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...
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...
