Dashboard Confessional | Dusk and Summer | (Vagrant Records) | It’s been nearly three years since Chris Carrabba bared his soul to the masses. Carrabba’s taken that time to grow, and maybe even outgrow the dreaded E-word that has haunted him in the past. The industry has other buzzwords to back now. Dashboard Confessional have come back swinging with Dusk […]
Ape Fight | Apefight, Apefight! | Rating: 11/11 | Reviewed by: Mystie Chamberlin | Punk wizards Ape Fight has once again made an album focusing entirely on the music industry’s holy trinity of sex, drugs and rock-n-roll. The self-produced, self released, self-titled (but spelled as one word repeated) CD was released on April 27, 2006 and these apes have created an amusing sequel to their […]
Brazilian Girls | Brazilian Girls | Rating: 9/11 | Reviewed by: Jennifer F. | The first full length record from Brazilian Girls is one of diversity and beauty, incorporating five different languages, electro, punk, pop, and dance music in an enchantingly unique way. From the first track, the listener is kept enticed for the duration. Keyboardist Didi Gutman has been quoted as saying, “It’s a collective. […]
Dogs Die In Hot Cars | Please Describe Yourself | Rating: 10/11 | Reviewed by: Jennifer F. | With songs entitled, “I Love You ‘Cause I have To,” and “Who Shot the Baby?” and a glance through the artwork in the insert of the disc (namely, a photo with all the band members’ heads imperceptibly placed on a diverse group of naked bodies), you begin to […]
Action Action | Don’t Cut Your Fabric To This Year’s Fashion | Rating: 8/11 | Reviewed by: Jennifer F. | Don’t Cut Your Fabric To This Year’s Fashion starts out well with “This Year’s Fashion,” and “Drug Like,” two of the best of the album. Plenty to listen to in both: Mark Thomas Kluepfel’s vocals, organ, drum, synthesizers, good stuff all around. They mix it up a bit […]
The Libertines | Up the Bracket | Rating: 10/11 | Reviewed by: Jennifer F. | The Libertines’ first full length album, Up the Bracket, was released in the States’ in March of 2003. This British band has no trouble grabbing the listeners attention with the opening track, “Vertigo,” and holding that interest until the end of the last hidden track, “Mocking Bird.” The entire record is filled […]
Franz Ferdinand | Franz Ferdinand | Rating: 10.5/11 | The four-piece Scottish band that answers to the name “Franz Ferdinand” set out to start a band that would “make music that girls could dance to.” I’m fairly certain that they’ve succeeded (and surpassed) this goal with their self-titled debut album. Franz Ferdinand as a whole is a very listenable, unique, and danceable CD. […]
