Audio Karate – Lady Melody
By Andrew Duncan • Mar 14th, 2009 • Category: Punk/New Wave/Hardcore, ReviewsLady Melody is a fair example of post-millennium California punk that, at the time, was a dime a dozen amongst the Los Angeles landscape…
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Aqui – The First Trip Out
By Andrew Duncan • Feb 13th, 2009 • Category: Avant Garde/Noise, Categories, ReviewsThere is a degree of poetic justice that comes from the song “Please Send Love.” It’s a song that defines a post-modern sexual revolution, like art house sterility in a dirty mid-town environment.
Afrika Bambaataa – Dark Matter Moving At The Speed Of Light
By Andrew Duncan • Oct 14th, 2008 • Category: Categories, Greatest Album In The Universe, Hip Hop/RapWhen James Brown recorded songs like “I’m Real” and the uber-pop patriotic “Livin’ In America,” the icon of super-soul sex machine shrunk down to a Top 40 garbage disposal. “Livin’ In America” bodes about as much instant gratification as Matthew Broderick lip syncing to The Beatles’ …
Single Bullet Theory – Behind Eyes Of Hatred
By Andrew Duncan • Sep 29th, 2008 • Category: Categories, Greatest Album In The Universe, MetalSingle Bullet Theory Behind Eyes of Hatred 2004 – Crash Origin: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Style: Metal A modest sophomore attempt at pushing the metal envelope, Single Bullet Theory bring in a variety of metallic styles to create a sharper-edge sword and a bombastic foot in the face approach. Sacrificing less melody that dominated Route 666, the [...]
Washington Social Club – Catching Looks
By Andrew Duncan • Aug 22nd, 2008 • Category: Categories, Indie Rock, ReviewsWashington Social Club Catching Looks 2004 – Badman Origin: Washington D.C. Style: Indie Rock If you want an idea of what the Washington Social Club is all about, just go and watch any college movie, preferably from the ‘80s . You may not nail down the sound, but you will get the vibes this album [...]
