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Category: Records

  • Point of Recognition “The Admiration of a Son” (1999) Review

    There is a location east of Los Angeles, quite a ways, known as the Inland Empire. There was a time during the late 1990s and 2000s when a surge of straightedge and hardcore bands started to come through and begin to get noticed on a significant scale. It wasn’t just straightedge, however, it was also…

  • The Pietasters “Awesome Mix tape Vol. 6” Review

    Ska is one of my favorite genres of music. Something just speaks to me when you mix guitars, drums, bass, and, of course, horn sections. There are so many outstanding records under that banner, but some get to be above and beyond that, becoming essential records to listen to. One of those records is the…

  • Screeching Weasel “My Brain Hurts” (1991) Review

    Before punk broke out into the mainstream and before many bands got airplay on the radio, a few bands were playing pop-infused punk rock, and one of them, of course, was Screeching Weasel. The boys mixed pop influences with rock and roll, giving you frenetic-paced music without losing much to vocals. With the recording of…

  • Slick Shoes “Rusty” (1997) Review

    Returning to 1997, we find the pop punk world exploding with various bands. The era was full of musical talent, and Slick Shoes was one of the many bands to come out. I was first introduced to the band with their raw self-titled EP, which showcased an introduction to the punk rock act. It was…

  • Max Roach “Drums Unlimited” (1966) Review

    Max Roach is a name synonymous with drums. He is a great drummer, and that’s about as simple as I can put it. Fly back to 1966, and we visit a record from Roach called “Drums Unlimited”. Sometimes referred to as a “manifesto” of sound, the recording is a story-driven device that is both subtle…

  • Talib Kweli “Quality” (2002) Review

    An hour and five minutes of hip-hop is what you get when you decide to put on the debut studio record from Talib Kweli. Starting things off on “Quality” is Dave Chappelle, keynote speaker, who tells a random story with a cool soothing beat. Then, we are treated to Kweli’s rhymes. Forget what you know…

  • The Distillers “Sing Sing Death House” (2002) Review

    Hellcat Records has put out some of my favorite albums of all time. They have consistently floored me with the quality that they have put out, and it’s interesting to see the many different arrays of options that they put forward. In 2002, while I was graduating high school, they would release “Sing Sing Death…

  • 5 Seconds of Summer “5 Seconds of Summer” (2014) Review

    I’m late to many bands, and one of the bands that I just didn’t jump into was that of 5 Seconds of Summer. I didn’t know much about them, and to be fair, didn’t think I was missing a whole lot. Then comes this blog, and I start to write, and we are here looking…