This is a much anticipated release (at least for me) that has been expected from this band for a while now. Kiss Kiss Kill Kill is the latest album from HorrorPops following their last released album “Bring It On” From 2005; much to long for a band like the HorrorPops to go without giving us our much need fill of rock and roll.
Kiss Kiss Kill Kill is exactly what you would expect from a band as unique and disrupting as the HorroPops. This new album like their previous ones has such a great sound that dips into so many styles of music and sound that it creates a humorous very progressive sound.
Many of the songs on this album have such unrelated styles/meaning to them that it is almost like it is a comp of new songs by the same band which I personally really liked.One minute your listing to a song with traditional rockabilly undertones, and then the next song has a new wave meets surf punk.Because of this the album is a blast to listen too.So many of this bands songs will surprise and confuse you. But after a second listen your going to be tapping your foot and singing along.
If you’re not yet a fan of the HorrofPops you are really missing out on a great unique band. With blasting female vocals to their chaotic style of play you will besearching for their other releases in no time.
After the masterpiece/almost rock opera album “…Is A Real Boy” on Doghouse Records (then re-issued as “…Was A Real Boy” by J Records), Say Anything is back with their sophomore studio album. It’s been some years since the band released the previous album, and due to Max Bemis’ health problem, the band took some time to write and record the new songs, with a never ending live activity on tour that took Say Anything on tour with anyone that matters in the world, and this shows in the guest vocals on the new record (that I won’t mention, because this is a Say Anything record).
The new album is intended to be a rock opera, and in fact it’s a double disc with 27 new tunes, where Bemis sings about love disasters, all through sex metaphors, straight in your face “fuck you’s” and religious references. I had a hard time listening to the new songs, because I was so addicted to the older anthems “Spidersong” and “Every Man Has A Molly” that for me it’s been hard to lend my ear to the new stuff, but really, it works.
The first CD is filled with more poppy songs, and more electronic clashes, as the single “Baby Girl, I’m A Blur” or the song “Shiksa (Girlfriend)”, with their electric beats and catchy choruses. But the real sweetness comes out on tracks like “No Soul” (one of the best songs of the record) and “The Church Channel”, where Max sings about his past few years. “Retarded In Love” and “Died A Jew” are my personal favorite tracks, because of the lyrics and the fact that they sings about sick stories.
The second CD might be called as the “hardest part”: it is filled with anthems, punk rock songs, and less melody. “We Killed It” sounds like a demo, with its 1.53 minutes of pure madness and genius at the same time, while “Have At Thee!” is the rock and roll song. “Spores” kills me every time I heard it, while “The Word You Wield” and “Vexed” are awesome in their simplicity. “Hangover Song” is the best minute of music you can hear for 0.99 bucks.
It’s really hard to label this record with a few words, but I must say “In Defense Of The Genre” is the most intense trip I did this year. Without drugs.
Tracklist
Disc One: 1. Skinny, Mean Man 2. No Soul 3. That is Why 4. Surgically Removing the Tracking Device 5.This is Fucking Ecstasy 6. The Church Channel 7. Shiksa (Girlfriend) 8. Baby Girl, I’m a Blur 9. Retarded in Love 10. People Like You are Why People Like Me Exist 11. Died a Jew 12. An Insult to the Dead 13. Sorry, Dudes, My Bad
Disc Two: 1. Spay Me 2. In Defense of the Genre 3. The Truth is, You Should Lie with Me 4. The Words You Wield 5. Vexed 6. About Falling 7. You’re the Wanker if Anyone Is 8. Spores 9. We Killed It 10. Have at Thee! 11. Hangover Song 12. Goodbye Young Tutor, You’ve Now Outgrown Me 13. I Used to Have a Heart 14. Plea
After the amazing “Trainwreck”, Boys Night Out is back with the brand new, self titled, album. The Canadian boys develop a new style in their music, with a more pop edge sound and a less aggressive attitude, with more pop hooks and less screams. The result is a sick album where you have the pop melodies and the melodic rock and roll guitar hooks.
“Boys Night Out” has got twelve tracks of powerful pop punk, with the five guys developing new rhythms, to create new harmonies and trying to play more than just a Fall Out Boy ripoff. And they also can make it on such tunes as “Get Your Head Straight” and “Let Me Be Your Swearword”, which sound fresh, new and original.
