The Eleventh Door = Cool Ghouls + Beach House … read more
Local Review: The Eleventh Door – Venusian Gap
Local Review: The Frenetic Process – Early Onset > Late Bloomer
The Frenetic Process = Klein + Hype Williams … read more
Local Review: The Last Living – Self-titled
The Last Living = The Middle East + Lavender Diamond … read more
Local Review: The Gontiks
The Gontiks = Deerhunter + Explosions In The Sky … read more
Local Review: The Kat’s Jamas – We
The Kat’s Jamas = Danny Elfman + Wendy Carlos + Acid House … read more
Local Review: The Dream Tapes – Dead Ends and All My Friends
The Dream Tapes = Two Door Cinema Club + Weezer … read more
Local Review: The Hung Ups – Insanity Plea
The Hung Ups = Lagwagon + The Queers + Screeching Weasel … read more
Local Review: The happies – Meet the happies
THE HAPPIES MEET THE HAPPIES The Happies = Nick Drake + Brian Jonestown Massacre The questions you should ask yourself right now are: Why haven’t I heard of this band before, how has my life been incomplete without them, are they still around, and why did this stupid reviewer wait several months to write them up?
Local Review: The Furies – Sunday Satellite
The Furies Sunday Satellite Dumb Angels The Furies = (Pavement + Lou Reed) x emo The songs on Sunday Satellite are well thought-out, well produced and could serve as an accessory to a deep, deep depression. This minimalist, sad indie rock of The Furies could either woo the right concert audience into a feeling
Local Review: The Contingency Plan – Self-titled demo (2002)
The Contingency Plan Self-titled demo (2002) The Contingency Plan = Drive-Thru Records + sincerity Oops … this is what happens when you lose a band’s press kit in your car’s trunk for two years. This four-song demo is a neat, tight conglomeration of polished emo pop-punk with sharp production (Boho Digitalia), tight performance and
Local Review: The Jukejoint 45’s – Self-Titled EP
The Jukejoint 45’s Self-titled EP The Jukejoint 45’s = The Cramps + Elvis + Robert Johnson Grammar, children! If I see another Salt City CD’s or Go-Go’s emblem again, I’ll maul. Plurals don’t have apostrophes! Anyway, The Jukejoint 45’s make some really kick-ass rockabilly that’s not different from a dozen other rockabilly bands you’ve
Local Review: The Legendary Porch Pounders – A Little Gift: Authorized Bootleg
The Legendary Porch Pounders A Little Gift: Authorized Bootleg Self-Released LPP = Muddy Waters + Bob Dylan I swore off drinking yesterday, but halfway through the emotionally exhausting second track, “Up for Days,” I had one leg swung back up on the wagon. Dan Weldon’s lyrics are more folk-poetic than would traditionally accompany many of
