Label: Facedown Records Released: October 16, 2007 Unlike most of the Facedown stable, Remove the Veil takes it’s cues from gritty hard rock, grunge and stoner rock rather than more technical metal. Interestingly enough, the album still fits well with the label’s catalog. Their ability to use this in a powerful hardcore format sets them apart from their peers. The… Read more »
Label: Irish Voodoo Records Released: October 31, 2007 Chain Shot plays hardcore like they don’t often make it anymore. It isn’t overly metally or technical, just fast, hard and angry. They forgo the indulgent solos and the now dime-a-dozen growls. Instead, they stick to the raw passion that made hardcore exciting in the first place. The sons aren’t complex, but… Read more »
Label: Alive Natural Sound Records Released: February 27, 2007 Radio Moscow is a modern day power trio whose influence reaches back to the days when the sub-genre first reared its head with the likes of the Jimi Hendrix Experience and Cream. Radio Moscow don’t ignore everything that’s happened since the late 60s, but their influences don’t stretch too far beyond… Read more »
Label: Roadrunner Records Released: October 2, 2007 In the late 80s, the Cult released a string of amazing records: Love, a psychdelic goth-rocker; Electric, their simple hard rock riff factory; and Sonic Temple, the album that exploded into the middle ground between its two predecessors. As successful as they were, several misguided, unfocused efforts in the 90s derailed their progress…. Read more »
Label: Atlantic/Rhino Released: October 2, 2007 Don’t miss the opportunity to win a copy of this CD. See the bottom of this review for details. Other than a song here and there, the Rolling Stones haven’t done anything worthwhile since 1972’s Exile on Main Street (don’t whine to me about Some Girls or Tattoo You, either). Their last album, seen… Read more »
Label: Rainman Records Released: August 21, 2007 Most people probably fall into one of two camps regarding their expectations for Blue Cheer’s latest album, What Doesn’t Kill You: One group expects this album, featuring 2/3 of the Vincebus Eruptum lineup, to be an amazing return to past form, proving that Blue Cheer is as vital today amongst their stoner rock… Read more »
Label: Image Entertainment Released: September 4, 2007 Live albums often fail to walk the fine line between “so live that I can’t hear it” and “so clean that it sounds like the studio.” Megadeth’s That One Night, recorded in Buenos Aires in 2005, is not one of them. It is the rare live album that walks that line almost perfectly…. Read more »
Label: Underdogma Records Released: November 28, 2006 With a name like Wooly Mammoth, this band has a lot to live up to. They either have to live up to the name literally as the heaviest of the heavy or ironically as light and fluffy pop. Few will be displeased that they opt for the former even if they don’t fully… Read more »
Label: Astralwerks Released: September 25, 2007 The latest project of New Zealand’s Nick Harte, Shocking Pinks’ self-titled album is actually songs collected from the two previous albums. It’s a rhythm-based indie rock affair whose ambling beats support yet don’t drive it’s layers of ambient noise and dream pop. The album has bits of Joy Division and pieces of My Bloody… Read more »
Label: self-released Released: May 23, 2007 After releasing a free internet only EP earlier in the year (which you will get on the CD that accompanies this 7″), London trio, Pocus Whiteface returns with this two song 7″. Both songs draw from loose garage rock and tight, angular post-punk. “But It’s Home” is a bit catchier and more instantly likable…. Read more »