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Posted on: April 5, 2010 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Hockey Night – Keep Guessin’ (CD)

Hockey Night – Keep Guessin’ / 2005 Lookout / 11 Tracks / http://www.hockeynightmusic.com / http://www.lookoutrecords.com/hockeynight / Reviewed 15 August 2005 Starting out “Keep Guessin’” with “Get Real”, Hockey Night show their ability to move beyond the pop perfection created by bands like Weezer and The Bravery and make something even more addictive. Instead of simply being pushe forward with a simplistic, driving beat Hockey Night allow a little bit of…

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Posted on: April 5, 2010 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Hell Promise – Aim For Hell (CD)

Hell Promise – Aim For Hell / 2006 Rocketstar / 10 Tracks / http://www.hellpromise.com / http://www.rocketstar.com / Reviewed 25 March 2006 “Chamber #5” is a great exemplary track for Hell Promise, as this confident track allows the band to showcase their hardcore sound, a sound that uses old Judas Priest and Maiden riffs (during tracks like “Brass Knuckle Nightmare”) to further their sound. The heavy double bass drums that make…

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Posted on: April 4, 2010 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Helloween – Keeper of the Seven Keys: The Legacy (CD)

Helloween – Keeper of the Seven Keys: The Legacy / 2005 SPV / 13 Tracks / http://www.helloween.org / http://www.spv.de / Reviewed 16 January 2006 It has been nearly twenty years since the first Keeper of the Seven Keys album was released, and Helloween has not lost a step in the creation of theatrical metal that will keep heads bobbing even as Andi and the rest of the band tells a…

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Posted on: April 4, 2010 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

We’re Back…..

Yup. Our minor vacation went without a hitch, and we’ll be bringing you the latest in news, interviews, and the like for the foreseeable future. Check out this video to get an idea of where our minds are at now.

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Posted on: April 4, 2010 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Hella – Total Bugs Bunny on Wild Bass (CD)

Hella – Total Bugs Bunny on Wild Bass / 7 Tracks / 2003 Narnack Records / http://www.hellatheband.com / http://www.narnackrecords.com / Released 6 August 2003 / Reviewed 27 September 2003 Totally coming out of a black metal tradition in the fact that at any one time, four or five sounds seem to be arising around you, Hella is the intelligent person’s Cannibal Corpse. With no rhyme or reason behind their sequencing,…

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Posted on: April 2, 2010 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

The Heartland – Demo (CD)

The Heartland – Demo / 2005 Self-Released / 4 Tracks / http://www.myspace.com/theHeartland / Reviewed 06 July 2005 The guitar work on this demo has to be some of the most intense shredding since the Bill and Ted sequel’s soundtrack, and that is saying much (considering that Kiss’ cover of Argent’s “God Gave Rock And Roll To You” was only the second best track on the disc). The combination of screamed-out…

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Posted on: April 2, 2010 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

The Heart Attacks – Hellbound and Heartless (CD)

The Heart Attacks – Hellbound and Heartless / 2006 Hellcat / 12 Tracks / http://www.myspace.com/theheartattacks / http://www.hell-cat.com / Reviewed 15 November 2006 If this were 1984, one glance at the glam rock image of the Heart Attacks and I would have thrown them in the garbage right next to any other Sunset Strippers without giving them one listen. But you know what? It’s a good thing this isn’t 1984, because…

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Posted on: April 1, 2010 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Head Wound City – S/T (CD)

Head Wound City – S/T / 2005 Three One G / 7 Tracks / http://www.threeoneg.com/etis/bands.php?action=view&id=29 / http://www.threeoneg.com / Reviewed 21 November 2005 The instrumentation that is present on “I’m A Taxidermist I’ll Stuff Anything” is done with a speed and a urgency that it almost sound that the vocals were placed over a sped-up background. There is more than a little tension between the vocals and the instrumentation on “Head…

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Posted on: April 1, 2010 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

The Head Set – Way Past Used (CD)

The Head Set – Way Past Used / 2006 Businessman Businessman / 12 Tracks / http://www.theheadset.com / Reviewed 28 April 2007 “Way Past Used” starts out fairly calmly, with The Head Set not really crafting a sound that stands out from the rest of rock music for quite a few seconds. By the time that the band finally kicks in to “Enemies”, one hears hints of The Police, Matchbox 20,…

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Posted on: March 31, 2010 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Headlights – The Enemies EP (CD)

Headlights – The Enemies EP / 2005 Polyvinyl / 4 Tracks / http://www.headlightsmusic.com / http://www.polyvinylrecords.com / Reviewed 24 November 2005 Four track EPs are always the most difficult of any release to review; I can’t get off with a shorter review because there are enough tracks but there are not enough tracks to really give a proper review. The style of music that the Headlights play is a very controlled,…

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Posted on: March 31, 2010 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Head Control System – Murder Nature (CD)

