[center][b][i]Soophie Nun Squad - Donkey Call[/i][/b][/center]

You know, I love punk but I'll admit that it can get stale sometimes, which is why a band like Soophie Nun Squad is so good, combing punk, rap-metal and god knows what else into something that shouldn't work in a million years, but somehow does. Donkey Call begins with bongos and a short whistle blast heralding the frenetic vocals, which are shared by a veritable crowd of people throughout the song. The music goes from funk, to punk, to hardcore and back again. There's scratching and random sound effects that all add to the joyous delirium of this song. How can you resist a song which packs in more originality and creativeness into under two minutes than most bands manage in a career. How can you resist a song which has a singalong chorus of "Let me hear your donkey call! EEYORE! EEYORE!"? How can you resist anything so beautifully demented? You can't. I'm not sure whatever's going on in the minds of Soophie Nun Squad, but whatever it is, I'm just glad that it's there and producing music as infectiously bonkers as this. 10/10

[b]Choose from:[/b]
Hank Williams - Lovesick Blues (Country)
Erik Petersen - Olde Tyme Mem'ry (Folk-punk)
[url=http://www.myspace.com/thedevilmakesthree]The Devil Makes Three - Man Tap[/url] (Country/Bluegrass/Folk)
Dead Things - Epic Of Reckless Treason And Drunken Debauchery (Punk)
Bob Dylan - Visions of Johanna (Folk-rock)
The Sissies - What The Kids Want (Pop-punk)
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - The High Party (Indie)
The Bouncing Souls - Bullying the Jukebox (Punk)
The Buddy Rich Big Band - The Beat Goes On (Jazz)
[url=http://www.grabasscharlestons.com/music.htm]Grabass Charlestons - The [u]F[/u]ucking Song[/url] (Punk)
Dusty Springfield - Willie & Laura Mae Jones (Soul)

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[B]Grabass Charlestons - The ****ing Song[/B]

My instant impression of this song is that it’s pretty catchy. The guitars come in with a cool intro, which does a good job of introducing the song. And the vocals match this well with a nice melody. Whilst singer has a good gravely sound to his voice, it does seem to lack an element of aggression that I personally like to hear in punk songs like this.

Nothing particularly great about this song, but nothing particularly wrong either. The catchy nature of the track gets a little tedious towards the end due to the amount of repetition. The song is too short however for this to be a major issue. This is the kind of band I imagine I could get more into if I gave them a good listen and a bit of patience. I think ill give it a fair but not great.

[B]
6/10[/B]


[URL="http://www.myspace.com/theblackwaterjacks"]The Blackwater Jacks - Couldnt Love You More (Rock and roll/Indie)[/URL]
[URL="http://www.myspace.com/ellemilano"]Elle Milano - Believe Your Own Hype. Always. (Art rock)[/URL]
Big Black - The Power Of Independent Trucking (Hardcore.. sort of)
Cartoons - Witchdoctor (Terrible eurotrash)
Iggy Pop and The Trolls - Perverts In The Sun (Punk)
The Thrown Ups - You Lost It (Grunge?)
[URL="http://www.beerskatepunks.co.uk/multimedia/Proud.mp3"]4ft Fingers - Proud To Know You (Punk, Pop Punk)[/URL]

[center][b][i]The Black Water Jacks - Couldn't Love You More[/i][/b][/center]

This is pretty standard stuff, it sounds like music designed for the closing credits montage of a two part romantic drama on ITV. There's some fairly nice riffs, piano parts that sound like you've heard them a million times before, incessant background ooh's and ah's and a vocalist who sounds like he's trying to combine every classic rock vocalist into some vaguely inoffensive mush. This song is uninspiring in every way. The vocals, music and lyrics all sound second-hand, the chorus, verses, bridge and solo are all competently put together but ultimately lacking in passion. Boring, predictable and drawn out. 3/10

[b]Choose from:[/b]
Hank Williams - Lovesick Blues (Country)
Erik Petersen - Olde Tyme Mem'ry (Folk-punk)
[url=http://www.myspace.com/thedevilmakesthree]The Devil Makes Three - Man Tap (Country/Bluegrass/Folk)[/url]
Dead Things - Epic Of Reckless Treason And Drunken Debauchery (Punk)
Bob Dylan - Visions of Johanna (Folk-rock)
[url=http://www.noidearecords.com/mp3s/OnionFlavored-PositivelyTreatStreet.mp3]Onion Flavored Rings - Positively Treat Street (Pop-punk)[/url]
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - The High Party (Indie)
The Bouncing Souls - Bullying the Jukebox (Punk)
The Buddy Rich Big Band - The Beat Goes On (Jazz)
Soophie Nun Squad - The Bovinity of Crust (Weird)
Dusty Springfield - Willie & Laura Mae Jones (Soul)

