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THE HI-NOBLES – Shake
reviewed by Craig Gilbert

THE HI-NOBLES – Shake

Okay, let’s gander at this a bit: the guy who used to sing for the San Francisco funk/metal band Mordred from the late ’80s until [...]

METAVARI – Be One of Us and Hear No Noise
reviewed by Craig Gilbert

METAVARI – Be One of Us and Hear No Noise

Hey now, here’s some shit: Indie-neo-folk-instru-tronica. How’s that for a music hack tag, huh? Hee hee! These guys have small snippets of some elements of [...]

TITLE FIGHT – The Last Thing You Forget
reviewed by Craig Gilbert

TITLE FIGHT – The Last Thing You Forget

Melodic pop-core tunes here. You know how some listeners would hear a tune by, say, First To Leave or Fairweather or one of them bands [...]

HUNTERS, RUN! – EP2
reviewed by Craig Gilbert

HUNTERS, RUN! – EP2

These New York City dudes are halfway through their series of 7-inch single releases. The first was called EP1 which has been repressed for fans [...]

FATHER MURPHY – …and He told Us to turn to the Sun
reviewed by Craig Gilbert

FATHER MURPHY – …and He told Us to turn to the Sun

Hah! This is odd…and well done, too. Three or so bandmates from Italy doing some minimal acoustic stuff here. Mostly vocals and guitar with snippets [...]

AFTER THE FALL – Fort Orange
reviewed by Craig Gilbert

AFTER THE FALL – Fort Orange

Coming in from the state capital of New York, these three guys play an amped-up, passionate, fast style of hardcore punk that is danged decent. [...]

DEAR LANDLORD – Dream Homes
reviewed by Craig Gilbert

DEAR LANDLORD – Dream Homes

Some pop-punk bands (or any band for that matter) are such passionless, “paint by numbers” ass hats that their insincerity and lack of joie d’ [...]

THE MOOG – Razzmatazz Orfeum
reviewed by Craig Gilbert

THE MOOG – Razzmatazz Orfeum

Rock from Hungary? Yup. It’s….it’s…I dunno. This is weird. I mean, it’s real tight. It’s got some tried and true influences, like snippets of Bauhaus, [...]

THE WITNESSES – Black Eyes and White Lies
reviewed by Craig Gilbert

THE WITNESSES – Black Eyes and White Lies

Fuckin’ cool! These four guys and one woman look like The Dictators neighbors. They swagger all over this disc with a greeeezy R&B basement attitude, [...]

ISIS – Panopticon
reviewed by Craig Gilbert

ISIS – Panopticon

Yikes, brother. I was never that much into Mogwai or God Speed You Black Emperor. I do like those Neurosis critters. But I never got [...]

THE ADORED – A New Language
reviewed by Craig Gilbert

THE ADORED – A New Language

This is more Mod than your Momma on her Vespa, cruisin’ for boys on your Dad’s bowling night. This is pure fun, kid. The guitars [...]

BRAIN FAILURE – American Dreamer
reviewed by Craig Gilbert

BRAIN FAILURE – American Dreamer

Punks from China? Sweet! Oh. But wait a minute. This is pretty familiar. Obviously dining on a steady diet of Rancid and Stiff Little Fingers-styled [...]

DOA – Live Free or Die
reviewed by Craig Gilbert

DOA – Live Free or Die

Way “back in the day” (man, that phrase sucks corn), long before tattooed jocks with baseball caps practiced their capoera spin moves in the pit, [...]