Direct Hit
Wasted Mind
Fat Wreck Chords
8/10
I can't help loving this. Sure, it's the age-old Fat Wreck skate-punk formula of snotty vocals, back up oohs... Read More...
Now, the first thing you should know is that my wife is the mothafucking jam. We've had more adventures together than I could count. We've been to Yos(t)emite, ... Read More...
Wired recently took ten senior citizens out in Varden Labs' driverless cars. While most seem apprehensive about it, Don's viagra prescription seems to have been... Read More...
My first exposure to the wonderful world of enamel pins was seeing a bunch of dorks running around Disneyland, bedazzled in pins, jingling their way through Tom... Read More...
This morning, I was woken up by my wife to show me Swiss Army Man's new red band trailer (the best kind of trailers). What is Swiss Army Man, you ask? Think Cas... Read More...
Purple
Bodacious
PIAS Records
8/10
I don't even want to write a review, because I just want to keep listening to it (especially their rad cover of Devin T... Read More...
The Used
Live and Acoustic At The Palace
4/10
I usually approach live albums with caution, and The Used's new live album is why.
I'm sure that the show ... Read More...
Nerf Herder
Rockingham
Golf Shirt Records
10/10
For eight years, I have been miserable and didn't know it. Oh, sure, I met the woman of my dreams, have an... Read More...
Desert Mountain Tribe
Either That Or The Moon
Metropolis Records
6/10
What the hell is this? Shoegaze surf? Eighties goth chill-out? I don't fucking know.... Read More...
Somehow, I’ve managed to find myself on a bunch of book review media lists and no time to actually read the books I am getting inundated with. These reviews are... Read More...
Somehow, fate smiled upon me and I was contacted by a rep of the Girl Scouts of America, who said "Want to make some recipes out of Girl Scout Cookies? Well, af... Read More...
2015 was a shitty year. Part of that was my own damned fault. I got stuck in the monotony of work/sleep in weekends/work/sleep in weekends/leave dishes in the s... Read More...
Long-time Racket readers know that we can be pretty harsh when it comes to reviews, but the Altec Lansing Mini Life Jacket 2 is amazing (even if the name is kin... Read More...
Robert DeLong
In The Cards
8/10
Glassnote Records
"What genre would you say Robert DeLong is?"
"White girl dance music."
This is my go-to answer f... Read More...
The Good Life
Everybody's Coming Down
Saddle Creek (because of course it is)
8/10 if you want music to make you feel things
0/10 if you want music to make y... Read More...
On June 27th, my pal Mike and I went down to Fontana's Auto Club Speedway, where we enjoyed overpriced beer, some shitty country rock band, some aging Lucha Lib... Read More...
