Various Artists – For Family And Flag Volume 2 LP
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by Sarah Riley
4d ago
Various Artists For Family And Flag Volume 2 LP (Pirates Press Records) While it took a little longer for Pirates Press to return to their For Family and Flag series than anyone likely expected [Volume One of the comp was originally released in 2020 –ed], there’s no question that the couldn’t have picked a more opportune time or angle of approach for a return, as one scans the track list on For Family And Flag Volume 2. Since the inaugural release of FFAF, Pirates Press has released a series of particularly excellent albums by a host of good bands and many have contributed cuts to this new co ..read more
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The Complicators – s/t LP
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by Sarah Riley
2w ago
The Complicators s/t LP (Pirates Press Records) While it’s very easy for any critic to come off as surprised when a band reassembles a set of well-used, time-honoured musical cliches and presents something which works, it’s far more difficult to find the flaw which ultimately causes that very familiar structure to fall apart and/or come off as completely irredeemable.How does one do it? How does one point to the problem which ultimately caused the house of cards to fall, while a similar band/album was successful? The problems that may cause one album to completely fall apart aren’t always eas ..read more
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Brigata Vendetta – This Is How Democracy Dies LP
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by Sarah Riley
2w ago
Brigata Vendetta This Is How Democracy Dies LP (Pirates Press Records) Okay, after the last few years of pundits both educated and ill-informed questioning the health and longevity of democracy and looking at the concept so closely the eye-strain could easily be attributable to a migraine, the idea of another punk band stepping forward to declare, “Us too!” is almost laughable enough to drive this critic into a stress-induced mental breakdown. Happily though, Bay area powerhouse Brigata Vendetta do not move slow enough on their debut album, This Is How Democracy Dies, to really let anyone lis ..read more
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Spencer Burton – North Wind LP
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by Sarah Riley
1M ago
Spencer Burton North Wind LP (Dine Alone Records) Since going solo in 2010 with Grey Kingdom (his project following the first lapse in Attack In Black’s activity), there’s no question that Spencer Burton has successfully developed an excellent and unique authoritative voice both as a singer and songwriter – but the greatest surprises have come his turns toward folk and country music. While 2021’s fantastic Coyote album established a new peak in Burton’s development, North Wind presents an excellent counterpoint to that album which continues some of the ideas from its predecessor but does not ..read more
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Billy Liar – Crisis Actor LP
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by Sarah Riley
1M ago
Billy Liar Crisis Actor LP (Pirates Press Records) It feels unlikely on the surface because, like Henry Ford, punks often want to proclaim that, “history is bunk” – but the fact is that some of the permutations of punk rock that have passed through the mainstream are possessed of an undeniably accessible quality. Even on first listen, sometimes there’s just something about the music which is capable of hooking listeners really really hard – and that thing doesn’t let go until the proverbial needle lifts. That enduring appeal is easy to find in the music of Blink 182 and The Gaslight Anthem an ..read more
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The Dwarves – Concept Album LP
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by Sarah Riley
3M ago
The Dwarves Concept Album LP (Greedy Media) To say that The Dwarves have been around and weathered a lot of pop cultural storms is an understatement. Since forming in Chicago in the mid-Eighties, The Dwarves have reinvented the concept of the revolving door; they’ve gone through band members (dozens of them – but guitarist Pete “HeWhoCannotBeNamed” Vietnamecheque and singer Paul “Blag Dahlia” Cafaro are the group’s core members), record labels (at least five) and bases of operations (Chicago first – but last reports indicated that the band was calling San Francisco home) at roughly the same r ..read more
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Pierre Omer’s Swing Revue – Tropical Breakdown LP
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by Sarah Riley
3M ago
Pierre Omer’s Swing Revue Tropical Breakdown LP (Voodoo Rhythm Records) Ever since Swing Kids came out in 1993 featuring a cast of very talented dancers, hipsters have wanted to revive swing music and dancing and make it their own. The reasoning for that desire is really easy to understand; the music is wildly infectious even without the benefit of distortion pedals, and the gymnasts who dance to it in the movies make it look REALLY fun to do. The catch is that swing dancing looking fun in the movies is very different from trying to throw a woman around on a dance floor – many women will play ..read more
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Ice-T – The Legend of Ice-T 3LP
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by Sarah Riley
3M ago
Ice-T The Legend of Ice-T: Crime Stories (3LP) (Rhyme Syndicate Productions/Ruffnation Entertainment/MVD) It’s hard to know what to make of The Legend of Ice-T: Crime Stories exactly, in part because what the album wants to be isn’t particularly clear. A very solid argument could be made for the possibility that, in fact, this 3LP set is supposed to be the soundtrack to either a stage production or a film. From the moment it starts, the set seeks to present the portrait of Tracy Lauren Morrow as a thug who finds his way into the East Coast rap scene and ultimately ends up helping to establish ..read more
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Volores – Ages LP
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by Sarah Riley
3M ago
Volores Ages LP (Broken Stag Records) It may come as a surprise, but there’s a reason that I elected to review Ace Of Wands’ newest LP and Ages by Volores back-to-back: the albums feel like the work of two bands who could easily share a stage or a tour together. Both bands’ sounds feature a bit of goth and alt-rock in their artistic/creative DNA but, where Ace Of Wands clearly features some classic rock in their makeup to function as a counter-balance, Volores balances alt-rock and goth in a spirit and manner closer to that of The Cure. It’s actually remarkable how clearly linked the bands se ..read more
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Ace Of Wands – Desiring LP
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by Sarah Riley
4M ago
Ace Of Wands Desiring LP (Fortune Stellar Records) It’s hard to articulate how cool this is and how much this statement means but, from moment one of listening to Ace Of Wands’ new album, there is a direct artistic and creative line which connects Ace Of Wands to Heart. Of course, making comparisons between other artists and the work of Ann and Nancy Wilson is easy enough to do on a completely superficial level, but delving deeper beneath the surface of the sisters’ music and really looking deeply at the creative designs in their music is much more difficult and, on Desiring, that’s where and ..read more
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