Today I present the “punk rock you forgot about, but damn it was awesome when you heard it” band that you (now that you’re thinking about it) haven’t listened to since high school. Put your volume up and prepare for high-energy shenanigans: it’s Apocalypse Hoboken – Date Rape Nation/Jerk Lessons. 1. Pop Sensibilities2. Girl3. Great [...]

The Benjamins have a wildly upbeat and positive sound; it’s this sort of mid-winter Wisconsin optimism (the band is from Milwaukee). It’s punk-rock in the Lagwagon fashion. They sound a bit like Weezer, I guess. The lyrics are smart, funny and somewhat depressed. The optimism and a teen-movie romanticism shines through, though. Everything about this [...]

Bender is one of those bands you only catch once in a while but most often hear about second-hand. They’re like Isis in that regard. Jehovah’s Hitlist is a very rough, melodic and (most importantly) entertaining album. It is billed as ‘Soundgarden at its heaviest’ which is a misnomer: it’s more like an indie folk [...]

It’s better than most Industrial you’ll ever hear. It also took me forever to acquire ever since I lost the disc my friend burned for me of them and LUXT. Fifth Column reviewed it as such: The albums opens with more that it’s fair share of background samples appropriated from Blade Runner and then suddenly [...]

The Sleepy Horses is probably one of the most enthralling alternative country (is that even a fucking genre?) groups I’ve ever heard*. I’ve seen them live two or three times at the Stillwater Taproom, here in Augusta. I purchased this live album from them the first time I saw them and am absolutely in love [...]