Lunachicks – Babysitters on Acid – Review February 22, 2002 A re-issue of the classic first record. Fast, snotty, and, well, crappy-sounding, just like punk sounded in the very early-’90s when this was recorded.
Hot Water Music – A Flight and a Crash – Review February 22, 2002 A Flight and a Crash continues No Division’s Leatherface-sing-a-longs, but with more coherent melodies and song development.
Hi-Standard – Love is a Battlefield – Review February 22, 2002 They’re happy, Japanese, write criminally-catchy songs, and seem to have so much fun, you just can’t keep that punk-ass sneer on your face!
Gigantor – Back to the Rockets!!! – Review February 22, 2002 Back to the Rockets!!! is Gigantor’s fifth record in a ten year span that’s seen them rise among the many prized German punk rock acts.
New Town Animals – Is Your Radio Active? – Review February 22, 2002 Pretty straight-forward angular/chicken-strut punk with lots of high-end and Brit-sounding pronunciation.
Agent 51 – Just Keep Runnin’ – Review February 22, 2002 They’re snappy dressers, play melodic, cutsie-hard punk, and I keep getting Bouncing Souls flashbacks, but with more vocal accuracy.
Against All Authority – Nothing New for Trash Like You – Review February 22, 2002 18 out-of-print/hard-to-find songs from 1992-2000. You either love/admire these guys or ya hate preachy ska-punk in general, these guys in particular.
The Nerve Agents – The Butterfly Collection – Review February 22, 2002 The Nerve Agents are pretty good tho’, once ya get passed their pissed-offness (if ya wanna, mebbe ya don’t).
The Hives – A.K.A. I-D-I-O-T – Review February 22, 2002 They’re from Sweden, yip and howl and blaze though jumpy riffs in such a way you’d never confuse ’em with Green Day, and they’re snappy dressers.
The Hissyfits – Letters From Frank – Review February 22, 2002 Energetic collegiate rock pumped up with Go-Gos-like harmonies and hooks, occasional spoken samples, and Bikini Kill-esque yelled lead-ins.