You know, the pop/punk gods can be a cruel bunch at times. But they make it up to me every now and then. Lemuria are certainly one of those godsends. The Buffalo, NY band finally graces us with a proper full-length release and it is a charming listen. Perhaps not as immediate as the songs […]
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Pomegranates: Everything Is Alive
Pomegranates debut, the Two Eyes EP, was one of my favorites of 2007. The band’s first full-length, Everything Is Alive, is a bit of a different beast though. On Two Eyes, Pomegranates attacked their songs with a youthful exuberance. However, on Everything Is Alive the band has grown up in a relatively short time. Here, […]
Teenage Cool Kids: Queer Salutations
Sometimes you hear a band name and you have a good idea of what they might sound like before even listening. Teenage Cool Kids were one of those bands for me. Granted the name sounded more pop/punk to me at first. But, with a name like Teenage Cool Kids it just had to be a […]
Random Sounds
Oh, the Playlist has been updated.
Mock Orange “Song In D” (Congrats to the band and Wednesday Records on their new collaboration!)
Radar Bros. “Slack Motherfucker” (A little cover song by some unknown indie rock band.)
Langhorne Slim “Rebel Side Of Heaven”
No Age “Eraser”
Fleet Foxes “White Winter Hymnal”
Annabel: Now That We’re Alive
Annabel come to us from the indie metropolis of Kent, Ohio and Now That We’re Alive is the band’s ridiculously good debut effort. This really reminds me of late 90’s stuff in the vein of The Anniversary and The Get Up Kids. It’s kinda emo, kinda pop, kinda indie rock. Hell, on the brilliant “Castles […]