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Seven Storey Mountain
Seven Storey Mountain At The Poles [3.5/5] D.C. post-punk a la Frodus and Fugazi might drive At The Poles like it was Jeff Gordon, but Phoenix, Arizona’s Seven Storey Mountain ensure to top off the rock and melody fluids themselves quite emphatically-and we hate NASCAR. In compact, three-minute bursts, guitars are gutted, in which riffs...
Scott & Aimee
Scott & Aimee Sitting In A Tree [2.5/5] You’ll want to recheck the liner notes on the debut from Unwritten Law frontman Scott Russo and girlfriend/punk rock muse Aimee Allen to make sure what you’re listening to. That’s especially true on opener "Good Times," a chugging, eyeliner-drama-club anthem that could be an Evanescence B-side. Sitting...
The Last Of The Bad Men
The Last Of The Bad Men Nowhere Is Safe… [4/5] Radio Birdman fans should have no trouble getting into Deniz Tek’s latest project, the Last Of The Bad Men, even if he is in more of a supporting role to the Godoy Brothers of Exploding Fuck Dolls fame. This is punk as the old wave...
Filthy Thieving Bastards
Filthy Thieving Bastards …I’m A Son Of A Gun [3.5/5] Channeling all the punk-rock spirit of the members’ respective original bands (a distinction which includes Swingin’ Utters and Me First And The Gimme Gimmes), the Filthy Thieving Bastards forgo distortion and gritty vocals for the heart and soul of folk sing-alongs. Reserved strumming and a...
The Ergs!
The Ergs! Upstairs/Downstairs [4.5/5] Forgoing the rest of the album, the powerhouse duo “Bike Shoppe” and “Girls Of The Market Square”-songs reminiscent of Less Than Jake’s Losers, Kings, And Things We Don’t Understand-would garner Upstairs/Downstairs a stellar review. But New Jersey’s the Ergs don’t skimp anywhere on their second full-length, unleashing 15 tracks that are...
The Copyrights
The Copyrights Make Sound [3/5] The Copyrights are being hyped as pop-punk’s current saviors, a claim that somehow manages to ask too much while damning with faint praise. It may be pop-punk, but it neatly sidesteps all the bullshit bands like Blink-182 have done to ruin it for everyone. This sounds like something Lookout! Records...
Clorox Girls
Clorox Girls J’amie Les Filles [2.5/5] Who knew these boys could clean up so nicely? This trio out of Portland, Oregon, continue to veer toward the poppy end of the punk spectrum with their third full-length release, J’aime Les Filles. Songs about smoking dope (see their first two 7-inches) are replaced with defanged lyrics like...
Amber Pacific
Amber Pacific Truth In Sincerity [4.5/5] The title of Amber Pacific’s new record, Truth In Sincerity, speaks volumes of its contents: At a time when so many bands have seemingly lost the stomach to stick to whatever it was that made them popular in the first place, feeling the need to either dull their edge,...