The English Beat refuses to die with the '80s. Ink 19's Robert M. Sutton chats with The Beat's Dave Wakeling about the early days of the 2-Tone ska revival in England and the challenge of taking the past back into the future.
Winter Hill (Nickel and Dime). Review by Jen Cray.
Homage Au Passé (Lionsgate). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Lynn Wallace talks to Miniature Tigers front man Charlie Brand about the band's first full-length album, touring, and its recent rise to fame.
The Sounds take a night off from their opening stint on No Doubt's big tour to seduce an excited Orlando audience, Jen Cray among them.
Nothing Rhymes With Woman (Vanguard Records). Review by Tim Wardyn.
Burn Halo's members have no crew, take turns driving the van, and after gigs they hoof it outside the venue to hawk their own autographed CDs. Ink 19's Elianne Halbersberg snuck in a quiet moment with frontman James Hart, who took a break from channeling The Minutemen to talk about the power of D.I.Y.
Anam Cara (Hello, Sir! Records). Review by P. McEver.
Big Business delivered a ::beep:: of a rock show in Jacksonville, according to Scott Adams, even if the majority of the audience was too busy texting one another to have realized it.
Doom Pop (Sidecho). Review by P. McEver.
Alkaline Trio can always be counted on to bring the same consistent formula of pop punk goodness to every show. Jen Cray, alongside a packed House of Blues audience in Orlando, contemplated whether or not their consistency is predictable, or comforting.
Psychic Psummer (Important). Review by Aaron Shaul.