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Gadjits: Wish We Never Met Label: Hellcat Release Date: 1999 Review Date: 2000 Now that No Doubt has ruined so-called “Ska” for the commercial masses, what are they rest of the bands suppposed to do? The Gadjits are all from the same gradeschool or highschool or whatever. They mean well, but ultimately they are just […]

Posted by: Kilwag (editor) on June 11th, 2000

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Groop Dogdrill: Half Nelson Label: Mantra Release Date: 1998 Review Date: 2000 Apart from having a name that is impossible to remember how to spell correctly, these guys sound like Girls VS Boys meet the Supersuckers. Track one, Lovely Skin, takes off like a concord jet full of rockstars pissing in th aisle. It’s one […]

Posted by: Kilwag (editor) on June 11th, 2000

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Les Savy Five: Cat and Cobra Label: Frenchkiss Release Date: 1999 Review Date: 2000 Some people might call this shoe gazer music on amphetamines, or math rock without the math. I call it boring and/or annoying. It sounds like some irritating college band with at least one hippy on the payroll. My friend at the […]

Posted by: Kilwag (editor) on June 10th, 2000

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Devo: Dev-o Live Label: Rhino Handmade Release Date: 1999 Recording Date: 1980 Review Date: 2000 Rhino Handmade specializes in limited edition releases that are only available from their web site. To say that their selection is diverse would be a bit of an understatement, it ranges from the Stooges to Sonny Bono. Once a selection […]

Posted by: Kilwag (editor) on June 9th, 2000

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Buzzcocks: Time’s Up Label: Mute Release Date: 1999 Recording Date: 1977 Review Date: 2000 Time’s Up was originally a bootleg of studio outakes from the Spiral Scratch sessions. Spiral Scratch was not only the band’s first self released ep, it was arguablly the first DIY effort from any punk band. Spiral Scatch has been re-released […]

Posted by: Kilwag (editor) on June 9th, 2000

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Spend a Night in the Box refers to the movie “Cool Hand Luke” which takes place during the 1940’s at a chain gang style correctional facility in the deep south. Basically, if you screw up, you spend a night in the box, a sort of sensory depravation severe cramp and heat exhaustion inducing facility that […]

Posted by: Kilwag (editor) on June 9th, 2000

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Whatever happened to the Supergrass that recorded Caught by the Fuzz? Most bands strive to avoid stagnation, and the critics call this maturity, but sometimes kids grow up way too fast. On this, their third major release, Supergrass are sounding more and more like Supertramp. “In it for the Money” has absolutely nothing in common […]

Posted by: Kilwag (editor) on June 8th, 2000

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Pretenders: Viva El Amor Label: Warner Release Date:1999 Review Date: 2000 If you haven’t seen the VH1 Storytellers performance with the Pretenders, watch for it. If you haven’t bought the latest Pretenders record, don’t. Well not if you’re visiting this web site. The first track Popstar is actually really strong. Vintage Middle of the Road […]

Posted by: Kilwag (editor) on June 8th, 2000

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Gaza Strippers: Laced Candy Label: Man’s Ruin Release Date:1999 Review Date: 2000 The Didjits are dead. Long Live the Didjits! After five full length releases and an ep the Didjits self destructed. A three headed baby birthed in a chicken shed in rural industrial Illinois, the Didjits were midwest favorites and contemporaries of Naked Raygun […]

Posted by: Kilwag (editor) on June 8th, 2000

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Before punk, a lot of the disaffected were a part of a roots rock and roll scene. Anyone fed up with 70’s excess of prog rock and massive staduim tours went back to the basics of rock and roll, looking to capture a little of the rebellion and fun spirit of the original wave. The […]

Posted by: Kilwag (editor) on June 8th, 2000

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