BUILT BY SNOW-”Noise” (EP)

Sorry no posts lately–Been in the hospital.  Here’s a little something for now . . . Built By Snow’s debut EP “Noise,” is completely indie and D.I.Y., which is pretty amazing because the production is quite good. In fact, because it’s so good the EP isn’t nearly close enough to the punk it aspires to [...]

THE BEST OF JOE STRUMMER–LIVE, RARE, A to Z

Don’t worry. I’ll be posting more complete shows. But today is devoted to single songs, maybe where I don’t have the whole show or where the whole show wasn’t all that great, or maybe some single studio cut that was never released . . . A to Z. If y’all dig this, I may do [...]

SUPER 400-“3 And The Beast”

Any Stone Temple Pilot fans out there? If so, this gnarly album is right for you. Super 400 are a new metal power trio making constantly loud jams—like The Cult, Velvet Revolver, Kings X, etc. They’re straight outta Troy, N.Y., so they got the good suburban roots so essential to the kind of “teen angst” [...]

THE BREEDERS-”Double Trouble”

“Double Trouble” is a widely circulated bootleg compilation of stuff from The Breeders 1993 tour, the one from when they were at the crest of the “Cannonball” wave. I haven’t heard the new Breeders album, “Mountain Battles,” (it isn’t out yet, I don’t think), but I’m really looking forward to it. In case any of [...]

THE SPIDER BAGS-”A Celebration of Hunger.”

“Thank the Lord for heroin, and thank him for your soul.” How did an album with a lyric like that get by me? And it’s not like that’s the only drug poetry on Spider Bags’ “A Celebration of Hunger,” a 2007 release from Birdman Records. Just about every tune is a tribute to excess. To [...]

ROBOTS IN DISGUISE-“We’re In The Music Biz”

Why do I dig the new Robots in Disguise record? Let’s see . . . They’re an electro punk duo. That’s not it; I pretty much dislike that genre. Their stuff is pretty frenetic and silly. Also not generally my style. And yet . . . I really dig it. We’re In The Music Biz” [...]