Fest 8
Halloween Weekend 2009
Gainesville, FL
The Festies – Best of the Fest
Well, ladies and gentleman, another year's gone by and another wonderful Fe... Read More...
Capgun Coup
Maudlin
5/10
Capgun Coup, you are SO lucky that the iTunes random went into the middle of the album recently as I HATED the first track. Vocals... Read More...
Rammstein
Liebe Ist Für Alle Da
Universal/Vagrant
7/10
Goddamned Germans. I swear to God they try to be as weird as fucking possible, while rocking as har... Read More...
Crocodiles have been the act that’s been on the lips of almost every blogger for this past year. I sat down for a brief interview with Brandon and Charles to di... Read More...
C. Albritton Taylor, Donovan Leitch, Jim Rugg
One Model Nation
Image Comics
6/10
It’s rare for us here at Racket to review a graphic novel, let alone admi... Read More...
The Downer Party
Ego Driven Lust Creatures
Popsmear records
6/10
Given the brevity of The Downer Party’s EP “Ego Driven Lust Creatures”, I feel absolut... Read More...
Josh Ottum
Like the Season
Cheap Lullaby Records
8/10
By all accounts, Josh Ottum is the quintessential come-from behind artist. No, really. He literall... Read More...
I’ve known my share of douchebag gutter punks who yell “anarchy” while wearing a uniform consisting of torn pants with the ass-bib patch, a number of patches on... Read More...
Max Brooks & Ibraim Roberson
The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks
Three Rivers Press
9/10
Max Brooks rules pretty good. If you're not hip to th... Read More...
FRIDAY
I’ve always considered Chicago to be America’s storage for cold, wind and uhhh, The Cubs. So, what could possibly make me go endure temperatures that I ... Read More...
CoCoComa
Things Are Not Alright
Goner Records
7/10
When you drink, the words you THINK are the lyrics rarely are. CoCoComa has found out that when you hav... Read More...
10. The Metal Mullet- The combination of the two single greatest hairstyles ever invented. It’s metal in the front and a trailer party in the back. They say the... Read More...
Grunge
Photos by Michael Lavine, Text by Thurston Moore
Abrams Image
7/10
At 27, I am old enough to have owned a Nirvana album while Kurt Cobain was still... Read More...
All the way from “Oz”, St Leonards are the newest players on the Hollywood Sunset Strip. Named after their hometown, the independently run trio from Australia i... Read More...
Men Who Stare At Goats
Overture Films
8/10
Nearly every time I have seen George Clooney in a film, I think one of two things: “He was the WORST Batman” or ... Read More...
Ill Mondo
Neal Rames!
Ill Mondo Records
7/10
It’s always good to get a Hip Hop record that cares more about lyricism and expression than creating dance cu... Read More...
