The Dresden Dolls – Review

February 14, 2005

Amanda Palmer and Brian Viglione twist out thick, sometimes jazzy, sometimes waltzing, syncopated and minor-key music, redolent of pantomime and German cabaret.

The Crown – Crowned Unholy – Review

February 14, 2005

The “re-vocalizing” of Crowned in Terror. Original vocalist Johan Lindstrand proves he’s more dynamic, urgent, and emotive than the ex-At The Gates dude.

Stiv Bators – Disconnected – Review

February 14, 2005

Reissue of Stiv Bators’ debut solo album from 1980. Disconnected is a power-pop album. That may seem strange if you only know Dead Boys’ Young Loud and Snotty.

The Ends – Sorry, XOXOXO – Review

February 14, 2005

An Austin supergroup. When you’ve got a unique sound like The Ends, it’s going to be an acquired taste, but it makes you a milestone band for comparison.

Bars – Introducing – Review

February 7, 2005

Here’s a band that’s firmly entrenched in the hardcore ethos of scream and blast away, but is happy to mix in a healthy portion of ’70s arena rock riff-o-mania.

Ambulance Ltd. – LP – Review

February 7, 2005

The four songs taken from the EP are the album’s lynchpins, the braces without which the album would crash to the ground in pieces.

Greenhaven – Review

February 7, 2005

Full-on kickass tapping into the rocker yee-haw! mystique between Thin Lizzy, dirt metal Motörheadism’s, and early Dee-troit MC5/Nugent chug-grunt.

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