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HOTCHACHA/SUMMER PEOPLE – Do It
reviewed by Josh Diamond

HOTCHACHA/SUMMER PEOPLE – Do It

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 [...]

THE DEMON BEAT – Bullshit Walks
reviewed by Patrick Hosken

THE DEMON BEAT – Bullshit Walks

Garage rock never goes out of style — just ask The Demon Beat, a trio of old school rockers from West Virginia. Piecing together a [...]

THE ICARUS LINE – Wildlife
reviewed by Dan Chapman

THE ICARUS LINE – Wildlife

The Icarus Line’s Wildlife is no-nonsense rock-and-roll. Six-note riffs support Joe Cardamone’s classic-sounding lyrics (“Soul Slave,” “King Baby”) with a drug-infused grime. Part of this [...]

SLEEPING BAG – S/T
reviewed by Evan Pearson

SLEEPING BAG – S/T

Sleeping Bag’s debut album is nostalgic jaunt back to early ’90s garage rock roots, complete with apathetically delivered vocals, cool, lazy melodies, and almost no [...]

THE REATARDS – Teenage Hate/Fuck Elvis
reviewed by Thomas Pizzola

THE REATARDS – Teenage Hate/Fuck Elvis

For those who really want to know what Jay Reatard was like as a youngster, this deluxe reissue of his early album Teenage Hate — [...]

Show Review: NXNE 2011
words by Garrett Lyons | photos by Leigh Metzler

Show Review: NXNE 2011

One of the beautiful things about NXNE is that one can stick with big-name acts, or get adventurous and go find the lesser-known artists.

DAVILA 666 – Tan Bajo
reviewed by Thomas Pizzola

DAVILA 666 – Tan Bajo

Sure, these muchachos de garage rock look awfully tough on the cover, but let me say they are some of the sweetest guys to rock [...]

CHIKITA VIOLENTA – TRE3S
reviewed by Andrew Lapham Fersch

CHIKITA VIOLENTA – TRE3S

The bastard love child of Vampire Weekend, the Go Team!, garage rock, and Kimya Dawson, Chikita Violenta is certainly all over the popular indie rock [...]

THE FLESHTONES FEATURING LENNY KAYE – Brooklyn Sound Solution
reviewed by Thomas Pizzola

THE FLESHTONES FEATURING LENNY KAYE – Brooklyn Sound Solution

The Fleshtones have to be one of the most underrated and underappreciated bands in the history of rock. When they blew out of Brooklyn in [...]

NEW MEXICO – Have You Met My Friend?
reviewed by Garrett Lyons

NEW MEXICO – Have You Met My Friend?

San Diego-based New Mexico reaches a fresh sound by going back into the record archives for a string of influences ranging from Mission of Burma, [...]

Show Review: Night Beats, Drug Purse, Jeffertitti’s Nile, and Speed Wobbles at Hilltop Hollows, Tacoma 10/23/10
words by Ryan Lawrence Carr | photos by Joshua Powless

Show Review: Night Beats, Drug Purse, Jeffertitti’s Nile, and Speed Wobbles at Hilltop Hollows, Tacoma 10/23/10

Tacoma, Washington is one of those strange progressive cities that loves its arts and local artists, but not the conditions these artists thrive on to [...]

Verbicide Select Mixtape Volume 6

Verbicide Select Mixtape Volume 6

Available now for free download, Verbicide Select Mixtape Volume 6 is our collection of the best and most popular tracks featured on VerbicideMagazine.com in the [...]

Obits – Pine On

Obits – Pine On

Every so often over the past few years you’d hear a whisper about this new Brooklyn band featuring a couple of indie rock veterans. Supposedly [...]

Univox – Conan

Univox – Conan

Voices. Baritone, tenor, soprano, alto. Univox consists of four players: four singers, four writers. These boys drive the bottom, pound the beats, and turn up [...]

THE DEAD WEATHER – Sea of Cowards
reviewed by Andrew Good

THE DEAD WEATHER – Sea of Cowards

The next time you hear someone whining about the death of rock, stuff a copy of Sea of Cowards in their mouth. It’s a way, [...]