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[CENTER][B]The Devil Makes Three - Man Tap

[/B][LEFT]Starts off with the standard country/bluegrass bass and drum line with a little guitar riff playing along. Nice kind of bouncy start. Vocals start, very slurred. Kind of hard to understand at first. Gets a bit easier as it goes along. Standard country/bluegrass lyrical content, drinking away troubles, etc. The music stays pretty much the same throughout, which doesn't bother me much because it fits the song and is bouncy and nice. You can't help but tape your feet along with the music. It's pretty cool a band like them is from the Bay Area. Myspace was being a bitch while it was playing and it made it hard to enjoy, but still a good song.

8/10

[RIGHT][B]Listen[/B]Son Volt - Windfall ([I]Alternative Country[/I])
Minor Threat - Out of Step (With the World) ([I]Hardcore-Punk[/I])
Beach Boys - Sloop John B ([I]Pop[/I])
Ampere - In Memoriam ([I]Emo[/I])
Elvis Presley - Don't Be Cruel ([I]Rock & Roll[/I])
The Avalanches - Two Hearts in 3/4 Time ([I]Techno[/I])
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[SIZE="3"][B][I]The Avalanches- Two Hearts in 3/4 Time (3:22)[/I][/B][/SIZE]

Strange talking the beginning. Some talk about money. Very weird "oooh yeeaah" business. Down to the music. Cool rising sounds, along with waves and a ladies voice. I think I could probably stand for this if it didn't have that annoying restart kind of sound. Back to just the rising thing, with a bit of a melody thrown in. Yup. Just more of the same. Now the girls voice is back. This is seriously repetitive and boring. I might be able to fall asleep to it if I wanted to. Building noise. Oh god, this is nutty. Just ab it of synth melody. Lots of drum machine noise. Now some voice sample of a guy says "The Avalanches Rock" I think. That was seriously an annoying song. Boring repetitive untill the end. Didn't really go anywhere at all.

[B]4/10[/B]

[B][U]Reccomendations:[/U][/B]
Dropkick Murphys- Boys on the Docks [Murphys Pub Version] (celtic inspired punk)
Refused- Blind-Date (hardcore)
Streetlight Manifesto- Walking Away (ska)
Suicidal Tendencies- Subiminal (thrash)
Refused- Pump The Brakes (post-hardcore)
Black Flag- Fix Me (hardcore)
Dillinger Four- Let Them Eat Thomas Paine (punk)

[I]Refused - Pump The Brakes[/I]

It starts with a controlled feedback intro, and then a metally thing. Then the HxC kicks in and is awesome. Then it falls back to the weird metal thing. Then they go TIME TO PUMP THE BRAKES a lot. The songs starts sorta strong but then gets worse for me. 7/10, extra points for being Refused.


Pressure Point - Blue Collar (Ska-ish?)
Rival Schools - My Echo (Alternative)
Roach Motel - I Wanna Keep My Gun (Hardcore)
The Transit - Damn Everyone
The Gospel Swingers - Hey Bunny (Soul)
Clorox Girls - Emergency

IM me for songs, gosh.

[center][b][i]The Clorox Girls - Don't Take Your Life Away[/i][/b][/center]

You can tell from the first chord that this is a pop-punk song. A steady mid-tempo drumbeat, distorted guitars, slightly nasal vocals that yelp out the anthemic chorus, pop-punk through the ages shines through as an influence with every word. This isn't anything special, but it does nothing wrong either. From the anti-suicide lyrics to the little bass, drums, vocals bridge towards this end, this is a decent pop-punk song. 7/10

