The Zero Point
Hooligans With Cheap Guitar
Grand Theft Audio

I’ve heard a lot of different bands, but I can’t be expected to have heard absolutely everyone. While many foreign bands have hit my ears, somehow this Danish band slipped by me until GTA made thier earlier material available in one handy, 36 song package. The sound’s excellent, […]

Suburban Hostage
A Sorry State

Suburban Hostage has been around for several years but haven’t had a full record out until now. A Sorry State is 13 tracks of melodic punk which comes in two flavors, some tracks being fairly poppish and some being a bit harder. The pop tracks didn’t do much for me, they’re just […]

Splinter
Sick to the Stomach EP
Spitting Teeth Records

Not the most prolific of bands, Glascow’s Splinter finally releases their second EP since forming in 2004 and it’s a mash of oi! and streetpunk like I haven’t heard in a while. Gruff vocals, some nice guitar work and singalong choruses, these guys would’ve done well back when Garry […]

Theatre Of Hate
Retribution Over Thee
Castle Records

The original run for the moody Theatre Of Hate only lasted for a few years. This double-disc live import features one show in London from their height, 1981, and one show in France from a reunion they did in 1996. There have been a few live releases and compilations since […]

Holly Golightly
Christmas Tree On Fire
Damaged Goods
I loved Thee Headcoatees and I really like Holly Golightly’s solo work, although the only reason I’m reviewing her latest single, Christmas Tree On Fire, is so someone else can get the title track stuck in their head like it is in mine. This is one of the catchiest […]

Anti-Nowhere League
So What: Early Demos and Live Abuse
Castle

Compiling two previously released albums, So What: Early Demos and Live Abuse is a 2 CD set by the UK band, half demos and half live. The first disc is Out of Control which consists of demos recorded in 1980, prior to their first actual album. The quality’s […]

Dustin’s Bar Mitzvah
Get Your Mood On
Hungry Kid

I love this record. Although they’ve already released a few singles this year, this record is the first by London’s Dustin’s Bar Mitzvah that I’ve heard and it’s good, good stuff. The opening track is a slow intro with spoken vocals and I wasn’t sure […]

Fucked Up
Hidden World
Jade Tree

Fucked Up have been around for about 5 years now, and since they’ve released so many good 7 inch EPs (often in very limited pressings), expectations were high for Hidden World. Hidden World is Fucked Up’s first LP for indie league big timer Jade Tree. As much I would like to write […]

Sonic Youth
The Destroyed Room
Geffen

I’m not going to bother writing much about Sonic Youth, you probably either like them or you don’t. Their latest CD (and the last needed to finish their contract with Geffen) is a collection of 11 b-sides, unreleased tracks and rarities. The choices here were made by band members, so it’s tough […]

Tiny Masters of Today
K.I.D.S.
Tigertrap Records

The second release from Brooklyn’s TMOT isn’t a whole lot different from their summer record "Big Noise". Lo-fi garage rock with semi-coherent lyrics and smashing cymbals all over the place. Not that it’s a bad thing. One difference between them and other bands that don’t make it out of the basement […]