I personally loved “Trainwreck”, but this new record has been quite a disappointment for me. Not for the songs - there are some great pop punk tunes here - but for the general mood: too many fillers and I skip a lot of tracks when I listen to this.
Tracklist 1. Get Your Head Straight 2. Swift And Unforgiving 3. The Push And Pull 4. Up With Me 5. Heirs Of Error 6. Let Me Be Your Swearword 7. Hey, Thanks 8. Fall For The Drinker 9. Apartment 4 10. Reason Ain’t Our Long Suit 11. It Won’t Be Long
Every Time I Die’s new effort is the most intense, crazy and unbelieavable album I heard in a long time. It’s a crazy mix of hardcore and punk played in rock and roll songs, with a straight fuck you attitude.
“The Big Dirty” is quite different from the band’s previous works, where the hardcore rhythms dominated; on this new effort, it’s the rock and roll crazyness to take advantage of the other faces of the band, and it’s incredible the way Every Time I Die can play such anthems as “We’re Wolf” and “Rendez-Voodoo”.
The record is very good if you love to experience new music and destroy the borders between what’s melodic and what is noise.
Tracklist 1. No Son Of Mine 2. Pigs Is Pigs 3. Leatherneck 4. We’re Wolf 5. Rebel Without Applause 6. Cities And Years 7. Rendez-Voodoo 8. A Gentlemans Sport 9. Inrihab 10. Depressionista 11. Buffalo Gals 12. Imitation Is The Sincerest Form Of Battery
After “Hunter”, A Life Once Lost are back with their brand new disc. “Iron Gag” is a record where the band starts to play even - if possible - a more intense kind of hardcore music.
It’s not really melodic or harmonic music, put those words away from “Iron Gag”: the new album shows how the band can displays a lot of angry metal music. Someone would label this metal-core, but to me it’s just metal.
The record does not have any ups and downs, and it passes away very fast, with its very fast guitar riffs, metallic chords and screaming raw vocals.
If you liked the previous works by A Life Once Lost, you’ll enjoy this one too.
Tracklist 1. Firewater Joyride 2. Detest 3. The Wanderer 4. Worship 5. All Teeth 6. Meth Mouth 7. Masks 8. Pigeonholed 9. Others Die 10. Silence 11. Ill Will
Being a hardcore fan of NOFX, it’s quite hard for me to talk of the new NOFX live album, but I’ll do my best. “They’ve Actually Gotten Worse Live” is the second NOFX live album after their previous “I Heard They Suck Live”, which came out 12 or so years ago. The new disc was recorded in three nights at Slim’s in San Francisco in January 2007, and even tough the band keeps on saying they’re drunk, sloppy, etc, the recording is amazing and the quality is superb.
Even tough the tracklist disappointed me (I am addicted to the older songs) and I do not understand how the electric version of “Scavenger Type” or the dedicated to fan “New Happy Birthday Song?” can be enjoyed by new fans, I must say the show is amazing. Not for just the songs, actually. I like the jokes that Mike, Hefe and Melvin tell during the songs, as when Melvin speaks about birthdays or Mike speaks about being backstage at a Bouncing Souls’ show. The greatest songs - to me - are “The Longest Line” (with a “Basket Case” ripoff in the last chorus, or, wait, was it vice-versa?), “Green Corn”, “Stickin’ In My Eye” (sung by Melvin) and “Lori Meyers”, with Smelly’s wife singing the female vocals. The classic 8 songs in 6 minutes is still here, with anthems as “I’m Telling Tim”, “Murder The Government”, “Can’t Get the Stink Out” and the always funny “I Wanna Be an Alcoholic” still here to turn on the fans.
At the end of the last song you can hear the band staring playing “The Decline” but ending after a couple of minutes, and it’s a pity NOFX did not put it here (maybe keeping it for the vinyl lovers?).
All in all, this live disc is a music for NOFX fans, and I am pretty sure no one need to read my review to know this shit rules.
