Reviews
Review: Diarrhea Planet – Loose Jewels (Infinity Cat, 2011)
I first became acquainted with Diarrhea Planet when their then fan and current guitar player, Emmett, would try to get me to go out and see them. At first, I was reluctant but I finally checked them out once he joined the band last year and have been hooked ever since. Loose Jewels is Diarrhea [...]
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Review: Samiam -Trips (Hopeless Records, 2011)
Throughout the late 90's punk rock seemed to be all the craze throughout high schools across the nation. Bands such as Blink-182, Green Day and Bad Religion owned the airwaves and CD players of every happy go lucky teen. Such is the story of…
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Record Store Day in Retrospect
I woke up late on Saturday, and I thought I had dreamed the past month of spring when I walked outside to a chilly, gray afternoon. Of all the days to be ugly, it had to be Record Store Day. But I went anyways to huddle against the stage at the new…
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Chicken Little/Wreck of the Zephyr Split 7″ (Sidejar Records, 2011)
There’s a noticeable level of urgency in Chicken Little’s tunes and it’s a highlight of their latest split release with Wreck of the Zephyr.
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Jukebox Romantics, Commonwealth of American Natives, The Hand Me Downs and American Pinup at The Muse 3-12-11
While the youth of middle Tennessee were largely on spring break, local punk rock fans flocked to the Basement to pre-order the new Those Darlins record and watch their only scheduled Nashville show before they head out on tour and those with their…
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Black Joe Lewis – Scandalous (Lost Highway Records, 2011)
Two years after he gave us Tell Em’ What Your Name Is!, Black Joe Lewis bestows upon us another album full of scorchers with his latest release, Scandalous. This LP dripping of grit and soul seems to have come right out of Stax. From Joe’s raw…
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Man Overboard – The Absolute Worst (Rise Records, 2011)
Man Overboard’s new single "The Absolute Worst" completely disregards its name. The short, two track, six-minute release made an impression – no, a big fucking indent – on my brain. The first song on the single, “The Absolute Worst,”…
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Chronicling the Bruise Cruise Festival
Fresh off the ship and caked with salt from the sea, our own mobile music journalist, Rebecca Seung brought home news of the sea-bound rock 'n' roll world known as the Bruise Cruise Festival.
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Transit – Something Left Behind (Rise Records, 2011)
Very few bands take on the challenge of acoustic albums. The daunting task of stripping everything you've written and reforming songs from scratch to change not only your sound, but your entire genre is a horrifying yet rewarding effort. Thus is…
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Slightly Stoopid with Fishbone and Simeon of Outlaw Nation at Cannery 2-26-11
Photo Gallery: Slightly Stoopid with Fishbone and Simeon of Outlaw Nation at Cannery 2-26-11 There are few things that bring as many grizzled punkers, bunches of frat brothers and sorority socialites, wanna-be white-boy Rastafarians and true…
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