On “Erotic Nightmare Summer,” the four-piece emo band Carpool creates a modern commentary on love and loss.
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Album review: ‘Oblivious’
Pawner ‘Oblivious’ Self-released pawnerband.bandcamp.com Singer-songwriter Aidan Snyder’s band Pawner has been making its way through the local pop-punk scene since 2014. After surviving a number of lineup changes, Pawner is celebrating the release of its full-length debut album, "Oblivious." Many of the songs on "Oblivious" have poetic lyrics about love, but songs such as "Perfectly […]
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Shonen Knife still cuts deep
Here’s three unassuming Japanese women who stick the knife into the crimson and twist. Shonen Knife plays rock ‘n’ roll, plain and simple. It’s simplified and beautiful, stripped down to its bones. It’s a loose and raucous pile up of pop, punk, and metal with a big salute to The Ramones; the band even goes […]
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The Reckless and the Brave
Right now, the sky’s the limit for All Time Low. The four-piece pop-punk giants are just achieving one milestone after another. The band’s new album, “Future Hearts,” hit number one on the Billboard Rock chart and was the number 2 album on the Billboard 200, making for the All Time Low’s highest charting and selling […]
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ALBUM REVIEW: “The Winter Blue”
Jesse and the Sprinkles “The Winter Blue” Bluebrick Recordings jessesprinkle.bandcamp.com The family that plays together, stays together … or at least stays warm. Drummer and producer to the stars Jesse Sprinkle bundled up the wife and kids and piled them into the studio to commiserate and even celebrate this region’s unrelenting winter. The resulting record, “The […]
