Reviews / RSS

(Kill Normal) www.killnormal.com It's mightily disappointing that Bottle Up & Go was spawned at Wesleyan University and now calls Brooklyn home. This driving noise-blues duo crunches alon more...

(Geffen) www.geffen.com Back in the day, when punk bands such as The Clash actually stood for something, their anti-establishment message always had the same message - Fuck The Man. His gove more...

(Constellation)   www.cstrecords.com     Tindersticks lasted for ten years and six albums (and several soundtracks) before disbanding in 2003. Over that time, they stuck rathe more...

Auldist: (Tru Thoughts) www.tru-thoughts.co.uk     BRP&CAS:  (Truth & Soul) www.truthandsoulrecords.com       Here are a couple of fine new entries more...

(Carrot Top)   www.carrottoprecords.com   "Let the rain wash away/ All of our sins/ And we'll meet/ And pray/ Together..." Thus begins one of the key tracks from the Darling Downs' more...

(Big Brother/Warner Bros.)     www.warnerbrosrecords.com     It's a shame Oasis dumped their lamest records on an unsuspecting public back when the public was actually pa more...

(Green Submarine)   www.derbyrock.com   Owing as much of a debt to Harry Nilsson as to the Kinks, Derby specialize in the kind of damned-near-perfectly crafted pop songs that music more...

(Brainstem)   www.WeAreCatfight.com   Catfight! has something to say. In "Get It On," Bobby Rotten observes that "I know my baby's gonna get it on"; in "Alone Today," Christine gro more...

(Thrill Jockey)   www.thrilljockey.com       Once upon a time, the live album acted as the stopgap in a band's catalog, satisfying the label's demand for new product w more...

(Yep Roc)   www.yeproc.com     Apparently, some crazy diamonds do shine on, if pop eccentric Robyn Hitchcock's long, strange trip from those first Soft Boys records to his lat more...