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Tuesday, November 8 2011

Sigourney Reverb: Bees in Your Bed

Thank heaven for Sigourney Reverb.


Tuesday, November 1 2011

The Static Jacks: If You’re Young

Youthful New Jersey rockers the Static Jacks burst out of the gate with a promising full-length debut.


Monday, October 31 2011

Girl in a Coma: Exits & All the Rest

Girl in a Coma brings a ramshackle sound to the table.


Sunday, October 16 2011

Coliseum/Burning Love: Live at the Atlantic

An unnecessary live set from two acts featuring heavy heavy heroes.


Thursday, October 13 2011

Falling in Reverse: The Drug in Me Is You

After returning from two years of incarceration, scene bad boy Ronnie Radke is back in action in the form of his new post-hardcore outfit Falling in Reverse. One thing is clear – he’s pissed.


Me First and the Gimme Gimmes: Sing in Japanese EP

The new EP features covers of songs from the likes of Takuryo Yoshida, the Kai Band and Tulip, but it really doesn't matter if you're unfamiliar with the original versions as they're all transformed into little pop-punk nuggets.


Heartsounds: Drifter

Growing out of metal and into punk, Heartsounds has improved a lot since their debut, figuring out the basics and progressing naturally into the genre.


Thursday, October 6 2011

400 Blows: Sickness and Health

Beat down riff-onomics 101.


Wednesday, October 5 2011

Out of the Dark and Into the Light: The Horrors and ‘Skying’

Do what thy wilt shall be the whole of the law -- the Horrors are making up their own rules, and it shows strongly in their recently-released third album, Skying.


Tuesday, October 4 2011

Was Grunge the Last American Musical Revolution?

This year marks the 20th anniversary of Nirvana's Nevermind and Pearl Jam's Ten. In revisiting the grunge genre which altered the musical landscape two decades ago, the question arises: was this our last musical revolution?


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Something Fierce: Don’t Be So Cruel (Capsule Reviews) [12.May.11]
Mayday Parade: Valdosta EP (Capsule Reviews) [31.Mar.11]
Cobra Skulls: Bringing The War Home (Capsule Reviews) [14.Mar.11]
Monotonix: Not Yet (Reviews) [9.Mar.11]
Nightmares for a Week: Don’t Die (Capsule Reviews) [3.Feb.11]
(hed) PE: Truth Rising (Capsule Reviews) [5.Jan.11]
Atlantic/Pacific: Meet Your New Love (Capsule Reviews) [21.Dec.10]
Is Indie Really the New Punk? (Sound Affects) [11.Nov.10]
Against Me!: White Crosses (Reviews) [2.Jun.10]
The Slits: Trapped Animal (Reviews) [5.Mar.10]
Nouvelle Vague: 29.January.2010 - Chicago (Notes from the Road) [3.Feb.10]
The Soft Pack: The Soft Pack (Reviews) [2.Feb.10]
P.K. 14 + Xiao He: 14.Nov.09 - Washington DC (Notes from the Road) [16.Nov.09]
Subhumans: Death Was Too Kind (Capsule Reviews) [3.Feb.09]
The Death Set: Worldwide (Reviews) [27.Aug.08]
Slayer’s Reign in Blood (Reviews) [16.Jul.08]
Bum Kon: Drunken Sex Sucks (Capsule Reviews) [8.Jul.08]
A.R.E. Weapons: Modern Mayhem (Capsule Reviews) [29.Oct.07]
Kleveland: Kleveland (Capsule Reviews) [4.Sep.07]
Dollar Store: Money Music (Capsule Reviews) [24.Aug.07]
The Gaslight Anthem: Sink or Swim (Capsule Reviews) [21.Aug.07]
The Damned: Damned Damned Damned (Reviews) [26.Jun.07]
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