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APPLE OF DISCORD – You’re Not the Answer
reviewed by Chuck Daley

APPLE OF DISCORD – You’re Not the Answer

Imagine this scenario: you visit your beloved local watering hole/dive bar and proceed to order your all-time favorite sandwich — the same combination you get [...]

Interview: Donna She Wolf
words by Honey 1%’er | photo courtesy of Poptown Records

Interview: Donna She Wolf

In the 1980s, one of the heaviest of the girl bands was Cycle Sluts From Hell. They released their debut album on Sony Records and [...]

BABY GUTS – Gasoline
reviewed by Casey Boland

BABY GUTS – Gasoline

Some more jaded music journalists might write off Baby Guts as an atavistic throwback to the bygone riot grrl glory days of 1992. From the [...]

PETE BERWICK – Ain’t No Train Outta Nashville
reviewed by Peter Terebesi

PETE BERWICK – Ain’t No Train Outta Nashville

Ain’t No Train Outta Nashville is the type of record that I’d never buy. Chances are, I probably wouldn’t even bother to steal it. And [...]

BLACKFIELD – II
reviewed by Matthew Wright

BLACKFIELD – II

Inane lyrics over passionless strumming guitar, percussion that is so simplistic it may as well be canned but is impossibly emanating from an actual band [...]

BLUDWULF – Cryptic Revelations
reviewed by Jenny Carter

BLUDWULF – Cryptic Revelations

The album boasts some of the worst high school fantasy art I’ve seen in a long time. I think it may even be in pencil [...]

BUILT UPON FRUSTRATION – The Book of Mourning
reviewed by Dr. Heid

BUILT UPON FRUSTRATION – The Book of Mourning

Old school. This is metal with a real hardcore feel to it. Don’t expect many wild guitar solos, don’t expect any catchy choruses or love [...]

MARLON CHERRY – Ancient Sound, Modern Dance
reviewed by Garrett Lyons

MARLON CHERRY – Ancient Sound, Modern Dance

Ancient Sound, Modern Dance is a 52-minute long head trip. Cherry takes his sound and rolls it from Latin dance to West African jazz to [...]

COMEBACK KID – Broadcasting…
reviewed by Seth Gotro

COMEBACK KID – Broadcasting…

Like the last time I reviewed Comeback Kid, I just didn’t like it. I don’t feel like I can support it. It’s musically intelligent, and [...]

CARY BROTHERS – Who You Are
reviewed by Sean Lambert

CARY BROTHERS – Who You Are

We like U2 and aren’t afraid to make it known with our rising guitar work, super breathy vocal,s and proclamations of “halleluiah!” We start out [...]

THE DEATH OF A PARTY – The Rise and Fall of Scarlet City
reviewed by Alex Murphy

THE DEATH OF A PARTY – The Rise and Fall of Scarlet City

The Rise and Fall of Scarlet City starts off running and does not rest until it ends a little more than 40 minutes later. For [...]

DNTEL – Dumb Luck
reviewed by Chuck Daley

DNTEL – Dumb Luck

Dumb Luck is chock full of all the prerequisite ingredients for a laid-back, indie rock (and I use the term “rock” lightly), hipster chill-fest: androgynous [...]

DRIVER OF THE YEAR – Will Destroy You
reviewed by Ryan Brosmer

DRIVER OF THE YEAR – Will Destroy You

This band claims to be the underdogs of the indie music scene. And they say they’re fine with that. Would they be still be fine [...]

Amanda Palmer and Henry Rollins
words and photo by Jennifer Swann

Amanda Palmer and Henry Rollins

On the evening of July 7th, theatrical front-woman Amanda Palmer did not come to the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles dressed as a mime, as [...]

BOB DYLAN – The Golden Years: 1962-1978
reviewed by Mark Huddle

BOB DYLAN – The Golden Years: 1962-1978

“Dylanology” has become quite an industry over the decades. You can fill a library with the books that have been written about the guy, and [...]