Top 20 of 2005

Saturday, December 31st, 2005

* This article is originally from Punknews.org, where I’m a news editor and reviewer, of course.
My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)
When historians sit down to write the annals of the House Of A, 2005 will span chapters. I finished school in May and with degree in hand moved from the wonderfully cultured city [...]

The Briefs - Steal Yer Heart

Friday, October 28th, 2005

The Briefs are important. They’re a silly, vulgar, goofy little band that plays speedy little pop songs, yet they’re important. It’s because the Briefs, for me and I suspect for more than a few of you, represent an ideal. They prove that the spirit of `70s punk rock can be channeled today without having to [...]

Top 20 Of 2004

Friday, December 31st, 2004

* This article is originally from Punknews.org , of course.
Ever since the leaves started to change I’ve been hyping “list making time” around the proverbial Punknews office like it was the coming of the Christian apocalypse. There’s a zeal us music geeks have for this that I can’t quite explain, comes with the occupation I [...]

The Briefs - Sex Objects

Tuesday, June 29th, 2004

Dear John,
You were right.
If you remember back in 2002 we at Punknews.org published our yearly “best of” lists. You responded, like so many of our readers do, with a list of what we got wrong, particularly the lack of attention paid to the Pacific Northwest scene. As it always goes with retrospective articles I tend [...]

June looks to be rockin’

Monday, May 31st, 2004

I’ve had the site offline for a week or so as I used this server for my own diabolical mechanisms. My apologies to the few of you who for some reason read it.
I’ve had a ton of anticipated music show up on my doorstep lately. June is definitely one of the three or four sweet [...]