Merman Records “Sea Creature Series Vol#1”
Merman Records “Sea Creature Series Vol#1” - 4/5 Merman Records is a new label that hails from the mighty tundra of Canada. If you’ve been under a rock for the last 3 or 4 years you might not realize that Canada is a hot bed of great punk rock. The best that gets churned out [...]
The PG-13’s- “Get Back”
The PG-13’s- “Get Back” 4/5 – More Pop than punk, Pop Punk This album puts the Pop in Pop punk to the extreme. The album has slightly bratty vocals and 4 songs with lyrics about liking girls, girls, girls, & girls. Each song has its own little tribute to a different girl and how they [...]
The Vapids – “The Point Remains The Same EP“
The Vapids – “The Point Remains The Same EP“ 3/5 – [limited edition 7”] Much like the full length “The Point Remains The Same” full length from The Vapids in 2007, this three song album has a ton of edgy Rock-n-Roll influence with a deeper sound. Unlike “Charm School Drop Out” this EP [...]
The Vapids –“Charm School Drop Outs
The Vapids –“Charm School Drop Outs” - 3/5 – (originally released 2001 and has been released in 2009 by Surfin’ Ki) I’m going to cut the cutesy word play and shoot straight from the hip. I don’t know why, but I just can’t get into this album at all. I guess the way [...]
The BeatUps – “Destroying The Peace”
The BeatUps – “Destroying The Peace” – I was explaining to someone a few weeks ago that when I do reviews I try to look at each album based upon the bands previous releases and their overall “experience” By that I mean when I review bands like The Queers or Parasites I put their releases [...]
The Stun Guns - “Self Titled?”
The Stun Guns - “Self Titled?” – Twelve songs (22.8 Minutes) of snotty, edgy. High energy, pop punk. The vocals sound similar to The Rich White Males, with a little more substance to the lyrics. The drum beats are standard, the bass line have more bounce than a trampoline, and the riffs have more hooks [...]
The Bricktops – “Self Titled”
The Bricktops – “Self Titled”- 4/5 – Kevin G. from The Bricktops called me and said this album was what he considered the best Bricktops release to date. Kevin explained to me that during The Bricktops last tour some shit went down between the members of the band and he was now the only current [...]
Dandelion Snow – “Joy, Joy, Joy”
Dandelion Snow – “Joy, Joy, Joy” 2/5 – I’m not too sure what to make of this hokey folky, whiney vocalled EP. Not because I’m not sure if I like it or not. Well… because I really dislike it. The songs are SO long it feels like I’m being buried in a pit of awfulness [...]
Kung Fu Devils / The Posuers – “Dancehell Music” spli
Kung Fu Devils / The Posuers – “Dancehell Music” split– 3/5 – As far as Kung Fu Devils portion of the split goes, the vocals in “Better Than A Thousand “ & “Straight Outta Dildocore “almost ruined it for me. Being as I listened to those songs first I liked the deep trash riffs of [...]
The Gozerians – “Demo”
The Gozerians – “Demo” 3.5/5- Listening to The Gozerians 2009 debut , is like cupping your ear against the garage door of their practice space. The vocal style isn’t fully formed here, nor is the lyrical agenda, but the building blocks are significant and affecting, bigger than piles of collapsed cathedrals. Snotty punk crumbled into [...]
The Kill Pride – “PATTERNS (demos)”
The Kill Pride – “PATTERNS (demos)” This demo consists of two songs, “Epic Battle Song” & “Monster Song”. The instrumental part of the band keeps a beat and hits their riffs on time and seemingly is good at what they do. To be honest they could be the New York Philharmonic and it would still [...]
The Waste Aways – “We Won’t Be Silenced”
The Waste Aways – “We Won’t Be Silenced” - Sometimes the titles to albums are ironic for a reason and sometimes they’re just accidentally ironic. This album has to be the latter, otherwise someone got me pretty good. This 9 song, 26.4minute long album is filled with poorly mastered songs with simple punk riffs and [...]
The Spears – “Shove“
The Spears – “Shove“ - I’ve been hearing from Dave Johnson of Jailhouse! Records about how amazing this album is for what seems like a year. Granted you would expect the owner of a label to hype once of his label’s releases, so you have to take that type of hype lightly. That being said, [...]
Rich White Males – “We’ve Come To Kick Ass and Play Bubblegum”
Rich White Males – “We’ve Come To Kick Ass and Play Bubblegum” After the quick exit of Cabana One Records, The Rich White Males were left homeless for a label. Luckily for them Cheapskate Records snatched them up with a warm bear hug, ready to put out this 11 song 19.6 minute full length [...]
The Grandprixx “Prixxology”
The Grandprixx “Prixxology” - Like The Grandprixx or not, you sure get your money worth with this CD (how you can’t like them I don’t know?). Jesus Christ, I didn’t think a CD could hold this many songs. Forty-two songs in all totalling 1.2 hours of high speed pop punk from The Grandprixx from 1998 [...]
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