December 2009
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Review: Adicts - Sound of Music →
The Adicts, for the uninitiated, are, among other things, one of the most chronically under-appreciated bands of the early punk era, the band responsible for incorporating the droog look of Alex DeLarge’s gang in Kubrick’s stylized vision of Burgess’s A Clockwork Orange into punk fashion (see also: “Clockie”), regular guests on British children’s programming,...
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Review: Adhesive - Sideburner →
People tend to compare Adhesive to Bad Religion, and for good reason. Indeed, the band’s first full-length album, 1996’s Sideburner, features the sort of vocal harmonization (the Swedish quartet’s oohs and aahs bear more than a passing resemblance to the sound Greg Graffin and Brett Gurewitz tend to work into their songwriting) and the polished melodic instrumentation one...
Sobriquet 61.8 →
After a string of frustratingly unproductive days, I had a fairly successful day today. I spent the afternoon and early evening traveling by train and bus, which gave me several uninterrupted hours…
Sobriquet 61.9 →
I am pleased to report that, for the second consecutive day, I made some significant progress in my reading, ploughing my way through as many pages in the past two days as in the previous eight or so…
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Review: Abs - Mental Enema →
Mental Enema is pretty damn good. As profoundly sophomoric as the title may be, the Abs are a remarkably intelligent band. True, they sprinkle the album with a bunch of silly bits of immaturity, but they are such talented musicians that what would pass off as buffoonery when handled by less capable hands comes across as delightfully light-hearted and even a bit witty…
Sobriquet 61.8 →
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Review: ABKK - Ronny →
…ABKK’s “Ronny / Mörker” disk sounds like the sort of music Jenny Agutter’s Jessica 6 might listen to on her way to Carousel in Logan’s Run if she were a punk rocker…
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Review: Abs - TurboSphinct →
With lyrics ranging from astoundingly zany to downright facile to strikingly intelligent and undeniably melodic, hook-heavy guitar work, the Abs rarely miss the mark with their brand of quirky pop-punk…
