7.5
Donzii – Rightway Highway
Genre: Post-Punk, Gothic / Dark Wave, Indie Rock
People talk about pop music’s love of escapism as if it’s something wrong. Well, if nobody required an escape from the regular world, there would be much less music being…
Teenage groove: Picture Us Tiny and Family Video review
February 11, 2022
Family Video – The Image
Genre: Indietronica, Indie Rock, Alternative Rock
Similar artists: LCD Soundsystem, Billy Idol, Joan Jett
With The Image, Family Video answer the question: “What would have happened if Trent Reznor had stuck to his dream of…
The Story of Pulp's Common People: An Uncommonly Ageless Single
January 18, 2022
Pulp’s “Common People,” an unlikely Brit-Pop anthem delivered from an unlikely source, became the defining single of their album “Different Class.” The Jarvis Cocker-fronted band had released several critically acclaimed records. Yet, it…
Tomorrow’s here: CAMP STAG and Futurist reviewed
April 21, 2021
Futurist – Aries // Godspeed the Ministry
I wouldn’t dare claim that there are people rejoicing at the difficult last year, complete with sickness, lockdowns, and economic woes. I will say that it will surely help a lot of horror and disaster movies get more…
Fleet Foxes - Shore review
October 12, 2020
You can find most of the idea’s outlined in the article, in a more digestible form, in this YouTube video review. Give it a look!
Fleet Foxes became a known entity to me, like to most people, around the time that their chamber-pastoral single White Winter Hymnal…
5 Best Guitars for Punk Rock
May 6, 2020
Punk rock is the sound of rock n’ roll retracing its origins. But, anyone thinking that the tone, manufacturer quality, and the design of the instruments being used are not important, is sorely mistaken. Punk rock is not just only an attitude, it’s a sound and an…
5 Genres that the Strokes Killed Off
July 15, 2019
By the late 1990’s rock music was still the music industry’s main driving force, its milking cow, its safe bet. New styles and music genres were appearing at an urgent pace, charting and selling records piggybacked by the major record labels. But, while this…
The 5 greatest bands from 924 Gillman Street
March 27, 2019
The Alternative Music Foundation with its location at 924 Gilman Street, in California, became a veritable Arcadia of 90s punk rock. The club’s mission was twofold. On the one hand, the West Berkeley located club offered the chance for new bands to play their…
Rancid's best, most underrated, five songs
December 13, 2018
Eduard Bănulescu
In a 1990’s punk rock boom sometimes beloved for its fearlessness, and at times ridiculed for its pragmatism, no other band was as successful, or consistent in their vision as this Californian quartet. Here are five of Rancid’s best songs from…