Full Reviews Index
Jemina Pearl - 'Break It Up'
On Jemina Pearl's solo album, the former vocalist for Be Your Pet has reemerged with a new sound. Unfortunately, Jemina Pearl is now a pop singer.
AFI - 'Crash Love'
On Crash Love, AFI is reexploring who they are as a band, and tackling social and political themes at the same time.
Alice Donut - 'Ten Glorious Animals'
On Ten Glorious Animals, old schoolers Alice Donut explore more than ten glorious sounds. Way more.
Street Dogs - 'State Of Grace'
Former Dropkick Murphy Mike McColgan is back with 'State Of Grace', the third from blue-collar Boston punks the Street Dogs.
Teenage Bottlerocket - 'They Came From The Shadows'
On They Came From The Shadows, Teenage Bottlerocket is proving they can play like the Descendents and Ramones, without trying to be them.
Frank Turner - 'Poetry Of The Deed'
Frank Turner, former singer for Million Dead, went unplugged, and on Poetry of the Deed, Turner has probably made his punkest record yet.
Banner Pilot - 'Collapser'
Banner Pilot is the latest addition to the Fat Wreck Chords roster with the release of their album [i]Collapser[/i], and they’re a band that conjures up elements of Jawbreaker, Alkaline Trio, blink182 and The Lawrence Arms at times. Unfortunately, none of it’s very memorable.
Jay Reatard - 'Watch Me Fall'
On Watch Me Fall, garage punk rocker Jay Reatard has compiled some perfect pop tunes.
Brokencyde - 'I'm Not A Fan But The Kids Like It!'
Call it crunkcore if you want, just don't call Brokencyde's I'm Not A Fan But The Kids Like It! good.
'Up End Atom: A Tribute To Atom and His Package'
On Up End Atom: A Tribute To Atom and His Package, a host of suitably geeky bands get to together to pay tribute to Atom and His Package and fight diabetes.
iwrestledabearonce - 'It's All Happening'
On 'It's All Happening,' iwrestledabearonce have reinvented grindcore, making iwrestledabearonce and 'It's All Happening' both really innovative.
New Tomorrow - 'We're Counting On The Youth'
On Skeleton Crew Records (owned by Frank Iero of My Chemical Romance), New Tomorrow is bringing back old school hardcore. On 'We're Counting On The Youth,' New Tomorrows hardcore sound is a blast from the past that smells like fresh air.
Burning Image - 'Fantasma'
A solidly influential death rock band from California, Burning Image has been out of the loop for over 20 years. Fantasma changes this. With Fantasma, Burning Image brings their dark sound back to the light.
Alexisonfire - 'Old Crows/Young Cardinals'
With, Old Crows/Young Cardinals, Alexisonfire's first album in three years, Alexisonfire is reinventing themselves, and Old Crows/Young Cardinals is their best album to date.
Rancid - Let The Dominoes Fall
With Let the Dominoes Fall, Rancid has released what Rancid frontman Tim Armstrong calls his favorite Rancid album yet.
Girl In A Coma - 'Trio B.C.'
On 'Trio B.C.,' Girl in a Coma have proven that they can evolve, making Trio B.C. an even better record than 'Both Before I'm Gone', Girl in A Coma's first release.
Mike Hererra's Tumbledown
MXPX frontman Mike Hererra releases his second album of the year with Mike Hererra's Tumbledown. This time it's a country album.
Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown
Following 2004's American Idiot, 21st Century Breakdown will be another punk rock opera that shows the way Green Day is headed.
NOFX - Coaster
Coaster, the latest from NOFX, is nothing new for the band. But with NOFX, it doesn't have to be.
Vaselines - Enter the Vaselines
A lesser-known, yet influential punk band, Glasgow's the Vaselines have a new release of old material on Enter the Vaselines.
Nobody Likes You: Inside the Turbulent Life, Times, and Music of Green Day
Mark Spitz has created a book on the band that is in-depth and interesting, with minimal amounts of the fluff that would appeal to Green Day's teenage fans. In doing so, he has created a book that will appeal to many fans of punk in general, even those who don't like what the band has become today.
Pansy Division - 'Life in a Gay Rock Band' DVD Review
Pansy Division helped found the often unnoticed queercore music, making a place in the punk scene where open homosexuality was more open. 'Life in a Gay Rock Band' tells their story.
Riverboat Gamblers - 'Underneath the Owl'
With 'Underneath the Owl,' Riverboat Gamblers have evolved and matured without losing any of the energy that makes their live shows so incredible.
New Found Glory - 'Not Without A Fight'
The band's first release on Epitaph, Not Without A Fight finds New Found glory heading back to classic pop punk.
The Mighty Stef - '100 Midnights'
With a complex sound that ranges from blues to Gypsy punk, Stef Murphy isn't really a Celtic punk musician, but he does fit in with them.