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Githead – Landing (Music Review)

By Karen Shaver • Feb 20th, 2010 • Category: Alternative, Categories, Reviews

Rating: 5 out of 5
Landing is proof these power players are easily able to pump out a fantastically written, produced, and marketable piece of work.



Screaming Females – Singles (Music Review)

By Karen Shaver • Feb 15th, 2010 • Category: Categories, Punk/New Wave/Hardcore, Reviews

Screaming Females are completely in tune with one another and hit the trifecta with their brilliant timing and wall of sound

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Reno Bo – Happiness And Other Things (Music Review)

By Karen Shaver • Jan 29th, 2010 • Category: Indie Rock, Reviews

Rating: 2.5 out of 5
This CD is like a musical variety show, concentrating on different eras of musical styles.



To Mosh Or Not To Mosh: Silversun Pickups and An Ode To The Vogue Nightclub

By Karen Shaver • Nov 10th, 2009 • Category: Categories, Live Show Reviews and Recaps

The Vogue and the bands embraced my arrival with those familiar punk rock riffs that used to make the hair stand up on my arms back in the days of after school improv punk rock jam sessions in Orange County. Leave it to my hometown band, Silversun Pickups, to stir up some dust on your infamous floor.



Mark Mallman At The Melody (Concert Review)

By Karen Shaver • Sep 20th, 2009 • Category: Categories, Live Show Reviews and Recaps

[September 16, 2009]
Some may claim Mark Mallman to be a 70’s- esque performer; I didn’t see him as so. To me, Mark Mallman is a RIGHT NOW player.