Propagandhi – How to Clean Everything – Review December 30, 2013 Deluxe reissue of Propagandhi’s classic 1993 debut. Remastered, featuring the full album, three outtakes, and the four-song HTCE demo.
The Flatliners – Dead Language – Review December 12, 2013 Fans of (the dearly departed) The Distillers will definitely recognize that band’s trademark snarl and aggression on “Drown in Blood.”
Get Dead – Bad News – Review November 25, 2013 Raspy-voiced bar room punk from San Francisco. Combining horns, dark ska upstroke, punk charge, and blind-staggering to please Social D and Pogues fans.
Chixdiggit – Double Diggits – Review August 20, 2013 Combines Chixdiggit’s second and third albums: 1998’s Born on the First of July and 2000’s From Scene to Shining Scene, plus eight bonus tracks.
Masked Intruder – Review July 30, 2013 Sure, it’s a novelty, and punk pop needs another gimmick like I need Frank’s Red Hot Sauce squirted in my eye, but this one’s worth the sting.
Less Than Jake – Greetings & Salutations – Review July 29, 2013 Combines tour-only EPs Greetings from Less Than Jake (2011) and Seasons Greetings from Less Than Jake (2012), plus a pair of unreleased tracks.
Drug Church – Paul Walker – Review July 19, 2013 Paul Walker maintains a bleak outlook, but it incorporates grooves into its punk assault in the tradition of Helmet, Quicksand, and The Bronx.
After The Fall – Unkind – Review July 3, 2013 After the Fall have pretty well nailed the rampaging punk stylings of the late ’90s. Like NOFX, but with less horns and songs about lesbians.
The Tossers – The Emerald City – Review June 27, 2013 Fun, energetic, trust-worthy, with tin whistles, fiddles, and hearty sing-a-longs. Emerald City doesn’t disappoint, nor break any new ground.
Bad Religion – True North – Review June 25, 2013 Immaculate production, fast-paced, quality skate punkpop, layered whoa-ohs, and scathing cultural criticism, it’s all here in spades.