Head Control System – Murder Nature / 2006 The End / 11 Tracks / http://www.headcontrolsystem.com / http://www.theendrecords.com / Reviewed 09 July 2006 The back and forth of the distortion that starts out “Baby Blue” does not properly introduce individuals into Head Control System. This is due to the fact that Head Control System play a style of rock that blends the current nu-rock movement with rock from an earlier time…

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Posted on: March 30, 2010 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Head Automatica – Popaganda (CD)

Head Automatica – Popaganda / 2006 Warner Bros / 14 Tracks / http://www.headautomatica.com / http://www.warnerbros.com / Reviewed 21 May 2006 “Graduation Day” is the perfect introduction for individuals into Head Automatica. Gone is a lot of the electronic, dance-emo that made their previous album “Decadence”. This is a brand of college-rock meets emo music that will go down listeners’ palettes easily. The inclusion of a clap track during “Laughing At…

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Posted on: March 30, 2010 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Head Automatica – Decadence (CD)

Head Automatica – Decadence / 2004 Warner Bros / 11 Tracks / http://www.headautomatica.com / http://www.warnerbros.com / Reviewed 01 November 2004 Starting off “Decadence” with a Strokes and Hives-influenced track, “At The Speed of A Yellow Bullet”, Daryl’s first side project to Glassjaw captures a completely different side of eir. Keeping the same general sound, albeit incorporating a funky synth line and shuffling drum beat, “Brooklyn Is Burning” does much to…

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Posted on: March 29, 2010 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

The Hatepinks – Plastic Bag Ambitions (CD)

The Hatepinks – Plastic Bag Ambitions / 2005 TKO / 13 Tracks / http://www.hatepinks.free.fr / http://www.tkorecords.com / Reviewed 29 June 2005 The Hatepinks play a fleshed out version of 77 punk, mixing equal parts Ramones with Germs to make a very intense and bouncy style of punk for the new millennium. Tracks like “Microwave Drugs” literally pull the guitars straight from “Atomic Garden”, but really push forward the tempo to…

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Posted on: March 29, 2010 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Jon Hassell – Maarifa Street: Magic Realism 2 (CD)

Jon Hassell – Maarifa Street: Magic Realism 2 / 2005 Nyen / 7 Tracks / http://www.maarifastreet.com / http://www.takticmusic.com / Reviewed 18 May 2005 “Maarifa Street” starts out with “Divine S.O.S.”, a track that seems just as influenced by jazz reminiscing on the Pink Panther theme as it is by ancient East Asian sounds. Each of the tracks on this disc are given the proper time by Hassell, with the average…

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Posted on: March 28, 2010 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Harlots – The Human War Machine (CD)

Harlots – The Human War Machine / 2006 Self / 2 Tracks / http://www.harlots666.com / [email protected] / Reviewed 24 August 2006 “This Is A Test…and No Flesh Shall Be Spared” is recorded in a very rough way. The heaviness of the track could be due to the guitars and drums playing off of each other, or it may very well be that the distortion created by the recording of these…

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Posted on: March 28, 2010 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Hard Skin – Same Meat Different Gravy (CD)

Hard Skin – Same Meat Different Gravy / 2005 TKO Records / 13 Tracks / [email protected] / http://www.tkorecords.com / Reviewed 12 March 2005 Hard Skin is one of the most solid and impressive oi! Bands to come out ever, which is even more of a feat since their music is technically a “send-up of oi music”. Much like their ideological brothers Stars and Stripes (and to a lesser degree Manic…

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Posted on: March 27, 2010 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Hanover Saints – Murdertown (CD)

Hanover Saints – Murdertown / 2006 GMM / 15 Tracks / http://www.thehanoversaints.com / http://www.gmmrecords.net / Reviewed 19 May 2006 Each of the songs on “Murdertown” is really clean and clear for streetpunk music, but at some point there is nothing harder and more fun than what the Hanover Saints put onto this disc. The first track that will hit listeners over the head repeatedly has to be “The Crosshairs”. From…

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Posted on: March 27, 2010 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Hannah Marcus – Desert Farmers (CD)

Hannah Marcus – Desert Farmers / 2003 Bar None Records / 10 Tracks / http://www.bar-none.com / http://www.hannahmarcus.com / Released January 2004 / Reviewed 24 November 2003 While Hannah’s press release and CD is plastered with the fact that ey has worked and toured with Godspeed You Black Emperor!, “Desert Farmers” starts out with “Laos”, a track that warmly greets people with a coherence that GYBE! would hate. Synthesizers ebb and…

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Posted on: March 27, 2010 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

The Locals – Salt (CD)

“Sound It Out” is a track that provides a solid amount of energy with an ear for pop arrangements, allowing a wide swath of listeners a proper introduction to The Locals. Each element of the band hits hard, whether it the alluring vocals put forth, the splashing and all-encompassing drums, or the harmonies achieved by the guitar. Despite The Locals packing up shop on “Sound It Out” well before the…

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