[b]Choose from:[/b]
The Orphans - What Reason Have they to Dance? (Folk-punk)
Soophie Nun Squad - The Bovinity of Crust (Weird)
[url=http://www.noidearecords.com/mp3s/Armalite-IAmAPancreas.mp3]Armalite - I am a Pancreas (I Seek to Understand Me...) (Pop-punk)[/url]
Dusty Springfield - Willie & Laura Mae Jones (Soul)
Dead Things - Coldhouses (Punk)
Bob Dylan - Visions of Johanna (Folk-rock)
[url=http://www.noidearecords.com/mp3s/OnionFlavored-PositivelyTreatStreet.mp3]Onion Flavored Rings - Positively Treat Street (Pop-punk)[/url]
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - The High Party (Indie)
The Bouncing Souls - Bullying the Jukebox (Punk)
The Buddy Rich Big Band - The Beat Goes On (Jazz)
Cleveland Bound Death Sentence - 3rd Floor and Passed Out In Doorways (Punk)
Yuppie Pricks feat. Jello Biafra - Damn it Feels Good to be a Yuppie (Rap)

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[SIZE="3"][U][I][B]Yuppie Pricks feat. Jello Biafra - Damn it Feels Good to be a Yuppie (5:18)[/B][/I][/U][/SIZE]

I was hoping this song was an actual parody of "Damn it Feels Good to be a Gangsta" and not just sharing the name. And I got it. This song is hillarious. Very similair to the beat of "Damn it Feels Good to be a Gangsta" but just a bit different. The rhyme scheme and rhythm is the same as "Damn it Feels Good to be a Gangsta" too. This is awesome. It is so funny and I am enjoying myself more than anything else. You really have to hear the song to appreciate it. Nothing I say will describe this the way it should be described.

[B]10/10[/B]

[B][U]Reccomendations:[/U][/B]
Dropkick Murphys- Boys on the Docks [Murphys Pub Version] (celtic inspired punk)
Refused- Blind-Date (hardcore)
Streetlight Manifesto- Walking Away (ska)
Suicidal Tendencies- Subiminal (thrash)
Black Flag- Fix Me (hardcore)
Dillinger Four- Let Them Eat Thomas Paine (punk)
Angry Samoans- They Saved Hitlers C[size=2]oc[/size]k (punk)

[B]Dropkick Murphys - Boys On the Docks (Murphys Pub Version)[/B]

This is an acoustic "pub version" of Boys on the Docks. This is a cool version of the song. There's people clapping throughout the song. I like the vocals of this song, they sound good. It's also a catchy song. Good lyrics too. Not much else to say about it.

8/10

[B][U]Recommendations[/U]:[/B]

Mad Sin - Sin Is Law (Racket in 711) [Psychobilly]
The Clash - Spanish Bombs
The Templars - Running Out Of Time [Oi!]
Tiger Army - 20 Flight Rock [Psychobilly]
Choking Victim - Corporate Trash [Ska-Core]
The Tossers - Altercations [Irish Folk Punk]
Minor Threat - Steppin' Stone [Hardcore]
Stray Cats - Rumble In Brighton [Rockabilly]
Black Flag - Rise Above [Hardcore]

[center][b][i]Mad Sin - Sin Is Law (Racket in 711)[/i][/b][/center]

A wolf-call leads into a quick punk intro that slows down into a surfy sort of riff that speeds up into a spooky punk/ska/psychobilly riff. We're 25 seconds into the song, the vocals haven't kicked in yet, and already this is better, more inspired and more inventive than all the combined efforts of the Horrorpops, Nekromantix and Tiger Army have ever or will ever conceive. The singer has the perfect voice voice for psychobilly, a rock and roll yelp with a rough punk edge. The chorus isn't one their best but is still anthemic. I think the song's about smashing up a hotel room, but Mad Sin can make even rock and roll cliches sound good. There's so many great little fills and throwaway riffs that they throw in as the song catapults onwards through a brief rockabilly solo never losing it's pace before coming to an abrupt end. This is a great song, not the best Mad Sin song, but still highly enjoyable for anyone with an appreciaton for punk, rockabilly or psychobilly.
8.5/10

[b]Choose from:[/b]
The Orphans - What Reason Have they to Dance? (Folk-punk)
Soophie Nun Squad - The Bovinity of Crust (Weird)
[url=http://www.noidearecords.com/mp3s/Armalite-IAmAPancreas.mp3]Armalite - I am a Pancreas (I Seek to Understand Me...) (Pop-punk)[/url]
Dusty Springfield - Willie & Laura Mae Jones (Soul)
Dead Things - Coldhouses (Punk)
Bob Dylan - Visions of Johanna (Folk-rock)
[url=http://www.noidearecords.com/mp3s/OnionFlavored-PositivelyTreatStreet.mp3]Onion Flavored Rings - Positively Treat Street (Pop-punk)[/url]
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - The High Party (Indie)
The Bouncing Souls - Bullying the Jukebox (Punk)
The Buddy Rich Big Band - The Beat Goes On (Jazz)
Cleveland Bound Death Sentence - 3rd Floor and Passed Out In Doorways (Punk)
Public Enemy - Burn Hollywood Burn (Rap)

