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KITTIE – I’VE FAILED YOU (Album Review)

There's a interesting connection between KITTIE and their labelmates in CHIMAIRA - both bands initially got early career boosts through appearances on a short-lived USA network series called...

CHIMAIRA – THE AGE OF HELL (Album Review)

It's hard to believe that it's already been nearly twelve years since a then-unknown band called CHIMAIRA rocked the stage on the short-lived Farmclub...

VICTORIAN HALLS – CHARLATAN (Album Review)

There's something slightly evil brewing just beneath the surface of CHARLATAN, the Victory Records debut from Chicago's VICTORIAN HALLS. Stealthily working it's way underneath the...

THE BIRTHDAY MASSACRE – IMAGINARY MONSTERS (Archive EP Review)

As I noted when I first posted news of IMAGINARY MONSTERS, the new EP from THE BIRTHDAY MASSACRE - their 2010 full-length PINS & NEEDLES has not...

FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE – SKY FULL OF HOLES (Album Review)

Adding a new layer of jangling acoustic guitars to their signature sound, master power-pop rockers FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE have delivered their fifth studio album,...

GUSTER – ON THE OCEAN (EP Review)

Keeping their established fanbase engaged with a collection of songs left-over from the sessions that became 2010's EASY WONDERFUL, Boston's GUSTER have issued the ON THE OCEAN...

IWRESTLEDABEARONCE – RUINING IT FOR EVERYBODY (Album Review)

I was pretty sure that I was approaching a boss in some long-lost SNES game upon pressing the play button to start virtual rotation of RUINING IT FOR EVERYBODY,...

RIVAL SONS – PRESSURE & TIME (Album Review)

For the past few months, I've been getting Los Angeles rockers RIVAL SONS tossed in front of me constantly. It seems every few years...

SPIN presents NEWERMIND: A TRIBUTE TO NIRVANA (Album Review)

On the eve of the 20th Anniversary of NIRVANA's landmark NEVERMIND, the folks over at SPIN have put together NEWERMIND: A TRIBUTE TO NIRVANA. Offered as a FREE...

TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT – A TRIBUTE TO THE QUEENS OF NOISE: THE RUNAWAYS (Album Review)

No story about THE RUNAWAYS would be complete without a little (or a lot) of behind-the-scenes drama, and TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT - A TRIBUTE TO...

THE BUNNY THE BEAR – IF YOU DON’T HAVE ANYTHING NICE TO SAY… (Album Review)

It only happens a couple of times a year (if that), but I absolutely love it when an album like this comes along. You...

TURBID NORTH – OROGENY (Archive Album Review)

Until last week, I'd never heard of TURBID NORTH. If not for a well-placed press release that landed in my email with just enough...

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