To give credit where credit is due, the inimitable Pitchfork Media brought this little gem to my attention a few days ago. Of course I had little to no idea what they were saying, but my degree’s only a bachelor’s so I’m probably at a bit of a disadvantage when it comes to grasping their […]
My lasting impression of the 80’s (aside from some excellent cartoons based on toy lines) was that it was a pretty silly time musically. The things that were burnt into my then-adolescent brain were the likewise cartoony imagery of bands like Devo or Adam And The Ants, so the recent trend of holding up the […]
So I’m taking an introductory course in contemporary cinema, which I admit I know nothing about. I fancy my role at Punknews makes me a “music critic” (although I make no claims that I’m a good one), but the world of film quite frankly scares me. That’s likely due to the fact that most enthusiasts […]
It’s funny how things fall out of the cultural conversation sometimes. Take the Demics for example. I was pretty much unaware of the band for years until they appeared as part of Jian Ghomeshi’s 50 Tracks feature on CBC Radio earlier this year. While it didn’t make the final list, the Demics’ single “New York […]
Just out of high school, Civet’s youth is an asset at this point; they’ve got many years ahead in which to define themselves. Being an all-female band they’re going to be lumped with comparisons to L7, Joan Jett and the Distillers. Often namedropping like this is a result of lazy gender-focused journalism, but there’s an […]
Angels With Dirty Faces, the too-long in the works followup to 2002’s More Seduction, is a shining batch of 80’s-styled power pop built on a solid punk rock base. Manda’s vocals have only grown stronger over the last few years, and her confident delivery demands attention. Angels… benefits from crisp, clean production values, but Manda’s […]
With this post, which directly reproduces an article I wrote for Punknews, I’ve reached a whole new plateau of lazyness. Anyways, happy May Day…
X frontman John Doe released a solo album through Yep Roc Records this past March titled Forever Hasn’t Happened Yet. In the album’s press he comments “This is not punk rock, […]
