Araby Your Wate And Fate Curve Of The Earth By: Eric Greenwood In the fifteen months since I happened to catch Araby opening a show in its hometown of Boston, Massachusetts, its self-released, three-song demo has rarely left my rotation. The quartet's haunting and complex music is nothing short of stunning, but, at first, the […]

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Guyana Punch Line Direkt Aktion Prank By: Eric Greenwood As evidence of the fact that punk is a meaningless term, take the gulf that separates a band like Guyana Punch Line from, say, any emo band you can think of and try to reconcile any semblance of commonality under the punk umbrella. It can't be […]

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The Life And Times Flat End Of The Earth Ep 54 or 40 or Fight! By: Eric Greenwood Shiner's sudden, self-inflicted demise at the start of this year confused its loyal fanbase to no end. Why would a band at the height of its powers just willingly let it all die? For the band to […]

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The Blood Brothers Burn, Piano Island, Burn Artist Direct By: Eric Greenwood The Blood Brothers' spastic, abrasive aggression is an acquired taste to say the least- even for those with a predilection to appreciate insanely frantic hardcore. On Burn, Piano Island, Burn, the Seattle quintet's third album, the band teams up with Limp Bizkit's producer, […]

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The White Stripes Elephant V2 By: Eric Greenwood Miraculously untainted by severe over-exposure, The White Stripes return with another blistering set of mock-blues through the eyes of two pasty white-faced Goths from Detroit in candy stripe drag. Musically, Elephant is just as raw and spontaneous as it would have been had no one given two […]

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The Postal Service Give Up Sub-Pop By: Japanese Correspondent – Patrick Doherty Now that the synthesis of indie rock and electronic music has become the de facto means of expression for every burgeoning hipster with a penchant for 80's synth-pop and a perfunctory knowledge of the K Records catalogue, it only makes sense that a […]

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Radiohead Hail To The Thief Capitol By: Eric Greenwood I'm sure Thom Yorke's heart is in the right place and all that, but, my God, what is he thinking with that album title? Everyone knows that mixing politics and music is embarrassing, turning the artist into a parody of whatever cause he should champion (or […]

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