Emilie Simon, Sunny Levine and Lucas Hass Live
September 8th Roxy Theatre, Hollywood, CA
The Emile has landed. The out-of-this-world French songstress set ... Read More...
Holy Hail
Independent Pleasure Club
Kanine Records
8/10
Okay, I have to be up front. Having read the press kit that came with this disc, I absolutely want... Read More...
Unwritten Law
House of Blues Anaheim
September 12, 2008
I’ve never claimed to have good taste in music. Well, not much anyway. There was a time in my life... Read More...
The Walkmen
The Basement in Columbus, Ohio
Monday, September 15, 2008
A Subdued Performance for a Subdued City
This past Sunday Hurricane Ike managed to... Read More...
The Modern Society
The Beat Goes On
Original Signal Recordings
8/10
This band hailing from Atlanta, Georgia was formed in 2005. The Beat Goes On is their... Read More...
Gym Class Heroes
The Quilt
Fueled By Ramen/Decaydence
8/10
Even though they associate with people who I think represent themselves in a very pompous and ov... Read More...
Doomtree
Self Titled
Doomtree Records
9/10
It is shit like this that gives me hope for the future of rap. Fuck club anthems, fuck songs that are designed ... Read More...
Star Fucking Hipsters
Until We’re Dead
Fat Wreck
8/10
This is by far Stza Crack at his most tolerable. This would have been my bible, should I once again... Read More...
20th Annual Taste of Newport
Fashion Island, Newport Beach, CA
September 19-21, 2008
Well, shit. I, your humble awesome Emperor, was going to write a lot ab... Read More...
The War Nerd
Gary Brecher
Soft Skull Press
Rating: 4/10
If memoirs were the province of WWII, then blogs would have to be the defining medium of the War ... Read More...
Once upon a time, I lived in a dreary and desolate place. I lived alone in the dank and the dust in a dorm room in the worst of all Southern California cities- ... Read More...
So, many of you fine (and I mean you, girl, damn!) readers know of a recent shake up at Racket. There has been a great deal of int0rw3bz chatter about it, with ... Read More...
Blood Lite: An Anthology of Humorous Horror Stories Presented by the Horror Writers Association
Jim Butcher, Charlaine Harris, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Kevin Anderson... Read More...
Burn After Reading
Directed by the Coen brothers
5/10
The movie was boring. I was fidgety, uninterested, and unimpressed. The biggest laugh I got out of th... Read More...
Two Cow Garage
Speaking in Cursive
Suburban Records
7 out of 10
Some bands aspire to be all that and a side of cheese grits. Other bands are all that an... Read More...
Who's bummed they don't live in Chicago? The Emperor. That's who. However, Racket's good ol' boy Luke Toney will be hitting this sweet fucking fest up. Who are ... Read More...
