Down By Law – Page 2 – Lollipop Magazine

Scratches and Needles – A Tribute to The Nils – Review

April 1, 1999

13-song tribute to bring attention to The Nils, a Canadian punk band from the early ’80s who seem to’ve affected a lot of people yet never got their due.

Down By Law – at the Rathskeller – Review

April 1, 1998

I had the feeling that I was seething in some timeless netherworld as Down By Law went into their third or fourth tune.

Down by Law – Last of the Sharpshooters – Interview

October 1, 1997

An interview with Dave Smalley

Before You Were Punk – Review

June 1, 1997

Before You Were Punk coulda been another collection of the same hotshot punk bands covering silly songs from a decade many wish we could deny we were a part of.

Keep The Beat – Review

April 1, 1997

Rare and unreleased tracks by bands of interest that aren’t rare or unreleased because they’re inferior. Their style just isn’t the primary focus of the band.

Down by Law – Review

May 1, 1996

His films are portraits; walking, talking photos of down-and-outers reaching for a glimpse of what lies over the wall their misery and indifference has erected.

Down By Law – All Scratched Up! – Review

April 1, 1996

Dave Smalley has been setting the standard for sensitive rock/punk/pop/hardcore for a dozen years, and this new record just pushes the genre even further.

Down By Law – punkrockacademyfightsong – Review

March 1, 1995

Down By Law is punk as fuck. They write well-crafted pop/punk songs that lean more toward the punk side, by choice.