The Kobanes
Japan Invasion
Fixing a Hole/Dumb! Records
6/10
More legitimate pop punk, but lacking the expertise of the masters. It's not bad though; defin... Read More...
Teenage Bottlerocket
They Came from the Shadows
Fat Wreck Chords
8/10
Ah, now this is pop punk. The real kind. It's unfortunate that when describing a ba... Read More...
Dethklok
w/Mastodon, Converge, High on Fire
November 19, 2009
Hollywood Palladium
Hollywood, CA
The best part about mosh pits has nothing to do with big ... 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...
Fighting the Villain
First Impression
PopSmear Records
2/10
Terrible, cookie-cutter, MTV punk-pop (unlike mass media who co-opted the term, I will not ref... Read More...
The National Rifle
Man Full of Trouble
Unsigned/self-released
7/10
The last thing anyone thinks of when they think of Philly is indie music. Seattle, mos... Read More...
Last week I had the pleasure of attending the Snoop Dogg and DJ Quik concert at Club Nokia. In addition to those performances was the dance crew , The Syre... 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...
Nadia Ali
Embers
Smile in Bed
8/10
After writing countless reviews and listening to so many different arrangements that could make a person’s head explode... 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...
Fest 8
Halloween Weekend 2009
Gainesville, FL
The Festies – Best of the Fest
Well, ladies and gentleman, another year's gone by and another wonderful Fe... 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...
The Downer Party
Ego Driven Lust Creatures
Popsmear records
6/10
Given the brevity of The Downer Party’s EP “Ego Driven Lust Creatures”, I feel absolut... Read More...
Josh Ottum
Like the Season
Cheap Lullaby Records
8/10
By all accounts, Josh Ottum is the quintessential come-from behind artist. No, really. He literall... Read More...
FRIDAY
I’ve always considered Chicago to be America’s storage for cold, wind and uhhh, The Cubs. So, what could possibly make me go endure temperatures that I ... Read More...
