Capgun Coup, you are SO lucky that the iTunes random went into the middle of the album recently as I HATED the first track. Vocals... Read More...
Rammstein
Liebe Ist Für Alle Da
Universal/Vagrant
7/10
Goddamned Germans. I swear to God they try to be as weird as fucking possible, while rocking as har... Read More...
I’ve known my share of douchebag gutter punks who yell “anarchy” while wearing a uniform consisting of torn pants with the ass-bib patch, a number of patches on... Read More...
Max Brooks & Ibraim Roberson
The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks
Three Rivers Press
9/10
Max Brooks rules pretty good. If you're not hip to th... Read More...
CoCoComa
Things Are Not Alright
Goner Records
7/10
When you drink, the words you THINK are the lyrics rarely are. CoCoComa has found out that when you hav... Read More...
Grunge
Photos by Michael Lavine, Text by Thurston Moore
Abrams Image
7/10
At 27, I am old enough to have owned a Nirvana album while Kurt Cobain was still... Read More...
Men Who Stare At Goats
Overture Films
8/10
Nearly every time I have seen George Clooney in a film, I think one of two things: “He was the WORST Batman” or ... Read More...
Ill Mondo
Neal Rames!
Ill Mondo Records
7/10
It’s always good to get a Hip Hop record that cares more about lyricism and expression than creating dance cu... Read More...
