The Darkness Permission to Land

Published Nov 01, 2003

First off, this is not a great or classic album by any means, and the mid to high falsetto vocals of lead singer Justin Hawkins aren’t for e...

Alice Cooper The Eyes of Alice Cooper

Published Nov 01, 2003

Man, this sure came out of left field. Just when everyone is talking about a solid new Iggy record, everyone’s favourite golf-playing shock-...

Torn Down Units Loved, Lost, Still Standing

Published Nov 01, 2003

These four young, crazy-assed rock and rollers from Orangeville, Ontario play instrumental boogie rock, hard country-influenced punk and a l...

Various A History of Memphis Garage Rock — The 90's

Published Nov 01, 2003

Well, here’s one for the kiddies. If you’re too young to know who the Oblivians or the Gibson Brothers are, then this CD is a crash course o...

Kiss Symphony: The DVD

Published Nov 01, 2003

Well, Gene Simmons, that old demon prince of rock marketing, has figured out yet another way to milk the Kiss trademark, this time with a DV...

Danko Jones We Sweat Blood

Published Oct 01, 2003

Album number two for Universal Music from Toronto’s Danko Jones finds the trio more or less in the same shape as their previous outings — 12...

Bronx The Bronx

Published Oct 01, 2003

First off, these guys have the best album cover of the year sealed up with zero competition in sight. It’s a close-up picture of a female va...

Oil Electric Tongue

Published Oct 01, 2003

This Dutch band’s bio touts them as a mix of Led Zepplin and Queens of the Stone Age and promises to "give you balls the size of Amsterdam.”...

Preacher's Kids Wild Emotions

Published Oct 01, 2003

If you like the blues-damaged rowdiness of bands like the Deadly Snakes and the Compulsive Gamblers you’ll love the Preacher’s Kids. They’ve...

The Ramblin' Ambassadors Avanti

Published Oct 01, 2003

From the ashes of one of Canada’s most beloved instrumental bands, Huevos Rancheros, come Calgary’s Ramblin’ Ambassadors. The good news is t...

Modey Lemon Thunder and Lightning

Published Oct 01, 2003

Modey Lemon are a spazzy drum/guitar (and sometimes Moog) two-piece band hailing from Pittsburgh who rock hard in the vein of Pussy Galore....

Electric Frankenstein Meets El Nada

Published Oct 01, 2003

One of the most prolific punk bands around, Electric Frankenstein seem to put out an album or at least an EP every other month. This time it...

Los Straitjackets Supersonic Guitars in 3-D

Published Oct 01, 2003

Bland, stale and boring are the first words that come to mind when describing the new Los Straitjackets album. Songs like the lead-off track...

Division of Laura Lee 97-99

Published Sep 01, 2003

Before these garage-influenced Swedes broke out in the last year or so on Epitaph on the coat tails of White Stripes/Hives/Strokes neo-rock...

Mensen Oslo City

Published Sep 01, 2003

Album number two from these Norwegians sees them in the same mode as their debut record, still cranking out uber-simple Kiss/Ramones riffs w...

Muck and the Myers All Mucked Up

Published Sep 01, 2003

Muck and the Myers, out of the Boston area, are a modern band who play early Beatles/Dave Clark 5-style ‘60s beat music, complete with the j...

Red Hot Lovers Ain't Got Time To Waste

Published Sep 01, 2003

In the vein of such modern masters of hard punk as Zeke and Turbonegro come Calgary’s Red Hot Lovers. Replete with drilling guitars, fast so...

Von Zippers The Crime Is Now

Published Sep 01, 2003

Yikes, something sure is pissing off the Von Zippers’ Alan Wayne, and judging from their third full-length album for Estrus Records, that so...

We Talked About Murder Expecting the Explosion

Published Sep 01, 2003

Is this screamo? I don’t think so, not enough screaming. Maybe it’s just DC-style emo? Not sure. What I do know is that I’m 35 years old and...

Various Sleazegrinder Presents: Cock and Roll

Published Sep 01, 2003

First off, let’s sort that Sleazegrinder is a Cambridge, MA-based dude who writes rock reviews and also has a glam punk label of the same na...