Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)
What it Takes to Move Forward
Count Your Lucky Stars Records
7/10
Initially, when I review a band, I like to see w... Read More...
Hotpress for Leopold
Self Titled
Grove Addicts
8/10
Think classical and rock don’t mix? How about classical, rock, orchestras, and xylophones? Got your ... Read More...
Angus Khan
Black Leather Soul
Nickel and Dime
5/10
I tell you what, I feel like I’ve been nickel and dimed after listening to this… It’s largely mediocre,... Read More...
Serious As Dog Dirt
Bam Margera
MTV Books
5/10
Oh, good. Offensiveness, stupid stunts, DiCo, and the usual bits that you would attribute to the Jackass st... Read More...
CarCrashLander
Where to Swim
Parks and Records
7/10
If you have been looking for music perfect for a rainy day or that week where depression suddenly stri... Read More...
Lela Lee is an internet success story. Actually, make that success story, period. In the space of sixteen years, the cartoonist, actress (She’s appeared on Scru... Read More...
Everyone Was In the French Resistence…Now!
Fixin The Charts, Vol 1
Cooking Vinyl
2/10
It’s a crying shame that Art Brut’s Eddie Argos’ stupid spoken-word ... Read More...
Moon- 9/10
Sony Picture Classics
Out on DVD and Blu-Ray- Jan. 12
Moon is a well constructed and beautifully shot sci-fi film written and directed by Duncan... Read More...
OK Go
Of The Blue Colour Of The Sky
Capitol Records
9/10
I bet the Killers are pissed that OK Go can do glam better than them, and can do it without dress... Read More...
Old Canes
Feral Harmonic
Second Nature Recordings
7/10
The first thing when one things of Kansas is…well, Kansas. But there’s more to the Sunflower State... Read More...
The year is 2004. “Until The Day I Die” is filling the airwaves and most music video stations. St. Louis’ STORY OF THE YEAR had finally arrived. After a name c... Read More...
Auld Lang Syne
Midnight Folly
Viper Bite Records
9/10
Oh how rare it really is for an album to come along that is as enthralling and immersive as the debu... Read More...
PINK RAZORS
LEAVE ALIVE
Houseplant/No Idea
6/10
I take it as a great compliment when I say that Erin Tobey’s vocal performance on Leave Alive sincerely re... Read More...
Movits!
Appelknyckarjazz
The Syndicate
8/10
Think Sweden, and you may think meatballs, or lutefisk. Not hip-hop. Well, unless you count the Movits!. Th... Read More...
NO FRIENDS
SELF-TITLED
No Idea Records
8/10
I don’t want to seem like I’m biased towards No Idea bands, because they release plenty of stuff I don’t care ... Read More...
Memphis punk Jay Reatard has passed away at the age of 29. Born Jimmy Lee Lindsey Jr., Reatard made a name for himself as founding member of The Reatards an... Read More...