I’m trying to figure out who Christ’s Sake sounds like. There is something about the vocals that sounds familiar. Online I see them recommended for fans of The Ramones, The Clash, Black Flag, and Social Distortion. Maybe the vocals sounds like all of those mixed together – but at times I hear the influence of…
Platoon 1107 starts off this split with blazing heavy fast punk. Remember the dirty guitar tones Blenderhead dialed in for their first full length? The guitars here remind of that, just used instead for straight up working class punk. Platoon 1107 blazes through six songs that mostly float around the 1-2 minute length mark. The…
So it turns out all of those whispers and rumors about Veil of Ashes that have persisted for years and years are really true. For the faithful that have waited for the truth to be reveled for a few decades, we now have the whole the story. The long lost last recordings have been unleashed.…
Punk rock that is a bit on the pop side. Or at least more on the “catchy chorus” side of punk rather than the “Green Day rip-off” side. I was thrown a bit by the sudden third wave ska sounds in the second track. A lot of this EP sounds like what Tooth & Nail…
Bill Mallonee always delivers an unparalleled amount of genuinely solid music. The output is overwhelming sometimes to just try and keep up with. The thing that is striking is not just how many amazing songs he writes, but also how good they all are. Never an artist to waste words, Mallonee crafts his life on…
After years and years of promise, Cush is back. If you have been following the band’s website for long enough, you have heard most of these songs. The deal with Cush is that they never sound the same from outing to outing, but still somehow retain some characteristics that sound familiar. This description can be…
With so many of our musical heroes making new music, it is easy to forget that there are high quality new bands making music. Pacifico has released an album that can stand toe to toe with many of their peers and mentors to compete for a limited spot in my listening time. These songs are…
This is almost how you should do re-issues. About the only problem is that this is not on vinyl, but with so many songs it would have probably had to be a double album. At least. But basically what you get here is a CD of all the studio recordings of Empty Tomb plus a…
This album is brilliance. I just don’t know what else to say. Many other reviewers have tried to describe how this album fits in with other Daniel Amos classics. I don’t even know how to start down that path. If you like Daniel Amos, you will probably love this album. If you have not been…
Harder electronic, industrial-influenced, ebm… I’m not sure what to call Human 2.7, but I always like their output. They are darker than most “techno” bands, but easier to listen to than industrial (and I say that as a fan of true industrial). The closest act that I can think of that readers might be familiar…