Tracklist 1:Intro/Glass War 2:You’re Wrong (DOWNLOAD FREE MP3!) 3:Franco Un-American (DOWNLOAD FREE MP3!) 4:Scavenger Type 5:What’s the Matter With Parents Today? 6:The Longest Line 7:New Happy Birthday Song? 8:Eat the Meek 9:Murder the Government 10:Monosyllabic Girl 11:I’m Telling Tim 12:Instant Crassic 13:Can’t Get the Stink Out 14:See Her Pee 15:I Wanna Be an Alcoholic 16:Fuck the Kids 17:Juice Head 18:What Now My Love 19:Lori Meyers (DOWNLOAD FREE MP3!) 20:We March To the Beat of Indifferent Drum 21:I, Melvin 22:Green Corn 23:Whoops I OD’d 24:Stickin In My Eye
Formed in 2001 at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, Bedouin Soundclash was able to come out of the unknown thanks to a a seductive combination of lead singer Jay Malinowski’s soulful wail and hypnotic rhythmic guitar grooves, Eon Sinclair’s deep dubbing bass, and Pat Pengelly’s driving rhythms, Bedouin Soundclash creates its own innovative fusion of Reggae, Rock, Punk and Soul.
After releasing “Sounding A Mosaic” the band releases the new album “Street Gospels”, and this time I was smashed. If the previous disc sounded a little bit too “reggae” for me, I must say the new record is killer. Fusing element of pop with harmonic vocals, reggae rhythms with rock guitars, the new songs are totally amazing, as the single “Walls Fall Down” or other tracks as “12:59 Lullaby” (as heard of the Tv series Grey’s Anatomy) and “St. Andrews”.
If you like good, catchy, sunny and happy rock music with reagge hints, I highly suggest this great piece of art.
Tracklist 1. Until We Burn In The Sun 2. Walls Fall Down 3. St. Andrews 4. Trinco Dog 5. Hush 6. Bells Of 59 7. Higher Ground 8. 12:59 Lullaby 9. Nico On The Night Train 10. Gunships 11. Jealousy And The Get Free 12. Midnight Rocker 13. Hearts In The Night
Copeland, after signing to a major label, release a brand new album on The Militia Group made of rarities, old songs, remixes, alternative takes of their songs and filled with even more bonus tracks.
“Dressed Up & In Line” is a sixteen track record where you can hear some of the best songs Copeland ever played: from the Soundgarden’s cover of “Black Hole Sun” to the Police’s cover of “Every Breath You Take”, you will hear how Copeland can play soft piano driven songs and emotionally active tunes. Such songs as “Sleep (Remix)” and “Thanks To This (Dj Cakeface Remix)” show two new faces of songs previously released on the band’s album, while the acoustic versions of “Careful Now”, “No One Really Wins” and “Brightest” are absolutely amazing, possibly even better than the original versions.
Copeland is a great band, and I highly recommend every music lover to check this album out.
I am not totally sure this is a re-release or an American pressing of “This Is My Ship”, from the Uk band Dartz!, but according to my last.fm, these guys come from England and the first pressing had a different cover artwork. Yes I know, I’m quite lazy today.
“This Is My Ship” is a kind of cross between the danceable rhythms of Free Diamonds and the important indie rock of Settlefish, with a more dancy attitude and more melodic vocal lines.
Songs like “Network! Network! Network!” and “Once Twice, Again!” not only shows the love of Dartz! for excalamtion points, but also some serious skills for pop harmonies. Have you ever had the feeling of listening some music with your eyes closed and find yourself on a beach on a rainy day? That’s what I felt when the music of this album started to play. “Prego Triangolos” and “Laser Eyes” have got some killer guitar riffs that you’d die for, and the genre of the whole record is outstanding.
In pure indie rock fashion, I hardly found any kind of information on Rider Your Bike. Their website is not really updated and I could not even find a bio, a pic or something that showed me some more about these guys. Nice, because I like misteries. Anyway, the good news is that the new album by Ride Your Bike, released on Deep Elm Records, is a great collection of indie rock music fused with pop.
“Bad News From The Bar” is made of eleven songs where Ride Your Bike plays catchy melodies that will take your ears the first time you hear them: “We All Have Our Shoes”, “Sticks And Stones” and “This Car Is Hot As Hell” display some serious skills for writing cool harmonies, with simple elements. You will hear a lot of acoustic guitars, and the vocals is always what comes first, even louder than the other instruments. The evolution of the band grows really fast, with drum beats, bass lines and soft pop guitars that stress the melodies driven by the vocals.
It’s great because a lof of different people will surely enjoy this band and their music: from the indie rock nerds (like me) to the fans of mainstream pop punk are all destined to fall in love with the harmonies of these guys, not just becuase they’re good, but because they’re awesome.
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