Tag: records

  • mssv – Human Reaction LP

    mssv – Human Reaction LP

    mssv Human Reaction LP (Big Ego Records) While Mike Watt’s early career was defined by the bassist’s time with The Minutemen, it can’t be denied that since the end of The Minutemen, Watt has been viewed as a solo entity. That isn’t to say that the bassist hasn’t played with other bands since then (there…

  • Urban Junior – Urban et Orbi LP

    Urban Junior – Urban et Orbi LP

    Urban Junior Urban et Orbi LP (Voodoo Rhythm Records) It doesn’t seem like this should be true on paper but, in the fourteen cuts which comprise Urban et Orbi, Urban Junior shows those listeners who come upon the album the future of pop. That might seem like a bold statement, but it’s true; throughout this…

  • Flores Y Fuego – Altar LP

    Flores Y Fuego – Altar LP

    Flores Y Fuego Altar LP (Pirates Press Records) It’s startling when one realizes how far punk as progressed over the last thirty years or so. It could be argued that the turning point in the history of punk’s greatest evolution was when Epitaph Records broke the barrier between pop and punk in the Nineties; suddenly,…

  • SC.U.M. – Born Too Soon LP Reissue

    SC.U.M. – Born Too Soon LP Reissue

    SC.U.M. Born Too Soon LP (Reissue) (Porterhouse Records) Listening to the reissue of Montreal-based punk/hardcore outfit SC.U.M.’s Born Too Soon LP really takes me back. I mean, I understand that the idea of a reissue is supposed to recall a time where the album in question was new and is capable of allowing a listener…

  • Hunting Lions – Dark 12” EP

    Hunting Lions – Dark 12” EP

    Hunting Lions Dark (one-sided 12”) EP (Pirates Press Records) While I can’t keep myself from wondering why Hunting Lions elected to keep the music on the Dark EP contained to just one side of this 12” (there’s five songs on one side and a graphic on the other), there is no question that the songs…

  • Bishop’s Green – Black Skies EP and Waiting EP

    Bishop’s Green – Black Skies EP and Waiting EP

    Bishop’s Green Black Skies EP (Pirates Press Records) As cool as some album covers are (and the cover of the Black Skies EP is definitely very cool), the peril is often that the image on the cover of a record just doesn’t match the music. It could easily be argued that Black Skies falls hard…

  • Zabrecky – Seance! With Zabrecky 12” single

    Zabrecky – Seance! With Zabrecky 12” single

    Zabrecky Seance! With Zabrecky 12” single (In The Red Records) On the surface, noting that Seance! With Zabrecky 12” single. is a novelty record just goes without saying. Sure – people still indulge in trying to make contact with the deceased, on occasion, and some people even claim to have been successful; but really, it…

  • The Christian Family – The Raw and Primitive Sound of The Christian Family

    The Christian Family – The Raw and Primitive Sound of The Christian Family

    The Christian Family The Raw and Primitive Sound of The Christian Family (Voodoo Rhythm Records) While it would be easy enough to spill plenty of ink on the fact that The Christian Family is pretty evidently a kindred spirit to such popular “dirty shirt rock n’ roll” bands as The White Stripes, Boss Hog, Royal…

  • The Drowns – Lunatics 12” EP

    The Drowns – Lunatics 12” EP

    The Drowns Lunatics EP (Pirates Press Records) It would be easy enough to curse The Drowns out for what the band has done with the Lunatics EP. Not unlike what innumerable other acts have done, over the years (Hot Water Music, NOFX and John Lennon all leap to mind), The Drowns have elected to take…

  • The Lorrainas – Party ‘Til It’s Dark [Reissue] LP

    The Lorrainas – Party ‘Til It’s Dark [Reissue] LP

    The Lorrainas Party ‘Til It’s Dark LP (Reissue) (Surfin’ Ki’ Records/Mom’s Basement Records) Sure, this vinyl reissue of Party ‘Til It’s Dark – The Lorrainas’ first and only full-length studio album – may seek to re-introduce material which is now seventeen years old, but anyone who hears it will excitedly admit that the music sounds…