Unteachers – A Human Comedy
When I said A Human Comedy is a serious contender for album of the year in 2014, I wasn’t being flippant. This album stands head and shoulders above other albums in a year that saw a large number of really … Continued
Deni Gauthier – Let Your Heart Be Light
Deni Gauthier brings us an ep of stripped back Christmas classics, just in time for the holidays. This collection showcases some of Deni’s favorite Christmas tunes, most of which you are probably familiar with. The first track is probably the … Continued
Theo Obrastoff – Christmas In The Churchyard
Theo Obrastoff returns with a Christmas album that is a bit different from Christmas albums you are used to hearing. Have you ever wondered what would happen if you mixed a traditional orchestral or jazz Christmas album with a more … Continued
Broken – Broken EP
This three song EP is barely over six minutes long. Broken serves up another release of old school hardcore, sounding a bit more on the faster side of Revivalist. The energy and passion are also present on this release. Several … Continued
Revivalist – Bother
A short ep of old school hardcore mixed with modern energy and passion. Fron what I remember, the first wave of spirit-filled hardcore started off strong but became tired sounding fast. If the original bands of that movement had been … Continued
Sef Idle – Start Again
Don’t let the Thumper Punk label fool you – its not always about punk. This EP is a foray into singer-songwriter territory. Well, it is by a punk rocker, so I guess it’s close to punk – somewhat. But pretty … Continued
Moral Monsters – Postmodern Failurism
Moral Monsters plays old school punk rock that is musically satisfying. The problem with this short ep is the lyrics. As you can tell by the name, this ep deals with post modernism and other problems in the church. Or … Continued
Living Fire – Dead To Sin
This album marks the second turn of street punk/Oi! rockers Living Fire. They had it on their first album, and they still have it here. Energy, speed, and sweat in abundance. For the uninitiated or the non-punk fans, all Thumper … Continued
Christ’s Sake – We All Fall Down
This one fell through the cracks, and I am not sure why. I definitely enjoyed this one a bit more than the other Thumper Punk releases (which are all generally good quality to begin with). Christ’s Sake has a faster … Continued
Champion Leader – 4st
Champion Leader is back with another batch of 80’s inspired new-wavy gothic alterna-rock goodness. Few people out there can dial in that modern 80s sound like J. Bozeman and company. The only problem here is that this ep is just … Continued