Laminated

I guess marking a package as “media mail” means nothing to the post office and mailmen/women. I receive hundreds of CDs every year for review, and it doesn’t happen too often, but every once in a while, I get a CD that is either cracked in half or completely shattered. Now I thought that the […]

I first heard The Hope Conspiracy a few years ago through a friend and was blown away by the raw energy and anger that the band portrays with their music. But, it seemed like I had developed a taste for the band too late. Hope Con had stopped playing for a couple years or so, […]

So this band Bricks For Shoulders is a two-piece, which kind of confused me because I thought I was listening to at least a 4-piece hardcore lineup. To be honest, this record just doesn’t do it for me. The band has a message that I think is great, but music-wise they could improve a lot. […]

Okay, so I don’t know who Kites is exactly. The press sheet that came with this 3″ disc says that it’s just some guy who plays all of his own instruments. I don’t really care though, because all I hear is a bunch of noise with no vocals at all. I myself enjoy ambient music […]

I don’t know who the hell By All Means Necessary are because they didn’t send me much info along with their CD, but their self-released 5-song EP just sucks. A lot. It’s just really boring alternative rock, although the members seem to think they are punk or something because they put some anarchy signs on […]

Well, here’s the tracklisting to Bracket’s latest full length, “Requiem”:
1. Warren’s Song Pt. 16
2. Warren’s Song Pt. 19
3. Warren’s Song Pt. 14
4. Warren’s Song Pt. 24
5. Warren’s Song Pt. 11
6. Warren’s Song Pt. 23
7. Warren’s Song Pt. 17
8. Warren’s Song Pt. 26
9. Warren’s Song Pt. 18
10. Warren’s Song Pt. 12
11. Warren’s Song Pt. 21
12. Warren’s […]

I don’t know who this Dear Whoever band is, but according to the press sheet that came with their EP, “Sound The Trumpet,” they sold over 1000 copies of this EP on their own before it was put out by Broken Line Records (whoever the hell that is). So I figured I had gotten something […]

I recently got another release from the growing punk/hardcore/indie/whatever label KOI Records. This time I found the first edition of KOI’s Split Series. The label is almost completely based around vinyl, only releasing one CD so far and about 5 vinyl records. This 7″ is a split between Thirty3 and Los Dryheavers.
I think Los […]

It’s strange how much different music can sound on a turntable opposed to on CD format. I received Blacklisted’s “…The Beat Goes On” on CD months ago and enjoyed it, but I wasn’t really blown away by the disc. I just wrote it off as typical hardcore that just happened to be on a great […]

That’s right. I finally turn 18 this Saturday. Leave a comment on this post with some kind words for me or something if you have a second. Thanks.