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[B][I][U][size=3]Onion Flavored Rings - Positively Treat Street[/size][/U][/I][/B]

Drum rolling intro. Then some nice guitar tone with catchy chords. This guys voice sounds kinda like he'd be singing kids songs. It's interesting. Yeah, not really liking his voice at all. And, the music itself is getting pretty boring. The same few chords again and again and again. The lyrics sound interesting, and I'll probably look them up to read them in a bit. Hahaha, "You turned out to be such a bore, listen to me snore!" That could be me saying that to them. All in all, kinda lame vocals, some fairly boring music, lyrics were fairly intriguing.

[B]4.5/10[/B]
Reccomendations:
Refused- Blind-Date (hardcore)
Streetlight Manifesto- Walking Away (ska)
Suicidal Tendencies- Subiminal (thrash)
Black Flag- Fix Me (hardcore)
Dillinger Four- Let Them Eat Thomas Paine (punk)
Angry Samoans- They Saved Hitlers C[size=2]oc[/size]k (punk)
A//Political- Education is Indoctrination (anarcho)

[CENTER][B]Streetlight Manifesto - [I]Walking Away[/I][/B][/CENTER]

This song starts out with the cymbals and a catchy bassline. Then a horn and a guitar join in the mix. Then it breaks out into the song with the guitar, and back to the bassline, and more horns. Then the vocals start. It is really catchy and has a better production value, as intended, than the original. You can tell a few minor differences in this one than the original, but not a lot. But once again, they achieved their goal. It sounds really good.

8/10

Reccomendations:

Zounds - Did He Jump? (anarcho)

Dystopia - Sheep (Crust)

Robert Blake - Sweet and Easy (Folk)

Stevie Wonder - Living for The City (R&B)

[center][b][i]Robert Blake - Sweet and Easy[/i][/b][/center]

Robert Blake's got a split out with Erik Petersen, the Erik Petersen side of which is one of the best things I've ever heard, however I've never really got into Robert Blake, I think I tried a while ago but gave up, I can't really remember why. This song starts out nice and gentle, folky guitar with a sort of hawaiian vibe to it that makes me wonder why I didn't like him when I first gave him a try. So far, so good. Then the singing starts and it all comes flooding back. Let me make this clear to you, I have listened to a lot of bad singers, but Robert Blake has the single most f[b]u[/b]cking annoying voice in the history of the entire f[b]u[/b]cking planet. Now I remember and, God, how I wish I could forget. He elongates random fu[b]u[/b]king vowels for no discernible f[u]u[/u]cking reason at all, except perhaps to get you feeeeling his emooorrtion. It's nails down a blackboard stuff. He sounds like a retarded moose with a mouth full of toffee. Seriously, who sings the word sofa as "sorf"? He's not mangling the english language, he's raping it to death with a pneumatic drill, pissing on the corpse, then selling it to McDonalds as burger meat. Listen to him as he relates his heartfelt story of going on a date. He can't bring himself to torrk himself into your hooooooorrrrway! He can't get arp the gormption! Tonight he has no paaaasssion for sedorction! He wants a warrrm bed where there's narrrtheeeng but comfort! You make him feel darrrl! He's horrping to fall into bed with you! The story would be f[b]u[/b]cking boring as s[u]h[/u]it if he wasn't singing like a cow being fisted. Why would he think anyone gives a shiny s[u]h[/u]ite about mind-crushingly inane minutae like this anyway? Any story can be improved by good use of language but here there's no interesting lyrics or attempts at even the most basic poetry. It's like he's been given a My First Folk Love Song For Dummies book. This desecration of the beauty of the English language goes on for five f[b]u[/b]cking minutes (Five minutes! Kill me now god.) before he redeems himself slightly with a lengthy instrumental break, which is actually nice and soothing and calms some of the incredulous rage that will builds up whenever words spill from he big fat (presumably hideously deformed) gob. But then he's back, like a bad omelette you though you'd seen the last of when it went down your throat but, BLLEEEAARRGH, here it comes again, just like Robert Blake and his banal mooing. Now you corm orver to his new rorm here he's almost always alorn. Sweeeeet and eeasy, just like you orrrways should be. This monstrosity takes 15 seconds shy of NINE F[b]U[/b]CKING MINUTES to complete. NINE F[b]U[/b]CKING MINUTES! I could've listened to Bat Out of Hell in NINE F[b]U[/b]CKING MINUTES! I could've listen to True Believers THREE TIMES! I could've listened to It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)! I could've listened to someone having violent painful diarrhea for nine minutes and it would've been better than this. Hell, they could've f[u]u[/u]cking had violent painful diarrhea while squatting on top of me and the only thing I would be thinking would be "At least I'm not listening to Robert Blake singing." They'll be using this in Guantanamo Bay as a torture device within three months. There are many things in the world that annoy me but nothing, absolutely nothing (no not even that), I can think of right now would pissed me off less than listening this motherf[b]u[/b]cker droan and whine and moan about some bint he can't decide where or no he wants to f[b]u[/b]ck. There's a nice sweet folk backing here, unfortunately Mr. Blake's vocals and unbearably tedious story means he justs puts his foot in his mouth and then starts singing with it in there. 0.5/10

