review Archive
06 Apr 2009
EP Review: Marion Raven — Heads Will Roll
Not as awful as the buzz might have you believe, Heads Will Roll, the EP by Norwegian pop vocalist-turned rocker grrl Marion Raven offers slightly above-average rock. The playing is […]
05 Apr 2009
Album Review: The Out_Circuit – Pierce the Empire With a Sound
This is a varied piece of work. The opening track, “Come Out Shooting” kicks off with the same old throat shredding one can hear on any of a gazillion shitty […]
04 Apr 2009
Album Review: Movie Star Kiss — Starting Over
As Starting Over kicked off, this reviewer expected good things. “Getaway” opens with a good, solid beat coupled with driving guitars. The vocals had a bit of that over-enunciated 2000s […]
03 Apr 2009
Album Review: The Motion Sick – The Truth Will Catch You, Just Wait
“Jean-Paul,” the opening track on The Truth Will Catch You, Just Wait… would have fit nicely on the Children of Nuggets compilation, alongside such artists as The Hoodoo Gurus and […]
02 Apr 2009
Album Review: James Morrison — Undiscovered
Beware, dear reader, any review that contains phrases such as “the best [fill in the blank: vocalist, guitarist etc.] since [fill in the blank: name of critically revered artist].” Too […]
01 Apr 2009
Album Review: Memphis May Fire — s/t
As a card-carrying Pastafarian, I pray every day to the Flying Spaghetti Monster that I am delivered from the random assignment of reviewing Christian hardcore CDs. I simply don’t get […]
31 Mar 2009
DVD Review: MC5 — Kick Out the Jams
On one hand, it’s necessary to give credit where it’s due: little moving picture footage of the MC5 exists, and Kick Out the Jams co-producers Leni Sinclair and Cary Loren […]
30 Mar 2009
Album Review: Mah Jongg – Kontpab
Boy, does this album suck. Nothing much happens musically for the first two and a half minutes of the nearly six-minute “Pontiac.” Listening to it is like wandering into a […]
29 Mar 2009
Album Review: Los Lobos – Wolf Tracks: The Best of Los Lobos
Reviewing best-ofs is a dodgy proposition; if the artist in question is good, then by definition the disc is good…generally. It’s simple enough to point out a shoddy compilation, taking […]
28 Mar 2009
Album Review: Lemonheads — s/t
The opening of The Lemonheads — ambience and a solemn piano — portends a listening experience akin to The Who’s Quadrophenia. But it’s a red herring. Squealing, crashing power chords […]