Ludo
W/ Meese, Ha Ha Tonka and Without a Face
The Glasshouse, Pomona, CA
Last time I saw Ludo, they opened for Presidents of the United States of America a... Read More...
As many of you know, it’s been just about 10 months since Polaroid left behind their “instant film” line for the digital camera market. Ten months since Polaroi... Read More...
Ballads of Suburbia
Stephanie Kuehnert
MTV Books
8/10
While on the whole, I enjoyed my time in high school, I do NOT miss high school. Kuehnert’s sec... Read More...
Nouvelle Vague
3
Peacefrog
7/10
From their (obviously) third album, the French duo of Marc Collin and Olivier Libaux and their harem of chanteuses o... Read More...
The Passports
Is It True
Self-Released
8/10
Ahh, summer. The wind in your hair, days at the beach with your buddies, BBQs. I’ll miss you. Now, in typ... Read More...
Lucero
1372 Overton Park
Universal Republic
10/10
FINALLY, a serious contender for album of the year. Took long enough. Now, I do not go tossing out f... Read More...
Lenore - Noogies
Roman Dirge
Titan Books
9/10
With the percentage of his body covered by tattoos firmly in the double digits, Roman Dirge is the G that ... Read More...
Ahhh, the stereotypical gift guides. While everyone's going on about what YOU should give to other people for Christmas, I'm going to tell you what I, a 27 year... Read More...
The Get Up Kids
with Youth Group and Pretty and Nice
The Glasshouse, Pomona, CA
Free parking, ins and outs and a stern, yet fair security force have always... Read More...
The Emperor!: So, from what I hear, you’re quite the manly man in the world of musicians. So, Mr. Mountain Man, what do you feel about Tim “The Toolman” Taylor?... Read More...
Gaslight Anthem
W/ Murder By Death, The Loved Ones and Frank Turner
Chain Reaction – Anaheim, CA
Holy fuck. This was the best show I’ve been to in forever.... Read More...
Kittie
In The Black
E1 Records
9/10
Last time I heard from these scary Canadian chicks was either the ’99 or ’00 OzzFest. Attractive, roughly my age and ... Read More...
Thrice
Beggars
Vagrant Records
9/10
Whoa! This is Thrice?! I assumed that after their little experiment with the Alchemy Index that they would go back to ... Read More...
Being The Emperor is time consuming. I’m always…errr…eating cinnamon bears or drinking booze or…uh…playing Katamari. With all these other tasks that needed to g... Read More...
If there’s one thing that Racket does more than kick ass, it’s stuffing our collective face. Thai food, sushi, Mexican food, Chinese, In N’ Fucking Out, fucking... Read More...
The Get Up Kids are from a simpler time, a better time. A time where “emo” conjured images of black rimmed glasses, argyle sweater vests and Chuck Taylors. Now,... Read More...
