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OFFICE OF FUTURE PLANS – S/Treviewed by Peter Cauvel
CLASSICS OF LOVE – S/Treviewed by Christopher Connal
Classics of Love consist of the California band Hard Girls (with Mike Huguenor on guitar, Morgan Herrell on bass, and Max Feshbach on drums), fronted [...]
JUCIFER – Nadirreviewed by Thomas Pizzola
Long before it was fashionable for guitar- and drum-driven rock duos to kick out the jams in a stripped-down way, Athens, Georgia’s Jucifer were perfecting [...]
BIRDS IN ROW – Collectedreviewed by Thomas Pizzola
This collection of previously recorded material from the French hardcore band Birds In Row contains tracks from their Cottbus EP and Phoenix seven-inch, both previously [...]
THE DARCYS – S/Treviewed by Peter Cauvel
Comparisons to Radiohead are tricky. Sure, the British rock band has received almost universal acclaim, so who wouldn’t want to be like them? But Radiohead [...]
HOTCHACHA/SUMMER PEOPLE – Do Itreviewed by Josh Diamond
The first four tracks of Do It are from Cleveland’s HotChaCha, delivering mostly simple but effective garage rock. This all-female four-piece has more of a [...]
ANDREW JACKSON JIHAD – Knife Manreviewed by Mark Huddle
Is it me or does it just seem like each new Andrew Jackson Jihad release is becoming something of an event? Certainly their most recent [...]
DEAD TO ME – Moscow Penny Antereviewed by Garrett Lyons
I may be losing the plot with punk rock. I remember a time when punk rock stood for more than three-chord progressions, up-tempo love songs, [...]
COALESCE – Give Them Ropereviewed by Thomas Pizzola
This special double-CD/vinyl reissue features two versions of Coalesce‘s Give Them Rope. Disc one contains the original 1997 release (with a slight remastering job), while disc [...]
HOLDING ONTO SOUND – The Tempestreviewed by Craig Williams
Holding Onto Sound delivers a new seven-inch with as much power and energy as their live gigs. Vocalist Bennett Mains kicks the album off with [...]
BANNER PILOT – Heart Beats Pacificreviewed by Garrett Lyons
I don’t know if there’s a secret pact going on with punk acts where they all decide to sound so similar to one other. Banner [...]
SANDRIDER – S/Treviewed by Thomas Pizzola
They may be named after a character in an overblown sci-fi novel, but these Seattle natives, which includes Nat Damm (drums) and Jon Weisnewski (guitar, [...]
ZOMBY – Nothingreviewed by Peter Cauvel
After releasing an LP, Dedication, earlier this year, British dubstep producer Zomby has returned with another offering, a 12” EP, Nothing. Zomby’s music is rhythmic [...]
FAITH – Subject to Change + First Demoreviewed by Dan Chapman
The reissue of Faith’s Subject To Change alongside their first demo recordings is highly entertaining, partly because it’s straight out of 1983, but also because [...]
THE REVELING – Tributariesreviewed by Sebastian Gahan
With the songs on this album flowing like the titular tributaries of a vast body of water, it’s perhaps somewhat of a surprise that it [...]
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