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X – The Unheard Music: Silver Anniversary Editionreviewed by Craig Gilbert
V/A – The New Hopereviewed by Craig Gilbert
The ’80s were a great time for hardcore/punk. People “skanked.” People “thrashed.” Ye olde counter-clockwise circle was a viable form of movement. And there were [...]
KIMONO DRAGGIN’/BOBBIE PERU – S/T splitreviewed by Craig Gilbert
What you’ve got here are some beautifully messed-up tunes. The A-side of the vinyl delivers the UK/USA guitar rock of Bobbie Peru. The tune “Mongering The [...]
STREET DOGS – S/Treviewed by Craig Gilbert
Bagpipes play prevalently in Irish music (moreso in Scottish tuneage but I show my haggis-eatin’ bias). And the drone of the pipes comes through traditionally [...]
DEVIL’S BRIGADE – S/Treviewed by Craig Gilbert
Guitarist Lars Frederiksen has the Bastards. Guitarist/vocalist Tim Armstrong has his solo stuff going. So it’s only natural that Rancid bassist Matt Freeman has his [...]
GBH – Perfume and Pissreviewed by Craig Gilbert
Wait — really? GBH? Really? “Great Big Hair”? Hee hee hee! Oh, my aching’ Jeebus. These Brits have been spitting out street-ish, gutter-drunk, pyramid-studded, Knox-gel-haired [...]
THE VERY FOUNDATION – This Restless Enterprisereviewed by Craig Gilbert
How many indie-pop bands are out there that you wouldn’t know the guys in the band had any hormones what-so-freakin’-ever except that they sport really [...]
CANCER BATS – Bears, Mayors, Scraps and Bonesreviewed by Craig Gilbert
Fourteen tracks of Canadian metal….hints of sludge and stoner but with breakdowns and understandable bellowing….a small amount of groove in there, too…..they got a fair [...]
THE IZZYS – Keep Your Powder Dryreviewed by Craig Gilbert
So I gets this to review. And I says, “Oh, looky at that! An urban band of young guys who play a country-esque flavor of [...]
ALKALINE TRIO – This Addictionreviewed by Craig Gilbert
Okay…point blank: I have never listened to Alkaline Trio. For serious. Never. They’re just one of them bands that I’ve heard of for a while [...]
KILLED BY THE BULL – Failing Is Funreviewed by Craig Gilbert
You know that kid in school? The one that didn’t really bother anyone and kept to himself? Others may have even projected some assumptions of [...]
Interview: Joshua Hatton of Kimono Draggin’words by Craig Gilbert | photo by Danielle Swirski
New Haven, Connecticut — besides being the home of that bastion of higher education Yale University — has a much clearer and more respectable distinction: [...]
MOTT THE HOOPLE – The Whole Storyreviewed by Craig Gilbert
Mott The Hoople is one of those bands that people hear the name, know the name, and recognize them for the tune “All The Young [...]
KIMONO DRAGGIN’ – We Are the Dudesreviewed by Craig Gilbert
To quote the pre-GOP Dennis Miller, “I don’t wanna go off on a rant here, but…..”. We, as a people, have an aural problem. We [...]
KIMONO DRAGGIN’ – Space Orphansreviewed by Craig Gilbert
It seems that these three guys with a bend towards pop culture love Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart), surreal compositions, and herky-jerky rock fun, [...]
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