Reviews: Bearings, Skateboarding, Wheels
Also out of Outlook HQ comes Burley wheels and bearings, to which I happily report, did not arrive warped. More skulls and stuff here, and the wheels and bearings seem to perform about as well as your standard equipment does. Not much to get excited about, but no complaints either. The wheels were fast enough […]
Drop inPosted by: Kilwag (editor) on July 8th, 2003
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Reviews: Music
Groovie Ghoulies: Go! Stories Label: Stardumb Release Date: 2002 Review Date: 2003 These guys have been at it for several years now, and at this point they have it down to a science. For some bands that could be the kiss of death and the start of mediocrity. Not so with the Groovie Ghoulies. Go! […]
Drop inPosted by: Kilwag (editor) on June 17th, 2003
Reviews: Music
Buzzcocks: Buzzcocks Label: Merge Release Date: 2003 Review Date: 2003 The Buzzcocks have just released their 7th studio album. It’s on Merge Records out of North Carolina, which I’d never heard of before, but Randy assures me it’s a pretty well known indy label. I’m a Buzzcocks fanatic, I’ll admit. They were the first band […]
Drop inPosted by: House of Neil on June 17th, 2003
Reviews: Music
The Simpletones: I Have A Date Label: Refocre / Posh Boy Release Date: 2003 Recording Date: 1979- Review Date: 2003 The Simpletones, you ask? How did a bunch of snotty teenagers come up with the perfect name for the perfect low-fi punk/pop band? Sound like yet another one of the current crop of scene darlings […]
Drop inPosted by: Kilwag (editor) on June 17th, 2003
Reviews: Music
The Weirdos Weird World Volume 2: We Got the Neutron Bomb Label: Frontier Release Date: 2003 Recording Date: 1977-1989 Review Date: 2003 You gotta love it when someone compiles the output of some long forgotten and underrated band and has the unbridled optimism to put “Volume One” on the first release with nothing but good […]
Drop inPosted by: Kilwag (editor) on June 17th, 2003
Reviews: Music
Love And Rockets: Sorted! Best of Love And Rockets Label: Beggars Release Date: 2003 Recording Date: 1985-1998 Review Date: 2003 Beggars banquet has been steadily reissuing the Love and rockets catalog, so it was only a matter of time before we saw a greatest hits compilation. I can’t recommend this anemic cd to anyone other […]
Drop inPosted by: Kilwag (editor) on June 17th, 2003
Reviews: Music
The Triggers: Shoot your Mouth Off Label: Dirtnap Release Date: 2003 Review Date: 2003 The Triggers are fresh off the boat… A boat that docked in 1980 and was full of the third generation of punk bands from England. An easy comparison would be to Vice Squad, or at least it would be if I […]
Drop inPosted by: Kilwag (editor) on June 17th, 2003
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Reviews: Music
Hockey Night: Rad Zapping Label: Img Release Date: 2002 Review Date: 2003 Rad Zapping looks like some freaky Atari age retro electro arty bomb waiting to go off. The disc starts with some super mellow boring synth for about a minute until a sampled voice come on and screams “enough of this shit!” followed by […]
Drop inPosted by: Kilwag (editor) on June 17th, 2003
Reviews: Music
Death on Wednesday: Songs to ______ to Label: SideCho Release Date: 2003 Review Date: 2003 Southern California has a history of punk bands dabbling in goth/romantic tradition, which is what you might thiink you are getting into when you see the cover of this CD coupled with the band name and photos. You’re not gonna […]
Drop inPosted by: Kilwag (editor) on June 17th, 2003
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Reviews: Music
Quuarashi: Jinx Label: Release Date: 2002 Review Date: 2003 These guys are from Iceland and were in punk bands and now they make very American metal rap. 15 seconds into the lead off track and you get the first “Sucka MCs” reference. It’s all very, very slick and mostly, utterly forgettable. Where these guys get […]
Drop inPosted by: Kilwag (editor) on June 17th, 2003