Andrew W.K. – 55 Cadillac
Andrew W.K.’s 2001 album I Get Wet is a simple, primal, fun, and (quite simply) phenomenal album of overproduced chugging pop-metal party anthems. This album, 55 Cadillac, the new Andrew W.K. album isn’t exactly fun. It’s just kinda forgettable. Still, even though there are few albums less essential than this one, I’m glad Andrew W.K. (Read more…)
Tubers – Anachronous
Wow. This might be my new favorite album of last year. Anachronous is the third full length from the Florida band Tubers, but the first album of theirs that I’ve heard. With little exception, Anachronous is a non-stop barrage of raw and noisy bombastic punk rock. The vocals recklessly howl and scream like a bull (Read more…)
Abe Vigoda – Reviver EP
A few months back I wrote about the L.A. based Abe Vigoda’s full length Skeleton and just how awesome it was. Well, since then the band has also released an EP, Reviver, that is also quite good, but not really the same. The band mostly eschews the mutated indie tropicalia of Skeleton in favor of (Read more…)
Black Dice – Repo
I don’t think that there’s any question that the dudes in Black Dice are just trying to mess with us. I mean, their newest album Repo is filled with spastic electro-noise that whirrs, pulses, and screeches in an oddly organic way like it’s the soundtrack to a post-apocalyptic dance party. Just imagine an army of (Read more…)
