Van Halen – s/t
The thing about albums which are truly progressive (to be clear, I’m referring to albums which break new ground – not necessarily prog rock…
Finger Eleven – Five Crooked Lines
It was very reasonable to assume that Finger Eleven had totally sold out years ago. Back in 2003, the success of “One Thing” –…
Headstones @ Maxwell’s, Waterloo ON, July 10th 2015
Headstones with A Rebel Few at Maxwell’s, Waterloo, Ontario, July 10th, 2015 The caliber and quality of Headstones as a live band has never…
Ozzy Osbourne – Blizzard Of Ozz LP (revisited)
“Is the reissued release of an album ALWAYS superior to the original?” Such a question is valid – particularly when one takes the recent…
Kinski – 7 (Or 8)
Without intending to sound condescending, things are really starting to get interesting for Kinski now – on their seventh full-length album. For the sake…
Gateway Drugs – Magick Spells
It’s hard to believe how long punk has been a musical idiom. For the sake of argument (because it’s hard to get many people…
Anti-Flag – American Spring LP
It might sound a little silly to say, but the first great thing about the vinyl pressing of Anti-Flag‘s ninth studio album, American Spring,…
Reducers SF – Essentials (4 Colored 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…
Round Eye – s/t LP
While the debate over which recorded music format is superior (vinyl, CD and digital download, at least for right now, are the top contenders),…
Rancid – …And Out Come The Wolves (5 x 7” vinyl set)
It sounds a little sensationalist to make this declaration but, of the albums which really sparked the punk revival of the 1990s (including –…