[b]Choose from:[/b]
The Orphans - What Reason Have they to Dance? (Folk-punk)
Soophie Nun Squad - The Bovinity of Crust (Weird)
[url=http://www.noidearecords.com/mp3s/Armalite-IAmAPancreas.mp3]Armalite - I am a Pancreas (I Seek to Understand Me...) (Pop-punk)[/url]
Dusty Springfield - Willie & Laura Mae Jones (Soul)
Dead Things - Coldhouses (Punk)
Bob Dylan - Visions of Johanna (Folk-rock)
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - The High Party (Indie)
The Bouncing Souls - Bullying the Jukebox (Punk)
The Buddy Rich Big Band - The Beat Goes On (Jazz)
Cleveland Bound Death Sentence - 3rd Floor and Passed Out In Doorways (Punk)
Public Enemy - Burn Hollywood Burn (Rap)

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[B]Armalite - I am a Pancreas (I Seek to Understand Me...) [/B]
The first section of this song (with the call and response vocals) reminds me strongly of the Clash which is a good thing.. however this only lasts for about 3 seconds. The rest of the song is ok. The Californian accents are slightly annoying, however you cant blame them if thats where they are from. The song sounds like it should be on a Tony Hawks game.

Whilst the genre of music (Punk/pop) may have dropped in cool over the last few years (thank you Blink 182) my liking for it is a bit of a guilty pleasure. This song doesn't have a fantastic melody nor does it have an amazing musical hook, but it is in no way offensive to listen too... and thats ok. Whilst songs like this one may never feature in my top 10 favorite tracks it doesn't stop them from being a bit of fun. And thats why this song get a good but not great..

[B]7/10 [/B]

[URL="http://www.myspace.com/ellemilano"]Elle Milano - Believe Your Own Hype. Always. (Art rock)[/URL]
Big Black - The Power Of Independent Trucking (Hardcore.. sort of)
Cartoons - Witchdoctor (Terrible eurotrash)
Iggy Pop and The Trolls - Perverts In The Sun (Punk)
The Thrown Ups - You Lost It (Grunge?)
[URL="http://www.beerskatepunks.co.uk/multimedia/Proud.mp3"]4ft Fingers - Proud To Know You (Punk, Pop Punk)[/URL]
Devo - Gates Of Steel (Post punk, punk sort of thing)
[URL="http://www.myspace.com/willymason"]Willy Mason - Oxygen (Folk, Indie, Acoustic)[/URL]
[URL="http://www.myspace.com/tenfootnun"]Ten Foot Nun - The Mask Drop (Punk?, Pop Punk?, Art Rock?)[/URL]

[center][b][i]Ten Foot Nun - The Mask Drop[/i][/b][/center]

The song begins with a short repetitive Bad Brains-esque riff before the other instruments kick-in, the guitars sinisterly wailing before the song enter's it's third stage with a more post-punk stop-start bassy feel with call-and-response vocals reminiscent of Soophie Nun Squad. The song bashes on at a furious pace, never giving you time to think careering through inventive bridges and raucous verses. This is good stuff. Reminiscent of the glory days of post-punk but not in the awful overproduced NME kind of way and also fusing rougher early hardcore and pop-punk sounds into it. I thoroughly enjoyed it. 9/10

