PINS ‰ÛÒ Girls Like Us (Bella Union)

PINS ‰ÛÒ Girls Like Us (Bella Union)

GIRL POWER! England has done it again: blessed us with an all girl band that is capable of creating an awesome noise pop album. Pins is a group of brooding females who has something to say and demand that it be heard. “It‰’s On‰” is one of the slower-paced...
Cheetah Chrome ‰ÛÒ Solo (Plowboy)

Cheetah Chrome ‰ÛÒ Solo (Plowboy)

Rocket From the Tombs/Dead Boys guitarist embraces classic rock sounds It would be easy to assume that the first substantial studio recorded solo effort from former Dead Boys Cheetah Chrome, a 59 year old man who‰’s ex-group‰’s best known album was called...
Alden Penner – Exegesis (Independent)

Alden Penner – Exegesis (Independent)

The Unicorns fans rejoice. Post Unicorns break up, fans either followed frontman Nick Thorburn or Alden Penner. The Thorburn fans had their cravings satisfied by his work on Islands albums. And while Islands albums were solid to say the least, but Alden Penner showed...
Creative Adult – Psychic Mess (Run For Cover)

Creative Adult – Psychic Mess (Run For Cover)

Cellar dweller garagecore Post-hardcore is a lot more than angry noise, and Creative Adult successfully manage to bring a lot more emotive depth to their first LP, Psychic Mess. Think Joy Division‰’s dark emotions from raging California music vets. Like any...
Total Slacker- Slip Away (Black Bell Records)

Total Slacker- Slip Away (Black Bell Records)

Rockin‰’ psych-surf If this album were a beverage it‰’d be Rockstar Energy Drink- and probably do just as good of a job keeping you up all night. “Brooklyn based Total Slacker take scuzzy, in-your-face guitar tones and send them into space‰” on their...