I got this tape at the punk rock show over at Jeff Kells house and boy am I happy that I got this tape. It is typical 3rd wave punk guitar chords (i.e Blink 182) and lyrics, but all together they make a really good and professional sounding tape, which is hard to do on a maxell tape.The guitars are very fast paced, and they compliment the vocals amazingly. This…
Beatnik Termites – Taste the Sand 11 songs, released in 1995 on Black Pumpkin Records. It cost me nothing. This band has been around since 1990, and they definitely know their music. The Termites are a great sounding surf punk band that fuse surf music and pop punk to make a very catchy and memorable listening experience. The songs get pretty sappy, but are written well enough to avoid just…
Battershell – Beautiful Princess of Spit This is a 4 song EP on NG records from 1995. I picked this up for $2 in a local pawn shop, on the clearance rack. I swear those guys are morons sometimes. This is Nice Grrly Punk that draws parellels to (Old) Hole, Veruca Salt, Elastica, and the Breeders. This sounds very professionial. This has typicial temp changes, making them sound like a…
Bald Rapunzel – S/T this is a 5 song EP that was out on Resin Records from 1997. They can be reached at Bald Rapunzel, PO Box 297, College Park, MD 20741-0297. They are a 4 piece band with female vocals. The band is half male and half female, and they make an awesome sounding band. Their is also really talented guitar playing on this. The females voice has hints…
Avail – 4 AM This was released in 1996, and is on Lookout Records #128. This Is a chameleon band, with roots in Indy, Pop Punk, Metal, Rock and Hardcore.The songs are tightly written and played which gives this album a much more cohesive sound. Their are some really stupid parts to this album, like a minute long part of a guy singing acapella, which leads into a decent song…
Autopsy – Severed Survival / Retribution for the Dead This tape was released in 1989, and re-released in 1993 by Noise Records, and the album has 14 songs. The tape was actually two albums fit together so that they are now on one tape. This band sounds like an amalgamation of Slayer and Cannibal Corpse. This has pretty good guitars, with above average solos. The drummer is also good, but…
Assmen – Enema Nation 11 songs released in 99 on dirty records. the lyrics are vile, and that is why the album is so awesome. you can hear the bass on the album, but they really kickass in the lyrics and guitar section. This album is all about sex, beer, and it is an awesome un-pc album. The Assmen cover “Happy together” and their version is a lot better then…
Another Nothing-New Breed This an 8 song full length put out on Chord records, an indie label that is in Philly. They can be emailed at [email protected] . This album begins out as a screaming new hardcore song with the unoriginal title of #&@? Jam, then goes into Transpose, which has the same style of guitars but adds choruses in which they sing normally. “Still the Same” has hardcore pseudo…
Agnostic Front-Raw Unleashed 62 songs on Grand Theft Auto in 1995. All of the songs in their unfinished format. Really short songs (under one minute) in a pre mix down format. The songs are very powerful, with excellent political lyrics. Unfortunately, the guitar lines usually are the same distorted power chords, and the guy sings the same way on most of the songs. They sound like MOD, SOD, and Exodus…
The Adults- Action Street I did not like this album much. Its an album with minimal guitars, and when they do have guitars, its still just a guy half singing half speaking. The Adults half sound like Primus and half like Mr. Tornado Head, taking the worst elements from each. This is boring college-style rock and thats all i have to say. This album gets a 4.5/10
