Hellcats
Mika Bomb's brand of slap-you-upside-the-head, super-sexy-razor-happy garage rock has been described as 'Motown punk' — a blend of Motown and 70s style NY punk. Of…
The Woods
By nature, punk bands get less abrasive as their careers continue. You are likely to often hear songs like "Rock the Casbah" and "Should I…
Valende
Most of the time I can tell you what I don't like with great ease. (Try not to ask me directly though, especially when I've…
Heart Like a River
Up near the Strait of Juan de Fuca, about an hour ferry-ride from Anacortes, sits Orcas Island, the second-biggest in the San Juans. Orcas is…
All The Good Meetings Are Taken
Portland duo Kanda delivers catchy and pop-hooked synth-rock that moves from cute and sly to rocking and smooth on their second release, All The Good…
The Great Destroyer
Low, to make an odd comparison, reminds me of the Harry Potter series. Wait…let me explain. Sure, they are both relatively clean, filled with magic,…
Hold a Match for a Gasoline World
In reading his bio on Mill Pond Records' website, I came to find that Luke Temple spent his first year of high school sleeping in…
Kasabian
(I'm not going to tell them about Primal Scream… I'm not going to tell them about Primal Scream… I'm not going to tell them about…
Disenchanted Hearts Unite
"It was the record that you needed to complete your punk collection/ It was everything that you wanted, it was some source of affection." Thus…
Get Cool
Get Cool is the very brand new release from Seattle sweethearts the Catch. It straddles a potentially dangerous line: too punky to be noo-wave, too…