Eaststrikewest – Wolvves – CD (2009)
what's up with the double V in the album title? Riding the Wavves train?
The Exelar – The Newburgh Conspiracy – CD (2009)
Emoviolence: alive and well, apparently.
Trost – Trust Me – CD (2008)
This is without a doubt one of the worst reviews I've ever written
We Were Promised Jetpacks – These Four Walls – CD (2009)
We Were Promised Jetpacks are the latest in what seems to be a sudden revival of great indie bands hailing from Scotland.
Pennines / Teenage Cool Kids / Algernon Cadwallader – Cambridge Portland Arms, October 8 2009
it’s been a while since i visited the Portland Arms. my tattered memory suggests that the previous occasion was possibly 10 years ago, when bluetip played. and cortina. cortina was…
Part Chimp – Thriller – CD (2009)
Planet of the japes.
Higher Giant – Al’s Moustache – CD (2009)
these are some old melodic punk dudes
Young Widows – My Disco – split – 7″ (2009)
worth it for the My Disco side
Kurt Vile – Childish Prodigy – CD (2009)
Vile by name, quite nice actually by nature
Reznik – El Mal – CD (2009)
Low-end snippets.