[b]Choose from:[/b]
The Orphans - What Reason Have they to Dance? (Folk-punk)
[url=http://box14.bluehost.com/~punkroc1/MrMusicMan.mp3]The King Blues - Mr MusicMan (Ska)[/url]
Soophie Nun Squad - The Bovinity of Crust (Weird)
Dusty Springfield - Willie & Laura Mae Jones (Soul)
Dead Things - Coldhouses (Punk)
Bob Dylan - Visions of Johanna (Folk-rock)
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - The High Party (Indie)
The Bouncing Souls - Bullying the Jukebox (Punk)
The Buddy Rich Big Band - The Beat Goes On (Jazz)
Cleveland Bound Death Sentence - 3rd Floor and Passed Out In Doorways (Punk)
Public Enemy - Burn Hollywood Burn (Rap)

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Okaaay, pull this one back on topic (sorry I only ever do you song that you have to dl)

[B]The King Blues - Mr MusicMan (Ska)[/B]

This song is a refreshing change for me. Its along time since I have heard anything that sounds much at all like traditional ska. Most of the ska I get to hear nowadays is in the form of horrible Ska punk bands (Which more often than not is just Punk pop with a trumpet), or old overplayed Ska from the 70s. This song is simple and effective, without trying to be anything that its not.
As I have said about other tracks this is never a song that would feature any where near my top 10 favorite; however its the kind of chill out song that's always going to be great for driving or just hanging out.

Its simple effective, and whilst it does lack anything that might traditionally be know as musically exciting its just a great chill out piece. Ill give it a fair..

[B]8/10[/B]

[URL="http://www.savefile.com/projects3.php?fid=1934850&pid=331015"]Elle Milano - Bunny Gun (Art rock)[/URL]
Big Black - The Power Of Independent Trucking (Hardcore.. sort of)
Cartoons - Witchdoctor (Terrible eurotrash)
Iggy Pop and The Trolls - Perverts In The Sun (Punk)
The Thrown Ups - You Lost It (Grunge?)
[URL="http://www.beerskatepunks.co.uk/multimedia/Proud.mp3"]4ft Fingers - Proud To Know You (Punk, Pop Punk)[/URL]
Devo - Gates Of Steel (Post punk, punk sort of thing)
[URL="http://www.myspace.com/willymason"]Willy Mason - Oxygen (Folk, Indie, Acoustic)[/URL]

Elle Milano - Bunny Gun

Starts with some weird spoken word. The instruments come in, making for very loud and noisy opening. The instrumentation is very cool, but the vocals are FAR too high-pitched and are really annoying, ruining it for me. Fortunately, this noisy part of the song is over soon, and after a short break we're into the verse. Thankfully, the vocals are much better here, as the singing is much more melancholy by comparison and it sounds pretty good. I really hate that chorus though, it's potentially very good but ruined by the awful vocals. There's a lot of cool guitar effects in the song, with little noise parts added to make it all more interesting. The song is played at a pretty high speed and it just seems to thunder by before you know it. I have to say, for the most part i really enjoy this song, but during the chorus when the singer goes all high-pitched it is just ****ing awful, he sounds like he's taking a particularly painful shi't. Some of the instrumentation and the fast pace sound like Mission of Burma (a little), but much more poppy. It's a cool song though, if they'd stuck to normal vocals it would have been very enjoyable.

7/10

fIREHOSE - Brave Captain (funk punk)
Reagan Youth - New Aryans (80s hardcore)
Squirrel Bait - Hammering So Hard (hardcore/post-hardcore-ish)
My Bloody Valentine - When You Sleep (indie/shoegaze)
The Replacements - I Will Dare (rock 'n roll)
Dinosaur Jr - Little Fury Things (noisy post-punk/indie rock)
Angry Samoans - They Saved Hitler's coc[i]k[/i] (80s hardcore)
Lightning Bolt - Assassins (noise)
Butthole Surfers - TV Star (pop)

Reagan Youth - New Aryans

Being that Reagan Youth are one of my favorite bands, i decided i shall do a review on the song.

It starts off with a cool guitar riff a couple of times along with the drums and bass. Than it comes in with the lyrics. Threw out the verses it does the little guitar riff between the lyrics. The lyrics are about getting rid of all nazism and rascism, as well as promoting Anarchism. Its not that hard of a song to review. The music is pretty repeditive. Damn good song though. If you like this song listen to the cover DS-13 did of it.

