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Dixie Witch – Smoke & Mirrors – Review

July 7, 2006

For whatever reason, the band’s brand of classic power-trio heavy rock seems to spring into a further dimension when the three members step onto a stage.

Throttlerod – Nail – Review

June 9, 2006

Moving from classic rock to the dark and drearily downbeat to angular, hardcore-tinged punk fury, you can’t accuse Throttlerod of complacency.

Five Horse Johnson – The Mystery Spot – Review

June 9, 2006

The boys belly-flop into the deep mud-clogged river of America and belch out steel-shod blues shorn of beer rock, record collector ass-covering, and minutiae.

Antler – Nothing That A Bullet Couldn’t Cure – Review

June 1, 2006

Antler is most of Roadsaw. Rich vocals and lots of tips of the hat to classic rock (and Southern rock), it’s just too mired in mid-tempo and weak balladeering.

Greatdayforup – Flores de Sangre – Review

March 10, 2006

GDFU have that warm, thumpity-thump, deep-dish groove, clear singing, and sonic/structural referencing Kyuss, Sleep, Black Flag, Sabbath, and Monster Magnet.

Novadriver – Deeper High – Review

December 2, 2005

Packing down mid-tempo arena stompers like the children of the Nuge/Aerosmith ’76 tour, the bad-ass Green River side of grunge, and snot-thick stonesisms.

Honky – Balls Out Inn – Review

December 2, 2005

Building on the foundations of fellow Texans ZZ Top (a stranger band than you might realize) and hints of the Dicks and brothers-by-buggery, Butthole Surfers.

Acid King – III – Review

October 21, 2005

Pick any song from III and it’d sound just as at home on any previous Acid King release.

Bottom – You’rNext – Review

June 13, 2005

The three women of Bottom shaped a recognizable riff-rock sound. You’rNext is a barren, nearly tuneless landscape uneasily pulsing with long bouts of feedback.

Axehandle – Review

June 13, 2005

All three members of Axehandle are also in Alabama Thunderpussy, but Axehandle doesn’t really sound anything like ATP.