Music
Review: S.O.A. – First Demo 12/29/80
State of Alert (S.O.A.) is one of the unsung heroes of the Washington, D.C. hardcore scene. They were a flash in the pan, existing for less than a year before disbanding in the summer of 1981. Led by a 19-year-old Henry Rollins, they recorded eight songs.
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Review: New God – Firework
New God = Elliott Smith x Birds of Tokyo + Mac DeMarco … read more
Review: Austra – Habitat
Austra = Trust + Grimes … read more
July 2014 National Music Reviews
Reviews for Austra, Blood And Sun, The Clean, Comeback Kid, Dub Thompson, Emperors Of Wyoming, The Ghost Wolves. Harmjoy, Lust For Youth, Mayhem, Nunslaughter, Papercuts, Plague Vendor, S.O.A., Sharon Van Etten, Thee Oh Sees, White Fence, White Reaper, Wovenhand, Yesway and more. … read more
Review: Saxon – St. George’s Day Sacrifice – Live in...
Saxon = Accept + Judas Priest … read more
Review: Dinos Boys – Last Ones
Dinos Boys = early The Damned x The Boys … read more
Review: Rachel Taylor Brown – Falimy
I think I can label this album as singer-songwriter, alt-chick rock music with a piano and sometimes other instruments, but perhaps I’m dismissing this as something that it’s not. … read more
Review: R.M. Hendrix – Urban Turks Country Jerks
No, this isn’t an LDS-themed Jimi Hendrix cover band, though if you’re a Utah native, that probably doesn’t sound too odd. What we’ve got here is a mixed bag of indie rock, shoegaze and … gulp … psychedelia that casts a wide arc from nostalgia days to here and now. … read more
Review: Popstrangers – Fortuna
Compared to their first album, Antipodes, Popstrangers are really living up to the “Pop” in their name. I want to stress that I said, “compared to.” … read more
Review: Polock – Rising Up
It’s June, ladies and gentlemen, and that means summer indie pop releases. Returning after their debut album, Getting Down From Trees, is Polock, the quintet from Valencia, Spain. … read more
Review: Polar Bear Club – Death Chorus
While initial damage-control over the album focused on the less-harsh style Jimmy Stadt now uses due to throat wear after the last few albums, it’s not the vocal delivery that leaves this album weak and wilting. … read more
Review: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart – Days...
Without much fanfare, The Pains’ classic lineup has gone (Peggy’s the DIY Editor at BuzzFeed!?) and been replaced by a rotating cast of indie pop vets. Sigh … is the indie pop revival that Kip Berman and friends kick-started in the late aughts finally having its bittersweet coda? … read more
