Rich Smedley is a riddle wrapped in a puzzle wrapped in an enigma. The notoriously inaccessible artist has no website of his own, nor does he have a presence o... Read More...
It is the final frontier. 93 billion light years of stars, asteroids and planets spread across a limitless expanse- a beautiful and dangerous world fraught wit... Read More...
I Am Ghost
Live in Orange County
Epitaph Records
According to Steve Juliano, “It’s a bitch to record a live album.” Ain’t that the truth.
I sat down wit... Read More...
They walk among us- accountants, nurses, lawyers, teachers- mild mannered individuals by all accounts, with spouses, children, families, and friends. Few recogn... Read More...
Sherlock Holmes- “Bros Before Hoes”
Warner Brothers
7/10
Sherlock Holmes trades in his opium pipe and monocle for a pile of action-packed blow and brass kn... Read More...
Ah, the holidays. Filled with soccer moms becoming lethal killers at Target, ugly sweater parties and punx yelling about commercialism. Well, we're down with gi... Read More...
The holidays are hard upon us and the final stretch mad-dash to shower those dear and socially necessary to us with lavish gifts is underway. To some, the exp... Read More...
Okay, so you’ve stocked the fridge with your favorite egg-nog/Kalua/wine/beer/depressant of choice, and bought presents for your parents, ex-girlfriend, and fam... Read More...
Not too many white dudes like fried squid because it’s too “weird”, “ethnic”, and it smells funny . However, Casey Crescenzo of Boston rock band The Dear Hunter... Read More...
THE BOMB
SPEED IS EVERYTHING
No Idea Records
7/10
I have to be in the mood for a release like this and right now I'm just not. I can hear hints of bands l... Read More...
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...
As our series on hipsters comes to the end, we look at the history of the subculture- it’s past, its present, and its precarious future.Will they continue to do... 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...
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Twentieth Century Fox
10 of 10
As a kid I read a lot. Specifically, I read a lot of fantasy. Real life stories were too normal, too boring,... Read More...
It’s the most wonderful time of the year and not to mention the most musical. Think about all the memorable holiday songs blasting through the speakers of every... Read More...
Kingdom Of The Spiders
Shout Factory
8/10
B-Movies alone are hard to seriously judge, but when the main character is none other than William Shatner, well,... Read More...
