Category: RECORD REVIEWS

MISSION OF BURMA: Signals, Calls And Marches / Vs. / The Horrible Truth About Burma

After three decades, Mission Of Burma justly remains one of the college-rock era’s most influential groups. The Boston quartet honed

March 18, 2008 / RECORD REVIEWS

THE COATHANGERS: Shake Shake [Suicide Squeeze]

White vinyl, brightly colored sleeve art, ragged vocals, two short, sharp songs: What’s not to love about this seven-inch? An

March 18, 2008 / RECORD REVIEWS

JARBOE/JUSTIN K BROADRICK: J2 [The End]

In Swans, singer Jarboe was always the spooky bit of beauty that accentuated and made human the sheer terror of

March 18, 2008 / RECORD REVIEWS

TOMMY JAY: Tom’s Tall Tales Of Trauma [Columbus Discount]

In the ‘80s, long before mp3s or MySpace, bands hunkered down with cheap gear, cranked out demos, dubbed them onto

March 17, 2008 / RECORD REVIEWS

BORN RUFFIANS: Red, Yellow And Blue [Warp]

Depicting a nerdy guy, a chubby guy and a normal guy shooting the shit obliviously while a party rages around

March 4, 2008 / RECORD REVIEWS

KELLEY POLAR: I Need You To Hold On While The Sky Is Falling [Environ]

There’s something perversely charming about Kelley Polar’s puckish mucking-about with electronica/post-dance conventions. If you can’t dance to it, what the

March 4, 2008 / RECORD REVIEWS

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