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Box-O-Car: Faster than the Sound of Speed Label: Veronica Release Date: 2000 Review Date: 2002 Box-O-Car is a guilty pleasure. Essentially watered down new wave for girls. A David Bowie and Psychedelic Furs cocktail may sound like a good idea, except that more often than not it’s of the Shirley Temple variety. In a live […]

Posted by: Kilwag (editor) on June 17th, 2002

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Pretty Girls Make Graves: EP Label: Release Date: 2001 Review Date: 2002 This is a four song ep by a Seattle area band that seems to be getting a lot of good press these days. I caught the last couple of songs at an all ages show and was impressed enough to take a chance […]

Posted by: Kilwag (editor) on June 17th, 2002

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Devo: Recombo DNA Label: Rhino Handmade Release Date: 2000 Recording Date: 1976-1981 Review Date: 2002 Devo fans of the world unite! Pioneers Who Got Scalped may have been Doodie Now for the future, but Recombo DNA is Booji Boy’s revenge. Recombo DNA is an excellent, if expensive addition to your Devo collection, provided your obsessive. […]

Posted by: Kilwag (editor) on June 17th, 2002

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UK Subs: Endangered Species Label: New Red Archives Release Date: 1997 Recording Date: 1982 Review Date: 2000 If you were fortunate to come across this album on vinyl, you are already aware that this is by far the most ambitious and best produced album that the UK Subs ever delivered. The closest a punk band […]

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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