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"Vulture Street" by Powderfinger

"Vulture Street" by Powderfinger

Powderfinger are the most successful Australian rock band of the past decade. Their previous two albums have garnered the Aussie super-group nine ARIA (Australian Record Industry Association) awards, including Album of the Year, Best Rock Album, and Record of the Year respectively for both Internati... [More]

Written By: Ryan Slack & Kevin Jones
"Heavier Things" by John Mayer

"Heavier Things" by John Mayer

The large scale mainstream success and the fact that it's been critically accepted as such (albeit to a far lesser degree) just adds to the strangeness of the overall musical landscape of this year. Don't get me started. A few years ago I got a hold of a promo copy of Room For Squares and maybe I di... [More]

Written By: Kevin Jones
"MFZB" by Zebrahead

"MFZB" by Zebrahead

Zebrahead remains one of my favorite one-two punch punk bands in the ring. The two colors of a zebra aptly represent the music these guys make - half power-punk and half rap-rock. After Playmate of the Year, it appeared as though Head was going to water down their two-fisted assault to appeal to the... [More]

Written By: Wayne Kerr
"Permission To Land" by The Darkness

"Permission To Land" by The Darkness

The Darkness are huge in the U. K. This is their first record and it debuted atop the British charts, the last time a band pulled this off was Coldplay 3 years ago. How they'll eventually be received stateside is going to be interesting. This album tends to polarize people. You either just sort of g... [More]

Written By: Kevin Jones
"Love is Hell: Part 2" by Ryan Adams

"Love is Hell: Part 2" by Ryan Adams

After a semi-successful, but critically acclaimed, beginning as the songwriting frontman for the alt/country heroes Whiskeytown, and then three solo albums that straddled the release of Whiskeytown's much litigated swan song release Pneumonia, it appeared that perhaps Adams was a prolific wunderkind... [More]

Written By: Kevin Jones
"World Without Tears" by Lucinda Williams

"World Without Tears" by Lucinda Williams

There just seem no stoppin this wiry, world weary force of nature from continuing to produce records that possess more grit, heartache, living hell and occasional respite, redemption and at least catharsis, than most pulitzer winning novels. I remember when I first found out that she'd written the M... [More]

Written By: Kevin Jones
"War all the Time" by Thursday

"War all the Time" by Thursday

In a sense Thursday represents all that is seductive about the millions of bands that are watering down their Screaming speed punk, to appeal to a broader audience and at the same time they represent everything that's wrong with it. Among the legions of post-hard core hopefuls these New Jersey quart... [More]

Written By: Kevin Jones
"Deja Entendu" by Brand New

"Deja Entendu" by Brand New

A lot of music critiques (myself included) are starting to smell the stale end of Emo. The best of this lot will rise to the top and survive. Bands that can also be categorized as rock n Roll. (Which I predict will be the next big musical craze). Though a year or so ago Brand New probably wouldn't h... [More]

Written By: Kevin Jones
"Splinter" by The Offspring

"Splinter" by The Offspring

Whenever I do a review on either Offspring or No Doubt I generally preface the whole thing by explaining that before either of these Orange County bands broke I was playing around the same scene in a band that would more often not headline bills that included the aforementioned superstars. When thes... [More]

Written By: Kevin Jones
"blink 182" by blink 182

"blink 182" by blink 182

Blink 182's new self-titled effort is fittingly the band's best and most mature work to date. I say fittingly, because as this thing they helped invent called Emo is fast becoming mainstream-o, it's good to be able to report that they've taken some liberties with Formula 182 and these experiments h... [More]

Written By: Kevin Jones
"Dear Catastrophe Waitress" by Belle and Sebastian

"Dear Catastrophe Waitress" by Belle and Sebastian

Trying to figure out why a person including one's self can become so fond of a band like Belle and Sebastian is like trying to screw together a musical Rubics Cube. You've got a bunch of mixed up colors that only come together and make sense after several fruitless twists and spins. You've got Stuar... [More]

Written By: Kevin Jones
"So Much For the City" by The Thrills

"So Much For the City" by The Thrills

It's amazing that while listening to The Thrills debut, you can almost smell the beach coming out of the speakers and you can almost hear the waves crashing from the ocean. That's how sunny an album these California obsessed kids have made. What's even more amazing is that all these kids are from D... [More]

Written By: Kyle England
"Per Second, Per Second, Per Second...Every Second" by ...

"Per Second, Per Second, Per Second...Every Second" by Wheat

After sitting around in limbo for a couple of years, indie rock darlings Wheat have finally released their fourth album, and first on major label Columbia. What has transpired on this new album I must admit has me at quite of a loss. Gone is the shoegazing rock that past album Hope and Adams brough... [More]

Written By: Kyle England
"Logic Will Break Your Heart" by The Stills

"Logic Will Break Your Heart" by The Stills

It's ironic that if I had to tell you what The Stills sounded like, I would have to say that they sounded like a mixture of what Interpol is doing today, mixed with a lttle bit of what Echo and the Bunnymen were doing twenty years ago. Which is funny becuase Iíve seen The Stills live twice already,... [More]

Written By: Kyle England
"Kish Kash" by Basement Jaxx

"Kish Kash" by Basement Jaxx

Basement Jaxx are one of those dance beat outfits that definitely walk the line between ass shaking genius and teeth grinding annoyance. Anyone interested in the former should check out their debut album Remedy, and anyone wanting to stay away from the latter should steer clear of their second relea... [More]

Written By: Kyle England