For 2012, MC Prototype was asked to review the two days, three stages and 100 degrees that was the San Bernardino, CA date of the 9th Rock The Bells Festival. P... Read More...
Baroness
Yellow and Green
Relapse Records
8/10
Shit's been on for days
Gotta get this on vinyl
Taste the rainbow, man
Teenage Bottlerock... Read More...
This year marked the 18th annual Vans Warped Tour, the tour's second best day ever with 16,767 attendees, and my second time at the event.
My not so glor... Read More...
Thrice
House of Blues Anaheim.
So, I learned some shit about Thrice that I was unaware of prior to their farewell tour.
- Thrice has the highest conc... Read More...
Holy shit, people. Our pals at Guerilla Union have outdone themselves with this year's Rock The Bells festival lineup. Moving to a two-day format at three venue... Read More...
Hot Water Music
Exister
Rise Records
10/10
GUYS! Do NOT let your girlfriends listen to this. What's happened is Chuck Ragan and crew have fucked up the... Read More...
Matt Skiba and the Sekrets
Babylon
Century Media
7/10
Skiba’s become the Wooderson of punk bands; he gets older, but his lyrics stay the same age. I mean,... Read More...
Joyce Manor
Asian Man Records
Of All Things I Will Soon Grow Tired
9/10
Joyce Manor, whatever will I do with you? You're so good, but such a tease. 9 song... Read More...
Electric Six
Heartbeats & Brainwaves
Metropolis Records
8/10
With Electric Six’s Heartbeats & Brainwaves—the disco-punk-metal’s eighth album in ... Read More...
Tom Waits
Bad As Me
Anti- Records
It would be a misnomer to say Tom Waits is aging like a fine wine. Yeah, he gets better with age and other such platitude... Read More...
Star Fucking Hipsters
From The Dumpster To The Grave
Fat Wreck Chords
2/10
Oh, shut up. "From the Dumpster To The Grave?" REALLY? You would think that aft... Read More...
Since the first album I ever bought with my own money was "Weird Al" Yankovic's The Food Album, I think it's safe to say that I've always enjoyed a good accordi... Read More...
Tidelands
If…
Self-released
7/10
Goddamn, reviewing depressing music is depressing, even if it IS really good. Tidelands’ If… is really good. With Gabriel... Read More...
Sublime With Rome
Yours Truly
Fueled By Ramen
8/10
So, the first new Sublime album since Brad Nowell's untimely death is... fucking good. While I hate,... Read More...
So, some of you may be familiar with our Haiku Reviews, which are meant simply to help us catch up on the back log of records we’re supposed to review. Well, th... Read More...
