Smash and grab: Dummy and Stolen Wheelchairs reviewed
February 12, 2021
Stolen Wheelchairs – Impossible
There’s this sound of crushing feedback and badly played instruments with amps turned up to 10 that reminds me of the demos, bootlegs, and occasional early 80s punk albums that, to me, are as pure as summer rain.
Now, if…
Retro party tunes: Multibeam and Penelope's Thrill reviewed
February 11, 2021
Penelope’s Thrill – L&C Eternally
Writing a sunny, pleasant, 60s sounding rock-tune is as difficult as landing the perfect joke at a funeral. Sure, it can happen and when it does just about everyone feels lifted by it. But, few can pull it off, and those…
Gurus in drag: The Kindest People and Pelican Man reviewed
February 10, 2021
Pelican Man – Bulls Descending
We like troublemakers on our records. We’re not convinced we could be best mates, mind you, but folks like the ones that play in Pelican Man make great records and sound like it would be a riot to hear stories of how record…
Screaming in key: Agent Orange and Clay J Gladstone reviewed
February 9, 2021
Clay J Gladstone – Sorry
It’s the job of the music critic to be a bit of a pretentious jerk. Yep, I like to wax poetically about exotic jazz and forgotten punk jams just as much as the next person. But, deep down inside I, like most music critics, harbour a…
Fear The Lions – Taking Liberties
If you’ve inevitably crashed into a soundbite or quote from the distinguished Gene Simmons you would have been told that to make in this life, in rock n’ roll especially (what left of it anyway) it takes a great degree…
Strange days: Death From Above 1979 & Pep Squad reviewed
February 8, 2021
Pep Squad – Live for This
The moment rock starts failing to attract much interest for soundtracks, TikTok videos, radio and, even, fast food commercials, you can start making plans to visit ol’ rock n’ roll in the retiring home where they’ll join…
Modern visions: The Safety Meeting and Baby FuzZ reviewed
February 8, 2021
Baby FuzZ – I’m Trying My Freakin Best
There are certainly few artists we’ve featured on the website that possesses more charisma and star-potential than the man promoting himself under the moniker of Baby FuzZ. Advertising himself as an indie-rock…
Punk angst: Stepmothers and IDESTROY reviewed
February 7, 2021
IDESTROY – We Are Girls
Punk-rock was supposed to free music-making, ending all discrimination around race, gender, and even playing abilities. While it did do some good, we have to face it. Most of us still listen to music through our eye-sockets, and we’re…
Folkies on the beach: Arbor Green and Luke De-Sciscio reviewed
February 7, 2021
Luke De-Sciscio – Negative Attraction
Just like the cockroaches after the nuclear assault, the one thing that we’ll be sure to be left with after all the music has either died, or we’ve gotten so tired of it that we had to kill it, is going to be folk…