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SSM – Review

October 6, 2006

Garage rock to compare to the Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs herk’n’jerk, or The Epoxies zany new wave via weirdo punk. Fuzzed-out keyboard smog populates mid-tempo grooves.

Buffalo Killers – Review

September 12, 2006

Member of Thee Shams kick out soulful, laid-back and thoughtful tales. Bit of drug stagger, sorrowful pleas, slide guitar, and harmonies Neil Young’d nod to.

Trainwreck Riders – Lonely Road Revival – Review

June 1, 2006

Good name. San Francisco busker who play small clubs, living rooms, basements, wherever. Americana, folk as the new punk, no postering prettyboy pop stars here.

The Bloody Hollies – If Footman Tire You – Review

December 9, 2005

Shit-hot rocker-garage cum kick-ass mixed with dynamism collected from hot pennies handled by The Sonics, The Up, The Makers, and many other “The” bands.

Howling Diablos – Car Wash – Review

November 4, 2005

A stroll through America’s roots rhythm ‘n’ blues stuff that’s fired up many a rock band, most notably another band from their town: Five Horse Johnson.

Turpentine Brothers – We Don’t Care About Your Good Times – Review

June 13, 2005

The guitar-heavy snot Stones teen angle has gotten worked a bunch since the original Nuggets double LP sprung from the loins of Pan to help rescue us all.

Howling Diablos – Car Wash – Review

May 26, 2005

From Detroit, on Alive Records, produced by singer Tino Gross whose done two recent RL Burnside records. Down’n’dirty blues rock’n’roll that sounds great.

Col. Knowledge – Fall In Love All Over Again – Review

May 26, 2005

’60s-inspired garage pop with organ flourishes and falsetto harmonies.

The Stoneage Hearts – Guilty As Sin – Review

May 26, 2005

Melbourne garage fuzz.

Boyskout – School of Etiquette – Review

June 7, 2004

Blends a fairly basic New Wave sound with an eerie darkness, which yields an album that is more Goth/synth than Joy Division could ever hope to produce.