Matt and Kim
Hollywood Holt
Skully's Music Diner
Friday, February 27, 2009
I strolled into Skully's last night to find a DJ (DJ Skyler from the upcoming a... Read More...
Photo Atlas
Silently Provoke the Ghosts E.P.
6/10
The Photo Atlas seems to be on the verge of something unique, but hasn’t yet pushed hard enough. There is... Read More...
The Ergs
That’s It, Bye
Don Giovanni Records
10/10
Add Jersey punks The Ergs to the list of bands I find out about far too late. The Fest staples finished... Read More...
Kinetic Stereokids
Kid Moves
Overdraft Recordings
7/10
The word eclectic was written for the Kinetic Stereokids. Despite getting little airplay from mainstr... Read More...
Goodbye, Etc
Last Gasp
With Last Gasp, the Philly-based trio Goodbye, Etc seemed to take inspiration from Green Day’s 1,039 Smoothed Out Slappy Hours , but ... Read More...
Irepress
Sol Eye Sea I
Translation Loss Records
8/10
Holy fuck. I’ve never been interested in words like “post-metal” or progressive anything, but Irepres... Read More...
Automatic Drawing
Captain and the Sea
Unsigned
8/10
Few bands are as impressive as Automatic Drawing. Since the band’s inception in the mid 00’s, the unsign... Read More...
Jeremy Jay
Slow Dance
K Records
6/10
Jeremy Jay unleashes his poptastical, yet moody-self on his new album, Slow Dance, due out March 24th. Be prepared to b... Read More...
Asobi Seksu
Hush
EMI Japan/Polyvinyl Records
7/10
Sometimes it can seem that eclectic rock is a hit and miss proposition. That certainly appears to be the c... Read More...
Harlem Shakes
Technicolor Health
Gigantic Music
8/10
Positive and peppy- two words that describe Harlem Shakes in a nutshell. Despite coming from a crowded... Read More...
Drag The River
Bad At Breaking Up
Suburban Home/Vinyl Collective
8/10
The recent outbreak of bearded alt-country bands that are as equally at home at The ... Read More...
Living in Southern California can be a drag- the smog, the traffic, the lack of public transportation. I’ve lived in the IE all my life (mainly in Riverside wit... Read More...
Edguy
The Singles
Nuclear Blast Records
10/10
If you don't know Edguy by now, it's time to hit the books (or, you know..record stores). This is the epitom... Read More...
Megadeth
Anthology: Set The World Afire
Capitol Records
10/10
The band's third greatest hits release appears in the form of this delicious two-disc set c... Read More...
The Measure
One Chapter in the Book
Don Giovanni/Kiss of Death
10/10
If I were to weigh the two full lengths from The Measure, neither would come out o... Read More...
Ume
Sunshower
Pretty Activity
9/10
There is grunge, and then there is Ume. Their most recent album Sunshower is a short five track EP that is a far cry from... Read More...
