‘Music Reviews’ Archives
Rictus Grin – “Pity Crew EP”
Rictus Grin – “Pity Crew EP” Rictus Grin is kinda like stealing a car and driving it to an amusement park where it gets caught in some kind of go-cart race, then gets sideswiped and totaled, while inflatable sex dolls emerge, instead of air bags, [Read More]
Distressor – “Hard To Kill”
Distressor – “Hard To Kill” You know, I was always warned about the “L” towns. The three suburban towns out of Boston, ones you had to “watch your step in.” I lived most of my early life in Hyde Park and Dorchester, so anyone [Read More]
CAC – “Pissin with…”
CAC – “Pissin with…” CAC or C.A.C. is a new band, that stands for Christians Against Christianity or really, Crime Alley Cretins. It’s a new band to me and probably to you, as well. I just heard this recording two weeks ago and saw them [Read More]
The Only Things – “The Only Things”
The Only Things – “The Only Things” The only things I need are beer, Mexican food and punk rock. The Only things are a rock’n’roll band from Lowell, MA The only things you really need to know about them is they have really great songs [Read More]
HailNothing – “Ancient Tombs”
HailNothing – “Ancient Tombs” I love Chuck Berry. He recently died at 90, doing 90 motivating over the hill. He has a song called “School Days” that has the lyrics, “Hail, Hail Rock’N’Roll. The feeling’s there [Read More]
The Ratz – “Broken Bottles, Broken Bones”
The Ratz – “Broken Bottles, Broken Bones” I don’t care what you’re gonna say. I don’t care about anyone. I don’t care about anything. I don’t. That’s off of my favorite song from this album, “Broken [Read More]
The Labor Pains – “Are Boring And Unoriginal”
The Labor Pains – “Are Boring And Unoriginal” I find that The Labor Pains are boring and unoriginal. Music that has guts and excitement- well, that’s all been done before. Music with so much energy that it explodes off the speakers mainlining [Read More]
The Radicals – “Sometimes Dead Is Better”
The Radicals – “Sometimes Dead Is Better” So I’m looking over my list of CD’s to review and I see “pop tarts, eggs, toasty cheeze-its”- realize it’s the wrong list, toss that, get the right list and see, The Radicals [Read More]
“They Came From Boston, Vol.1”
“They Came From Boston, Vol.1” Stray Bullets, Duck & Cover, The Warning Shots, Blood Stained Bindle This is an album by a new “super group” formed by four Boston area bands. They are called The Stray Ducks Warning Blood. Oh, no. Strike [Read More]
Red Mantis – “Red Mantis”
Red Mantis – “Red Mantis” Red Mantis is like this evil looking bug that attacks you while you’re taking a shower. It’s like a scorpion. No, it’s like a scorpion with wings! And it’s barreling down on you while you can barely [Read More]
