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...
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...
While Canadian singer Fefe Dobson dressed up as a dead Amy Winehouse for Halloween this year, it was not too long ago that Dobson fought off critics about her o... Read More...
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Edward R. Pressman Film/Nu Image Entertainment
1/10
Bad being in the title should have been my first warning. This... 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...
