Their previous two records on Revelation redefined “repetitive,” Unstoppable packs enough straight-up punk rock good times to make it worth casually playing.
Doctor Dream died after releasing “Better Days” and “Kicked in the Teeth Again,” and it knocked the stuffing outta Welt, They regrouped for Brand New Dream.
Nuclear Blast seems convinced we want new records with the original Metal Church singer, David Wayne, as well as live recordings and now this side-project.
Waterdown combines the brawn of Deftones, the melodies of Grade, and the fierceness of loud rock in what could be the best new band in the hardcore underground.
V.O.D. have always been respectable, ahead of the curve. I’ve stopped what I was doing repeatedly and skipped back to revel in a certain part again. Repeatedly.
Ex-Jane’s Addiction bassist Peter DiStefano pulls out some aggressive techno, a distortion drum’n’bass adventure. Some pissed-off Sneaker Pimps-style vocals.
Half really good songs, a few decent ones, and a few that make me wonder how anyone can produce such shit. Good diversity on both the electro and Gothic CDs.
Sometimes, you just gotta take the bad with the shitty. First off, bad reference to the seminal punk album, This is Boston Not L.A. Second, get some soul.
The duo of Sleater Kinney’s Janet Weiss and Sam “Puffy” Coomes (he of Heatmeiser and Elliot Smith sidemandom) are local heroes here in Portland, Ore-gone.