Record Review: Grizzlor – Cycloptic
I recommend Grizzlor's Cycloptic to everybody that likes to crush some beer while blasting crunchy space tunes at maximum volume.
Album Reviews
Album Review: The Wonder Years – No Closer to Heaven
No Closer to Heaven embraces the fact The Wonder Years are growing up by choosing to fight apathy and indifference with the knowledge and perspective.
Album Review: Guilty Simpson – Detroit’s Son
The experimental artistry and the inherent toughness of rap is proving to result in some killer albums, and Guilty Simpson's Detroit’s Son is one of them.
Album Review: Editors – In Dream
In Dream isn't a step in the right direction for constantly shapeshifting band. I've liked Editors for a long time, but In Dream is lacking a familiar core
Album Review: Grave – Out of Respect for the Dead
Grave the fathers of Swedish death metal deliver another consistent, neck-breaking album in Out of Respect for the Dead. Dustin still has whiplash.
Album Review: Collective Soul – See What You Started By Continuing
Collective Soul is a band that take pride in doing what they enjoy and doing it well. That aspect in turn causes them to make solid albums.
Album Review: Beach House – Thank Your Lucky Stars
Beach Houses' Thank Your Lucky Stars is an interesting listen. You love it, but you can’t necessarily explain why. It just feels comfortable.
Album Review: Small Black – Best Blues
Small Black has a formula for success, for creating songs that are truly their own as a band, and they've perfected it on Best Blues
Album Review: Peaches – Rub
America needs Peaches. Who else is going to flip the gender roles of bukkake? Rub is the new addition Peaches campaign and I’m voting for her for president.
Album Review: Night Birds – Mutiny at Muscle Beach
Night Birds' Mutiny at Muscle Beach treats the last 30 years of punk like they never happened, and Ricky Vigil wouldn't have it any other way.