Racket's USA-loving hoodlums Gabe Zuniga and Dennis Chung catch Hip Hop pioneers The Freestyle Fellowship on a good day at the 2010 Paid Dues Festival. Honest... Read More...
Hobo Jazz
Darcie Rickert and The Ruffnecks
Coleslaw
Aladdin Jr II - Pomona, CA
If you didn’t know, Racket’s been partnering with our buddies over at The N... Read More...
Punk Goes Classic Rock
Various Artists
Fearless Records
2/10
I’m getting too old for this shit. Having grown up listening to the original bands in the 9th... Read More...
Look Mexico
To Bed to Battle
Suburban Home
9/10
I’ve been racking my brain for clever ways to describe the sways and swells of Look Mexico’s latest and al... Read More...
Sara Jackson Holman
When You Dream
Expunged Records
8/10
As all things musical go, Sara Jackson Holman is an infant. No, not literally. But considering th... Read More...
Scraping For Change
Breaking The Silence
Self-Released
1/10
I’m sorry, but I couldn’t listen to one whole song. It’s predictable, cheesy radio rock, and i... Read More...
Blind Pilot
Self-titled (EP)
Expunged Records
9/10
The boys from Portland are back at it again. Fresh off a nationwide tour, the duo of Israel Nebeker and... Read More...
Crime In Stereo
I Was Trying To Describe You To Someone
Bridge Nine Records
8/10
This record rules! It’s noisy, raw, energetic and just overall a solid re... Read More...
The Knife
In Collaboration with Mt. Sims and PlanningToRock
Tomorrow In a Year
9/10
First and foremost, let me dedicate these next few lines to warning yo... Read More...
Ryan States
Strange Town
Drooling Class Records
7/10
From Roman ruins to decrepit garages, artists of various stripes have found inspiration in some of th... Read More...
Cry Havoc
The Outcome Of Misery
Self Released
Released: 2004
9/10
Though this band released this album nearly six years ago, I felt they deserved some r... Read More...
OK, so here’s the deal… I headed to Los Angeles to scope the Alkaline Trio, Cursive and The Dear & Departed. The day started early and quickly became a blur... Read More...
Yeasayer
Odd Blood
8/10
Danced to by white girls, adored by Germans, inspiring to mankind. Following their previous album, All Hour Cymbals, comes Yeasaye... Read More...
Adam Green
Minor Love
Fat Possum
8/10
I won’t go as far as to say that Adam Green has grown up, but he’s definitely calmed down. Minor Love, his sixth so... Read More...
Tim Barry
28th and Stonewall
Suburban Home Records
8/10
For a few years now, Tim Barry has laid off the distortion pedal in preference for an acoustic gui... Read More...
Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)
What it Takes to Move Forward
Count Your Lucky Stars Records
7/10
Initially, when I review a band, I like to see w... Read More...
