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The Saints
King of the Sun

December 9th, 2014  |  by  |  published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »

The Saints King of the Sun That the first two Saints records, (I'm) Stranded and Eternally Yours, are undisputed punk classics should go without saying. Snarling mission

Buzzcocks
The Way

December 3rd, 2014  |  by  |  published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »

Buzzcocks The Way Buzzcocks are possibly the strangest case of not burning out or fading away. As part of the first wave of British punk rock, their impact was immediate and

Ariel Pink
Pom Pom

December 2nd, 2014  |  by  |  published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »

Ariel Pink Pom Pom Pom Pom is purportedly the first Ariel Pink record credited to “only” Ariel himself without the Haunted Graffiti, but anyone in the know knows he’s been

Ty Segall
$INGLE$ 2

December 1st, 2014  |  by  |  published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »

Ty Segall $INGLE$ 2 Ty Segall’s approach to garage rock—an already vague term in itself—has always had more substance than the gritty, practice amp-induced sound of

Fugazi
First Demo

November 26th, 2014  |  by  |  published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »

Fugazi First Demo If you’ve seen Instrument, the Jem Cohen–directed narrative that documents the history of post-hardcore group Fugazi, you may remember a segment

Marianne Faithfull
Give My Love to London

November 25th, 2014  |  by  |  published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »

Marianne Faithfull Give My Love to London Marianne Faithfull has seemingly lived two strange parallel lives. For some people, she’s famous for being famous, having been a part of London’s Swinging

Sonny Vincent & Spite
Spiteful

November 24th, 2014  |  by  |  published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »

Sonny Vincent & Spite Spiteful One has to think that the punk rock class of ’77 would never have imagined a day when not only is punk a multimillion-dollar concern, but that someone like

Parkay Quarts
Content Nausea

November 20th, 2014  |  by  |  published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »

Parkay Quarts Content Nausea When did getting a job require having an up-to-date LinkedIn profile? And how is that even possible if we're constantly distracting ourselves with a Facebook

Run the Jewels
RTJ2

November 13th, 2014  |  by  |  published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »

Run the Jewels RTJ2 On RTJ2, El-P and Killer Mike, a.k.a. Run the Jewels, show that just because your tracks are bouncin’ doesn’t mean your rhymes can’t be heavy and hard. It’s

The Twilight Sad
Nobody Wants to Be Here and Nobody Wants to Leave

November 12th, 2014  |  by  |  published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »

The Twilight Sad Nobody Wants to Be Here and Nobody Wants to Leave For many bands, the further their careers progress, the trickier it gets to do something new. The Twilight Sad has avoided that