CivetHell Hath No Fury(Hellcat Records) Reviewed By: Izzy Cihak The sound of Hell Hath No Fury can only be described as bubble-gum-coated kink. Civet’s self-branded “Femme Fatale Punk Rock” blends the brash audacity of 1977 with easy-to-swallow (and quite yummy) hooks and choruses. On their second full-length the band produces the most playfully brutal sounds since The Distillers. “Take Me […]
Alive in Wild Paint Ceilings (Equal Vision Records) Reviewed By: Naimah Holmes A certain environment is being built within the songs that make up Alive in Wild Paint’s debut album, Ceilings: that of loss, faith, and maturity. Within the first seconds of the title track a story of two sides of desperation is told through the lyrics of Travis Bryant […]
Maggie WaltersMidwestern Hurricane Reviewed By: Izzy Cihak While music journalists have spent the past decade looking for alt-country stars in Sonic Youth’s touring partners and anyone collaborating with Emmylou Harris, they somehow seem to have missed Maggie Walters. After more than a year of sitting on the shelf, and many years struggling to break out of the Texas music scene, […]
Wednesday 13 | Skeletons | The closeted skeletons referred to on Wednesday 13’s latest album are more likely to come wielding spandex pants and Aqua-Net than butcher knives and chainsaws. Although this isn’t the first out of the closet experience for these skeletons, as Wednesday has publicly admitted to his fandom of Tuff, Shotgun Messiah, and Spread Eagle, it’s certainly […]
Cinematic Sunrise | A Coloring Storybook and Long-Playing Record | (Equal Vision Records) | With fans bombarded with 100 new bands a day, bands find it even harder to prove themselves day after day.You’d think things would be easier when you have a built in fanbase. For Craig Owens and Bradley Bell of Chiodos, along with Bryan Beeler (guitar), Marcus […]
The SortResentment, Despair, & Other Amusements(Black Bag Records) While “Mean Nouns” is most likely the hippest song title of 2008, The Sort are probably not going to find themselves on the pages of Vice Magazine, sharing bills with Girl Talk, or partaking in any other cliché sponsored by American Apparel. Instead, the sound of the Richmond-based five-piece’s debut album, Resentment, […]
The Arma Mirage | When The Quiet Sounds Alarm EP | Reviewed By: Kim Johnson | When I first found I loved music more than anything else this world had to offer, I used to study albums. I’d sit in my room for hours and attempt to teach myself what a work of art sounded like and what a piece […]
