Music Review
Thumper Punk Records was new to me, but this is the kind of stuff I love! Nothing screams indie and underground to me more than loud, amped up, white hot sounding punk rock. I miss hearing new bands that really sound like punk rock (not pop punk, but punk rock) steeped in socially and spiritually…
The Beckoning is a study in extremes and opposites that really works where so many bands usually fall into cacophony. Their goal is to “fuse the aggression of Extreme Metal with the majestic ambience of Gothic soundscapes.” I’ll be honest – I was skeptical of that description when I first read it – especially since…
Just like the Doug Burr 7-inch, this 7-inch from Gold Beach comes with two songs on vinyl and an ep’s worth of material on the download card (six songs total). “Gold Beach” is a sweet pop song set to a slightly more complex rhythm than your average pop ditty – overall a nice effect. Most…
Ultra Monark is the latest incarnation of Joe Albaense’s brilliance. Albanese has been a part or leader of many bands through the years – Four Living Creatures, Elder, and Fell Desire. All of these bands seem to favor the same formula: take every LS Underground album, every Scaterd Few album, and a few random Middle…
Where does Thumper Punk dig up all these great punk rock bands? Well in the case of The Old-Timers, seems like they went all the way to South Africa. With a name like “The Old-Timers”, you have got to bring the old school punk. These guys do that and more… your stereo will grow a…
Great three piece Punk Rock band from Colorado featuring ex-members of Focused and Ultimatum. 16 tracks of melodic Hardcore reminiscent of a cross between Gorilla Biscuits/CIV and early Lagwagon. Nothing groundbreaking, but don’t let that stop you – these guys play tight and write great songs! The Gang vocals on “Through the Ears” reminds me…
Two-time Basement Tapes alumnus Sean Severson returns with the newest free album from his project And How. Almost Tomorrow finds Severson continuing down the road of melancholic rock that fans of his music have come to love. You can hear the songs for free on Bandcamp and hear Severson’s thoughts on the most recent Basement…
I became aware of Braden Mann and the Reprimand through a YouTube video of them covering a Michael Knott song with a cool, organic, down-to-earth sound. Luckily, I found all of their songs on BandCamp and decided to check them out. The Chemicals Won’t Balance is their latest studio album. I’m not sure how to…
This iTunes only ep is a bit of a history capsule. When Crumbacher called it a day, former members Dawn Johnson and Chris Duke decided to form a band and go in a completely different musical direction. This is female-fronted alternative rock, right up there on par with anything that was popular in the 1990s.…
A big change has occurred in the Mind of the Sick camp. Noah Tubbs is still about welcoming people as they are and not conforming to stereotypes. MotS still churns out catchy, groovy industrial metal that lives in the same neighborhood as Klank and Rob Zombie. But now, Mind of the Sick is not a…