Authors: Stakerized
Review: Buzzcocks – The Way
Buzzcocks = Pete Shelley + Sex Pistols + Howard Devoto … read more
Review: Brother Earth – Positive Haywires
Brother Earth = Circus Devils + Syd Barrett – Robert Pollard … read more
Review: Butch Walker – Afraid Of Ghosts
Butch Walker = Ryan Adams + Pete Yorn – John Mayer … read more
Review: California X – Nights in the Dark
California X = Meat Puppets + Dinosaur Jr. – J Mascis … read more
Review: Bob Mould – Beauty & Ruin
Bob Mould = Hüsker Dü + Superchunk – Grant Hart … read more
Review: Bill Callahan – Dream River
These songs are the kind of dreamlike reveries that can lull you into a drifting state that can carry you into dangerous territory, if that danger is sometimes just impending, around the corner. … read more
Review: Azure Carter & Alan Sondheim – Avatar Woman
Azure Carter & Alan Sondheim = Pentangle + Nurse with Wound – Steely Dan … read more
Review: Advance Base – Nephew In the Wild
Advance Base = Eels + Sean Na Na – Sun Kil Moon … read more
Review: Acid Baby Jesus – Selected Recordings
Acid Baby Jesus = Brian Jonestown Massacre + Fuzz – Nana Mouskouri
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Localized: The Guard Cats
This month’s Localized is a meeting of veterans of Salt Lake’s original punk scene and the new breed of local soundsters creating their own musical voice—the experimental, dub-influenced Muzzle Tung open. The Guard Cats have existed barely a year, but they display a diverse sonic palette. On the other end of the continuum, Gnawing Suspicion
Zine Goddess – August 2004
Venus Zine Magazine is one of the best zines by and about, though not just for, women. Just because it’s slick and you might (or might not) find in on your newsstand doesn’t mean it’s not edgy. Rather than ramble on about how great it is, let’s just cut to the chase and dive in
Indie Label Spotlight: Carcrash Records
Some things just grab your attention, like driving past a car crash. Sweden’s Carcrash Records produces the kind of arresting music that you can’t fail to prick up your ears to, with some of the most captivating bands that have taken the aftermath of punk-influenced music to a whole nuther level, like International Noise Conspiracy