Never as bandwagon-happy as Alternative Press or as snobby as Magnet, but as informative and topically broad as… well, almost as topically broad as Lollipop.
As much as I adore Tim Kinsellas’ brilliant wordplay (and articulate political stance), this Joan Of Arc album only leaves me yearning for an Owls follow-up.
The new line-up’s attempt to once and for all slap the public in the face and receive the long-overdue credit for trailblazing the industrial/metal genre.
Explosive post-hardcore laced with lapses of tranquillity, Standstill present song after song of unpredictability, harnessed into Fugazi-worthy seizures.
Multi-instrumentalist/songwriter supreme Mike Kinsella is back with his second Owen disc, again writing, peforming, recording, and producing everything himself.
Leading one of the best folksy electronica groups (Kings of Convenience) – giving Röyksopp their best vocal numbers – don’t mean that techno doesn’t still suck.
A homerun collection featuring four of the Midwest’s unheard of (but surely future reference points) heavy-hitters: DMS, Riddle Of Steel, Ring, Cicada, and Houston.
20 bands – spanning multiple genres – come together under Shepard Fairey’s infamous “Obey Giant” moniker to continue the fight against corporate advertising.
Reissue of the highly-influential ’97 comp with impossible-to-find tracks (that aren’t very good) by Jimmy Eat World, Mineral, At The Drive-In, and Pop Unknown.