As history boils things down to the bullet points, it’s easy to forget that there was always more going on. Neither from Seattle nor particularly “grungy,” Album Reviews
Cracker
Berkeley to Bakersfield
December 16th, 2014 | by Dorian S. Ham | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
As history boils things down to the bullet points, it’s easy to forget that there was always more going on. Neither from Seattle nor particularly “grungy,”
The Saints
King of the Sun
December 9th, 2014 | by Nate Knaebel | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
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 Dorian S. Ham | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
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 Kevin J. Ellliott | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
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 Matthew Lovett | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
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 Chris Sabbath | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
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 Dorian S. Ham | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
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 Dorian S. Ham | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
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 Matthew Lovett | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
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 Matt Slaybaugh | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
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