Posts Tagged ‘Music Reviews’

There are certain things that make you feel American. For example, complaining about slow service in French restaurants is one. Another maybe thinking Europeans really love Stella Artois. How about swearing soccer isn’t football but really soccer? A less embarrassing and offensive way is to rock out to the new Hold Steady.

It’s A King Thing’s 2007 release, LP, made Best New Music here at SAL. It was certainly deserving as head honcho Brian Mietz penned masterful harmony-laden power pop akin to The Lemonheads and Weezer. The energy and humorous slant of Mietz’s songs were enough to push the record over the top. While Proper Nouns still […]

Jon Sebastian is one busy and talented dude. He has a solo career under his own name (Jon Sebastian), an amazing pop duo with his wife (The Color Wheels) and now he has the full band affair with Paper The Operator. Solemn Boyz is Sebastian at his most impressive though. Perhaps it is because he […]

Ah, the many shades of pop/punk. This split between NY’s Red And Blue and MIchigan’s Traffic & Weather is a perfect example of the broad brush of this genre.
Red And Blue are up first. These six songs were recorded by the illustrious Phil Douglas of Latterman. Red And Blue are occupying the more geeky side […]

Boston’s Eroica and their debut album Hisen the Architect reminded me of a Mitch Clem comic strip that jokes about needing a dictionary to understand Bad Religion lyrics.  A Wikipedia session is definitely in order to catch some of the quasi-obscure references contained in the song titles, as well as the band name itself.  I’ll save you the […]

Yet another red hot Brainworms split 7-inch. This one adds a little more variety as melodic pop/punkers Dynamite Arrows occupy the other side. I am loving what Dynamite Arrows are shelling out. I can not really think of a comparison which is pretty amazing considering how much pop punk seemingly recycles the same shit over […]

A split between a Canadian and a UK band might sound like an odd combo at first but these two bands fit together rather well. Windsor, Ontario’s Orphan Choir start things off on Side A with two songs. “Groundbreaking Ceremony” is a fast paced track with vocals that instantly bring to mind Tom Gabel of […]

This is my first introduction to Richmond, VA’s Brainworms after hearing many accolades rained down upon the band. I must say that while I am not floored by what I hear,  I can certainly understand what the fuss is about. It is refreshing to hear a band that seems to be following no trends or […]

Full disclosure: I do PR for Cheap Girls so I’m not even going to attempt to review this as my words will just ring hollow. I will just say that Find Me A Drink Home will no doubt be in my top ten at the end of the year and fans of Smoking Popes and […]

In The Red is the new band from former Gunmoll frontman, Mike Hale. Gunmoll sounded like what you might expect if Leatherface and Jawbreaker had a premature baby. They released two albums and a split or two before going on hiatus indefinitely. Well, Mike Hale moved from Gainesville out to California after Gunmoll’s split and […]