Electric Eel Shock – Go USA! – Review April 4, 2005 Japanese lock’n’loll. Did Gearhead suddenly get a Japanese rock connection for decent but not exceptional bands?
De Novo Dahl – Cats & Kittens – Review April 4, 2005 From Nashville, six-piece, lots of different vocalists and sounds and styles going on. Trendy new wave indie to slow dance ballads to Brit pop.
Buzzoven – Welcome to Violence – Review April 4, 2005 This might be a “worst of” collection, so it’s ok that it’s dated and kinda sucks. Part bad Ministry, part bad Butthole Surfers.
Bucket Full of Teeth – IV – Review April 4, 2005 Hints of nice atmospherics, like a Neurot band, some random chaos and noisy drone.
Bleed the Sky – Paradigm Entropy – Review April 4, 2005 Chugs and speedy parts and clean harmonies, all in the right places. Weird interludes and whispers and noise to show they’re deep.
400 Blows – Angel’s Trumpets and Devil’s Trombones – Review April 4, 2005 400 Blows blows. I realize that’s not very clever, but neither is this band. Scuzzy rock, minimalist banging and off-kilter jerkiness.