Tour:Smart – And Break the Band
Martin Atkins imparts the wisdom of several decades worth of punk rock self-sufficiency into one book. Except for predictable sections on sex and drugs, Rob Ward is impressed.
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Tour:Smart – And Break the Band
Martin Atkins imparts the wisdom of several decades worth of punk rock self-sufficiency into one book. Except for predictable sections on sex and drugs, Rob Ward is impressed.
Traffic
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (TVT). Review by Rob Ward.
The Wesley Willis Fiasco
Live EP (Cornerstone RAS). Review by Rob Ward.
Cypress Hill
Live at the Fillmore (Columbia). Review by Rob Ward.
Zero Down
With a Lifetime to Pay (Fat Wreck Chords). Review by Rob Ward.
Unified Theory
The first track, “Cessna,” is about a plane crash (Cessna is a company that m…
Lypid
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Primitive Radio Gods
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K.G.B.
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Jason Dunne
This album should really be titled Trance by the Sea. In the first tra…
Gamma Ray
This is a perfect example of theater rock. It’s a cross between metal and cla…
VAST
Visual Audio Sensory Theater brings another album full of big hits, but FYI, …
Godspeed You Black Emperor!
The first CD of the double set starts slowly and quietly. Above the soft guit…
Electrasy
All of the great albums over time work as a cohesive collection of songs rath…
18 Great Songs from SlipstreamPresents.com
If you’re at all interested in indie or alternative rock, you should give thi…
4th Ward
Rancid does pop. The vocals are really what do it, although the bass lines so…
Mission: Impossible 2
The key word in this one is “score.” This is the score as written by Hans Zim…
Dirty Walt and the Columbus Sanatation
Walt and his “sanatation” crew really put together a funk album full of shit….
False Face Society
Environmetal. No; that’s not a typo. This slow tempo metal band sings their…
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