New York Dolls | Live At The Fillmore East | Rating: 7 / 11 | Recent, and not exactly scientific, evidence has proven that punk’s authenticity can be proven not with a specific number of safety pins in one’s shirt, but when one has at least three times as many live releases as studio albums. Following in the footsteps of […]

When I was a little girl I remember waking up to the sounds of August and Everything After by the Counting Crows blasting through the house stereo on Sunday morning as my father would cook up a massive brunch and the smells of bacon, eggs, and bagels consumed the house. It’s such a pleasant memory to relive and every time […]

Alternative Press Tour 08 | The Glasshouse (Pomona, CA) | March 24, 2008 | Featuring: Forever the Sickest Kids, The Matches, Sonny Moore, All Time Low, The Rocket Summer As eager kids piled into the Glasshouse in Pomona, California, you could steadily see the venue becoming submersed with adrenaline pumped teens ready for the taste of a powerpop/pop punk rock […]

Sons & Daughters | Johnny Brenda’s (Philadelphia, PA) | March 23, 2008 | This Easter, the annual zombie bar crawl was far from the most exciting thing going on in Philadelphia. That title belonged to Sons & Daughters, the Scottish quartet who have spent the past five years proving to the music world that the hot-chicks-and-big-riffs equation can actually be […]

Let’s get one thing straight: I don’t write music reviews. I’m a musician and writer, but I’ve always thought it a waste of time to comment on what anyone else was doing. But then along came this band, Fat City Reprise, who from out of nowhere (otherwise known as Philadelphia) blazed into Los Angeles and took us all by storm. […]

I’m not sure how recycling works but if you gathered a years worth of PBR cans, threw them in an aluminum shredder (I’m pretty sure they crush cans but bear with me) and just let them do their thing that would somewhat give you the idea of Wisconsin’s own Father Phoenix. Formed out of the vibrant Milwaukee hardcore scene, Father […]

Kate Nash | Made of Bricks | (Geffen/Fiction) | With the changing of years comes a new brassy, underage, British songstress gracing MTV. Surprisingly, this time around the Date Show Network is actually pushing someone worth listening to. After cracking the top 40 in several European countries, Kate Nash’s debut album, Made of Bricks, has finally made its way to […]