Walrus – Family Hangover LP
When one considers the debut LP from Walrus, Family Hangover, the first stumbling block which comes up is where the music came from. As…
Reducers SF – Essentials (4-LP set)
Looking back, it’s pretty incredible how fertile punk’s creative soil was in the Nineties. Sure – everyone knows the mid-Nineties as being the period…
Dead Kennedys – Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables LP
How does one qualify an album which is almost universally considered a lynchpin release for the musical genre it occupies and has incited a…
Dirty Fences – Goodbye Love LP
After taking four years to let their sound season with the help of regular touring and new releases, there’s no question listening to Goodbye…
JD McPherson – Undivided Heart & Soul LP
The beauty of JD McPherson‘s new album is that calling it a “classic” or “fantastic new album” is definitely apt and accurate, but neither…
Round Eye – Monstervision LP
Since first appearing as the “band on the other side of a split album with Libyan Hit Squad” a couple of years ago [the…
Tough Age – Unclean (7-inch)
After hearing all three songs of Tough Age‘s new Unclean 7-inch, listeners may find that they need to take a moment and collect themselves…
Preservation Hall Jazz Band – So It Is LP
I have to confess that, after having listened to music on a daily basis (first as a fan, then as a critic and a…
Chomper – Medicine Mountain LP
Every once in a while, a band somehow manages to come along and throw a multitude of easily recognizable sounds into the generic melting pot and…
The Struggle – Endless LP
At this point in music history, surf rock’s impact on punk has really been downplayed with more attention put toward the more obvious, poppy…