Ari M. Joffe – Lollipop Magazine

The Sex Maniacs – Mean As Hell – Review

January 31, 2005

These dudes sound dangerous and in desperate need of victims to pummel, rob, and laugh at. This isn’t punk rock so much as hooligan rock. Highly recommended.

The Reverend Horton Heat – Revival – Review

January 31, 2005

Cut-for-cut, one of their best. This is rock that rolls. It’s boogie and fast-as-hell jump rhythms with distorted, twanged-out Chuck Berry and Link Wray riffs.

Th’ Legendary Shack Shakers – Believe – Review

January 31, 2005

They’ve expanded their blues-punk sound, incorporating elements of Stax style funk, kletzmer, and country waltz ballads. The current champions of boogie.

Venomous Concept – Retroactive Abortion – Review

January 31, 2005

WOW!! Side project of ex-Brutal Truth vocalist Kevin Sharp, King Buzzo Osbourne from Melvins/Fantômas, and Shane Embury and Danny Herrera from Napalm Death.