Yard Act: Where’s My Utopia? July 23, 2024I’m not really sure how to classify Yard Act. Their first track on Where’s My Utopia?, their second...
The Killers: Hot Fuss November 28, 2022I was at work the first time I heard Hot Fuss. That work just happened to be at...
Yard Act: The Overload February 16, 2022There has been this resurgence of this acerbic British talk-singing post-punk thing of late. Poor Art Brut is...
Caviar: Caviar January 17, 2015Saved from the dark recesses of the old forgotten singles and defunct band drawer at the label I...
Anthrax: Attack of the Killer B’s January 6, 2015I honestly don’t like Anthrax, but bought this album for the Public Enemy duet, “Bring the Noise.” The whole...
The Airborne Toxic Event: The Airborne Toxic Event January 30, 2009Like Toadies’ Possum Kingdom back in the day, this is a one-track purchase. “Sometime Around Midnight” was certainly...
Fall Out Boy: From Under the Cork Tree November 28, 2008I’m kinda buzzed while I’m writing this and somehow it sounds both shitty and good. The production and...
Bootsy’s Rubber Band: Jungle Bass June 17, 2008I have no idea what the hell I was thinking when I dropped a few clams on this...
Autopilot Off: Make a Sound April 14, 2004The dudes from this band are nice guys, so I feel a little bad talking shit about their...
American Hi-Fi: The Art of Losing February 26, 2003I have a personal investment in this one. No, I didn’t actually pay for the album, but we...
Elvis Costello: When I Was Cruel May 23, 2002There’s a twenty-year gap in my Elvis Costello record collection. I literally went from Trust to this album...
American Hi-Fi: American Hi-Fi February 28, 2001Feel good corporate pop rock isn’t really my bag, baby. Any number of utterances of the word “fuck”...