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 REVIEWS  

- Richard Allsop -  

The Popsters - Our Bites Bring You Back L.P: "Exceeding all expectations, Our Bites Bring You Back instantly hits the list of obscurities that are worth rifling through the clutter of the underground scene to acquire. The form of the album is of a usual style for a Cheapskate release (speaking of – check out the new McRackins) – typically no more than ten hard laboured songs and all thoughtfully sequenced... [more]"

Bankrupt - Rocket to Riot City E.P: "With vocalist Rocca’s Matt Hart esq. vocal style and chunky chug-a-lug guitars, Rocket To Riot City is an EP in the mould of “Fade To Bright” era Squirtgun. This can only mean one thing: it rocks... [more]"

Dirty Dead - Carnivorous Lunar Activities L.P: "Carnivorous Lunar Activities takes the sound of thrash-style Danzig-fronted Misfits and somehow manages to worsen it, sporting trashy, sloppy spurts of thrash, bridged with some of the most disgusting death metal drum fills I’ve ever had the misfortune of hearing. There’re twenty-six tracks and they all pretty much sound the same... [more]"

Dateless - Take Notes E.P: "Take Notes sees the Seattle trio doing more or less what they pulled off before - recording sweet infectious heartthrob, but adjusting their sound slightly to gain a rawer punk rock bite... [more]"

Mazeffect - Horseshoes And Hand Grenades L.P: "As with ninety-nine-point-nine percent of music under the rock umbrella, comparisons can be made with certain bands - some more easily than others. Mazeffect’s influences are clear and abundant, the most patent being the vocal style and the guitar sound akin to those of Soul Asylum, and the most subtle (which isn’t saying much) would be the Replacements – an influence which shines through more brightly on Jay (vox)’s new band the Break Evens. Horseshoes is a veritable riot... [more]"

     

 

 




 

                                                                              

 

March/April 2009: Nate Gangelhoff (Banner Pilot/Rivethead/Off With Their Heads)

January/February 2009: Alex Kerns (Lemuria/Art of the Underground)

December 2008: Blake Schwarzenbach (Jawbreaker/Jets To Brazil/The Thorns of Life), Jay Mazeffect (The Break Evens/Mazeffect)

 

 :: MAY/JUNE 2009 ::

 REVIEWS  

Richard Allsop...

UPDATE (15/6/09): New reviews from me in the July/August update  - I've been busy.

Meanwhile, here's an example of the sort of stuff I've been doodling recently and below it my reviews from last time round:

And a couple more...

This oddity (The Vampire Sperm):

 

... And this atrocity (The Flying Tree):

That's supposed to be squirrel shit (and a fair amount it seems!) spiralling down towards you, by the way. 

March/April (previous page):

  • The Hangouts - Turn Up the Bird E.P: "After a lengthy wait and numerous repeat listens of their riotous split 7" with Something Fierce, I was more than enthusiastic to tear open my mail to discover The Hangouts' latest paucity of gutsy anthems... [more]"
  • Something Fierce - There Are No Answers L.P: "Opening with "Aliens," the solid, rocking Houston trinity Something Fierce create an instant mood of confusion and anxiety on their bold and aptly titled sophomore long player, There Are No Answers. Following "Aliens," the blasting familiarity that was originally their hard-hitting late-summer single (split with The Hangouts), "Teenage Ruins," ensues... [more]"
  • The Priceduifkes - She Spells Disaster E.P: "My last encounter with these Belgian miscreants involved receiving their previous E.P Punkrock Afterparty, a run-in I haven't since recovered from... [more]"
  • The Impulse International - Hollywood Underground 7": "Here's a band I'd love to see playing live. Featuring J Buck (more commonly known as Adam Rabuck) of Dirt Bike Annie and two other startlingly smooth looking characters, The Impulse International take the classic sound of seventies powerpop and employ it to their best advantage, releasing the untouchable "Hollywood Underground" on Killer Records, its flawless gem of a b-side "Gotta Run Home”... [more]"

  • The Fullertons - Analog E.P: "Demo-like in nature, this Chicago based pop-punk trio has produced what can be best treated as a small canon intended to introduce us to what they can and can't pull off, rather than a definitive statement of intent for the route they will follow hither on... [more]"   

 

Skankin' D...

  • Good Luck - Into Lake Griffy LP: "Infusing folk with rock and punk, and a healthy splashing of pop, Good Luck sound like little else in the modern era... [more]"
  • Monikers - Wake Up LP: "Pop punk that is rough around the edges is the order of the day here. It’s a sound that is becoming more and more popular on the punk underground, and indeed prolific, as evidenced by recent releases from Off With Their Heads and Banner Pilot... [more]"
  • The Mugwumps - At Pop Speed LP: "...as they blast their way through nineteen tracks of non-stop fun punk rock. Cheesy guitar leads, very strong vocals and choruses with harmonies to die for... [more]"
  • O Pioneers! - Neon Creeps LP: "There has been quite a bit of underground hype levelled at punk stompers O Pioneers! and their debut full length. And it turns out that a good percentage of that hype is more than justified... [more]"
  • Sonic Boom Six - City Of Thieves LP: "Sonic Boom Six are back, and this time they mean business! Following from last year’s sophomore effort, SB6 seem to just get better and better with each release - and here they have taken a massive leap. They are still the ‘genre terrorists’ they always were... [more]"
  • The Accelerators - Accelerators LP: "And the pop-punk record of 2009 so far goes to... that’s right: the Accelerators’ debut LP. This is wonderful hard-hitting pop-punk, from start to finish. They have released many a 7” on various Euro-punk labels with increasing aplomb each time, and cemented themselves within the European pop-punk scene as one of the most interesting of the new crew... [more]"
  • The Dopamines - Soap And Lampshades 7": "Soap And Lampshades is perhaps the first Dopamines release that didn’t hit me immediately, but when it finally clicked, I realised this 7” was every bit as anthemic and fist-punching as what as had come previously... [more]"
  • Billy Raygun - Seasick 7": "New Jersey’s Billy Raygun come off as the bastard child of Jawbreaker and The Ergs!, with various other ‘90s alt-punk references in there. Like the aforementioned bands, they have an abundance of shredding guitar action along with the kind of passionate vocals any ‘80s hardcore band would be proud of... [more]"
  • The Creeps - These Walls 7": "For those of you who enjoyed last year’s hidden punk rock gem Lakeside Cabin, then you are bound to bounce along to their latest effort in These Walls. For those who haven’t heard them before, this is a great chance to sample the delights of The Creeps... [more]"

 

         

 

The Lanterns: "Postcard Picture" by Captain BatscaN

PREVIOUSLY...

March/April 2009: Nate Gangelhoff (Banner Pilot/Rivethead/Off With Their Heads)

January/February 2009: Alex Kerns (Lemuria/Art of the Underground)

December 2008: Blake Schwarzenbach (Jawbreaker/Jets To Brazil/The Thorns of Life), Jay Mazeffect (The Break Evens/Mazeffect)