The Boils The Orange and the Black TKO Records This 6 song EP isn’t going to appeal to everyone, hockey fans and folks already into The Boils will definitely like it more than most. The Philadelphia Flyers have played The Boils track "The Orange and the Black" (which sounds almost exactly like a Dropkick Murphy’s [...]

Picture Frame Seduction Stop the Bloody Slaughter Grand Theft Audio An underappreciated band from the UK 82 scene, Picture Frame Seduction not only have a fairly recent album out ("Sex War"), but Grand Theft Audio has given them their usual treatment with a 28 track compilation. This CD includes their first album, 1985′s excellent "Hand [...]

Holy Molar Cavity Search EP Three One G I listened to Holy Molar only to see if a band with that name and song titles like "You’ve Had More Kids Pulled Out Of That Thing Than A Burning Orphanage" could fail at entertaining me. They did and they didn’t. Featuring members of bands such as [...]

Hatepinks Tete Malade/Sick In The Head EP TKO Records Not being that in tune with the French music scene, I can’t say whether or not the Hatepinks are different from the norm there or not. I can say that there haven’t been too many French garage/77ish bands that have grabbed my attention in quite a [...]

Blood Vessels Blood Vessels Teenage Heart Records If there’s one thing I could say about the Allston/Brighton area of Boston, it’s that there have been many bands I’ve loved who have come out of there. One of the latest releases from this local mecca of rock are the Blood Vessels. Their first album is a [...]