Released in 2003 One AM is fire from beginning to end. With production from RJD2, Prefuse 73 and Madlib and guest raps from Lyrics Born, Jean Grae and Mos Def it’s a very impressive debut. Unfortunately the follow up albumRead more…
Playlist Monday: Dead Toronto Bands
What happens when a local band without a distribution deal goes belly up? You can’t get their stuff in stores anymore (though the consignment shelf at Soundscapes has all kinds of cool stuff). I wrote about Clothes Make The ManRead more…
Electric Wizard – Time To Die
Just in time for Halloween, doom metal kings Electric Wizard have unleashed another album. As with any of their records, it’s pretty much a given that it’ll contain huge, sludgy, Sabbathian riffs baked over slow and thunderous dirges lasting tenRead more…
J-Live – Around The Sun
J-Live is a rapper that I always enjoy listening to. His style has very little fanfare. In the case of Around The Sun the album cover is simply a photo of his face. It was released in April this yearRead more…
Live on Recovery
One of the great things about today’s internet is when you want to reminisce about some TV show from your youth you can probably find it available online. Recently I was thinking of the first time I heard the bandRead more…
Tales from the Bargain Bin: Jesus Jones – Liquidizer
Jesus Jones will forever be known as the group that spawned super-duper hit “Right Here, Right Now.” The album that contained it, “Doubt,” was pretty good. What I didn’t expect was for its predecessor “Liquidizer” to be even better. InRead more…
Buck 65 – Neverlove
Neverlove is Buck 65’s much touted divorce album. I talked briefly about Neverlove on my last post where I talked about the other release Buck release on the same day titled Laundromat Boogie. Compared to Laundromat Boogie there is aRead more…
Joyce Manor – Never Hungover Again
For their third album, the quartet from Torrance, California have progressed without the sacrifice of the charm that made them so endearing in the first place. 10 quick blasts of punchy, hooky melodic punk that induces loud sing-a-longs and raucous pogoing,Read more…
Playlist Monday: Kickin’ It Old-School
Frequent readers to the blog will notice that Craig tends to be the rap/hip-hop guy around here while I spend most of my time writing about 90’s alt-rock bands and various types of metal. Back in the day though IRead more…
Abandoned Pools – Somnambulist
Abandoned Pools is the project of Tommy Walter, either best known as the former bassist of Eels (circa 1996-1997) or the guy who wrote the theme songs for Clone High. Walter has bounced around over the past fifteen years orRead more…