Bouncing Souls – Ghosts on the Boardwalk

In 2009, The Bouncing Souls celebrated their 20 year anniversary as a band. To honor this celebration, they released singles throughout the year, and "Ghosts on the Boardwalk" is all 12 singles compiled into one album. The album, put out by their own label Chunksaah, opens up on a fast note ("Never Say Die/When You’re Young) that takes you back to the "How I Spent My Summer Vacation" days, but with an emotional "The Gold Read more

O.K.? – Everything is Going to Be O.K.?

The A side of this two song 7" is called "Earthseed" and it’s a fast paced, catchy song with female vocals and New World Order type political themes. It makes some pretty damning statements about sinister government agencies, the scientific community, and uniform societies and predicts the downfall of society Read more

Taxpayers – Self Titled Release

Taking cues from early Against Me!’s Punk folk approach and adding their own variations, the Taxpayers manage to write songs that are catchy, emotional, and basic in form. While their recordings could never capture the experience of seeing them live where they are constantly finding new ways to involve the audience, the songs on this CD are still Read more

Crime Desire – Every Day In Chains

This 45 r.p.m. 12" E.P. has four songs of heavy, dirge driven hardcore songs. This is a brutal record which sounds a bit like Citizen’s Arrest or the slow songs on Negative Approach’s "Tied Down" album. At times Crime Desire show some metal influences, but there’s no mosh beatdown cheesiness here. The lyrics are pretty heavy, at times even a bit gorey, like in "Carrion" which has uses some Read more

D.O.A. – Kings Of Punk, Hockey, and Beer

Upon first inspection the title of this album seemed like it was just a silly name that didn’t have much to do with the actual songs on the CD. However it turns out that almost every song on this collection is actually about either hockey or drinking. This seems a little strange from a band that made a name for themselves with political Read more

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