My Recomendations:
Leftover Crack Feat.World Inferno Friendship Societ - Soon we'll be dead(punk)
Dystopia - Fathers Gun(crust/grind)
Non Phixion - Say Good Bye to Yesterday(hip-hop)
Napalm Death - The code is red...long live the code(grind)
OneWordSolution - Babylon Reign(punk)
Propagandhi - F[I]u[/I]ck Religoin(ska-punk)

[B]Propagandhi - F[I]u[/I]ck Religion (Haillie Sallasse, Up Your [I]a[/I]ss)[/B]

I hope I'm doing the correct song here. I am no Propagandhi expert, but I think there is some confusion amongst fans as to the title of the song. I personally have two versions one labeled "F[I]u[/I]ck Religion" (Where is goes heavy in the final section) and one labeled "Haillie Sallasse, Up Your [I]a[/I]ss" (From the "How to clean everything" LP) Because you called the song F[I]u[/I]ck Religion that is the version I will review.. However I am unsure where this recording originates from.. If someone could tell me I would appreciate it.

This was the first Propagandhi song I ever heard.. and I loved it. The slow reggae/ska sound humorously unites the sound with lyrics that speak in such a negative way about the Rastafarian religion and their prophet Haillie Selassie. Normally I am not a fan of early Propagandhi, however this song seems still to really stand out. The message is portrayed so simply (something that changed on later tracks) that to me this song is an anthem.

Being an Atheist brought up in a very middle class, conservative part of the UK, I can really relate to the lyrics with a passion. The angry distortion and shouting towards the end helps bring to the song to a successful climax (This is not achieved on the album version)

This song should be heard by EVERYONE.
[B]10/10[/B]

Big Black - The Power Of Independent Trucking (Hardcore.. sort of)
Cartoons - Witchdoctor (Terrible eurotrash)
Iggy Pop and The Trolls - Perverts In The Sun (Punk)
The Thrown Ups - You Lost It (Grunge?)
[URL="http://www.beerskatepunks.co.uk/multimedia/Proud.mp3"]4ft Fingers - Proud To Know You (Punk, Pop Punk)[/URL]
Devo - Gates Of Steel (Post punk, punk sort of thing)
[URL="http://www.myspace.com/willymason"]Willy Mason - Oxygen (Folk, Indie, Acoustic)[/URL]
[URL="http://www.myspace.com/morrissey"]Morrissey - You Have Killed Me (Pop, Indie, Morrissey)[/URL]

[B]Devo - Gates of Steel[/B]

I decided to do this song because Devo are such a cool band and I have liked most of the songs I have heard by them.

The song starts off with a drum beat and cool odd sounds. It reminds me of the old Super Mario playing days. After a while the lyrics come in and the song basically stays the same. It sounds like your average post punk song. The song gets a little to boring after a while and I have definetly heard better Devo songs than this one. Sometimes listening to them for to long gets quite annoying because of the singers vocals, he sounds so electronic.

5.5/10

My Recomendations:

The Dicks - Dicks Hate the Police (Punk)
Neil Young - Cripple Creek Ferry (Folk/Rock)
Raped - Moving Target (Punk)
Steel Pulse - Don't Give in (Reggae)

[center][b][i]The Dicks - Dicks Hate the Police[/i][/b][/center]

This is classic Dicks. Snotty, bluesy, mid-tempo 80s hardcore punk. Angry and abrasive. It starts with a brief riff of Big Black style cheesegrater guitar before the rhythm section kicks in. The opening couplet brilliantly sets the tone: "Mommy, mommy, mommy, look at your son/You might have loved me but now I've got a gun!" It continues in this tone. It's not big, it's not clever. The music's simple and the song is catchy. This song is for everyone who's pissed-off at the world, or looking for a reason to be. 9/10

[b]Choose from:[/b]
The Orphans - For an Old Kentucky Anarchist (Folk-punk)
Soophie Nun Squad - The Bovinity of Crust (Weird)
Dave Dondero - The Real Tina Turner (Rock)
Dusty Springfield - Willie & Laura Mae Jones (Soul)
Bob Dylan - Visions of Johanna (Folk-rock)
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - The High Party (Indie)
The Bouncing Souls - Bullying the Jukebox (Punk)
The Buddy Rich Big Band - The Beat Goes On (Jazz)
Cleveland Bound Death Sentence - 3rd Floor and Passed Out In Doorways (Punk)
Public Enemy - Burn Hollywood Burn (Rap)

[b]Gmail:[/b] sketchyjoe

[I][B]Public Enemy - Burn Hollywood Burn[/B][/I]

Public Enemy are one of my favourite rap/hip-hop groups, and one of the most influencial black rights group ever. This song is about Hollywood's exploitation of blacks in their productions, dubbed "blaxploitation", films such as Shaft.

