Tommy Guerrero has seen his share of the underground. Junk Collector EP is a Sebadoh-meets-trip-hop amalgamation that belies his opening for DOA and Bad Brains.
Treading some odd middle ground between angular, atmospheric indie rock and floorboard-rumbling ’70s-flavored hard blues rock, it’s familiar yet also fresh.
Supersuckers and Electric Frankenstein are two of the better and longer-lived bands playing punk & garage-derived rock and roll, though their approaches differ.
A four-song fix. Knut experiences the same pain, rage, and violent creative urge that their brothers-in-post-hardcore-arms like Burnt By The Sun and Botch do.
The Southern-Sab-metal-dragass is all over some tracks, but the pallet has been expanded. Surprises include the ragged acoustic beauty of “Where I’m Going.”
Once you strip away the weird cover, the goofy titles, the “if we forgot ya, fuck ya” thank-you list, and the liquor store photos, you have a very safe record.