The song starts with a dialogue, with some mention of movies, and then Chuck D suddenly starts rapping, "Burn Hollywood burn I smell a riot/Goin' on first they're guilty now they're gone/Yeah I'll check out a movie/But it'll take a Black one to move me." This song features Ice Cube on the second verse, which is pretty cool, and the instrumentals in between are covered by backing vocals singing "Burn Hollywood! Burn Hollywood!" The last verse is rapped by Big Daddy Kane, who tackles the Hollywood for not offering any roles to blacks apart from those of servants etc., and suggests a DIY alternative: "So let's make our own movies like Spike Lee/Cause the roles being offered don't strike me." When the rapping ends, it goes again into backing vocals, and then a dialogue between a producer and Flavour Flav, where the producer offers Flav the part of a "controversial negro", and Flav says "Yeah I'm with it, you mean someone like Huey Newton or James Brown, right?" and the producer replies "Well, it's a servant doctor that suffers a little bit and sings." To which, of course Flava Flav flips out a bit, and I inevitably laugh. The song features some more imcomprehensible dialogue, and then ends.

These guys always get me going and offer information, as well as offer some funny material (usually from Flavour Flav). This isn't near their best work, but it's fun.
[B]7.5/10[/B]

L7 - Tank Girl (Feminist Punk-Rock)
Rage Against The Machine - Sleep Now In The Fire (Heavy Metal/Hip-Hop)
Eagles - Desperado (Country Rock)
Max Romeo - Chase The Devil (Reggae)
The Zutons - Dirty Dancehall (Rock/Indie/Pop)

Enjoy,
Eran

[center][b][i]Rage Against the Machine - Sleep Now in the Fire[/i][/b][/center]

I've never been a big RATM fan but this is a good song. The lyrics are pretty good, even if the vocals are slightly annoying but what makes this song is the main riff which leaves you unable to prevent yourself from at least headbanging slightly. This song would get lady liberty head-nodding along to it. It doesn't drag along too long, it's a great slice of power-fightin' hard-rockin' action. 8/10

[b]Choose from:[/b]
The Orphans - For an Old Kentucky Anarchist (Folk-punk)
Soophie Nun Squad - The Bovinity of Crust (Weird)
Dave Dondero - The Real Tina Turner (Folk-Rock)
Dusty Springfield - Willie & Laura Mae Jones (Soul)
Bob Dylan - Visions of Johanna (Folk-rock)
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - The High Party (Indie)
The Bouncing Souls - Bullying the Jukebox (Punk)
Cleveland Bound Death Sentence - 3rd Floor and Passed Out In Doorways (Punk)
Ghost Mice - The Devil and My Family (Folk-punk)
Johnny Hobo & the Freight-Trains - The Politics of "Oh [b]S[/b]hit, I Just Cut My Hand Open on a Broken Beer Bottle" (Folk-punk)

[b]Gmail:[/b] sketchyjoe

[B]Soophie Nun Squad - The Bovinity of Crust[/B]

It starts out with a generic crust sort of part about cows, and then a dialogue between the band and a mother. About cows. Then they sing about the punk scene and how there is a space for everyone, even cows. Then there's some more crust and then the cows talk about how they want better music, and then there's a dance music part about cows. Thent he song ends. :|

9/10

PS: Right as I was finishing this review I got this IM:

eadBoy: That's it, I'm showering more often. I just washed a MAGGOT off myself.

Reccomendations:

Immortal Technique - Freedom of Speech (Hip Hop)
[URL="http://www.myspace.com/thecoupmusic"]The Coup - My Favorite Mutiny[/URL] (Hip Hop)
Cursive - Some Red Handed Slight Of Hand (Indie)
Atom and His Package - Possession (Not The One By Danzig) (Synth Punk)
Furious George - Burger King is Dead (Punk)

[B]Immortal Technique - Freedom Of Speech[/B]

I've been meaning to check out Immortal Technique as of late. I've had my hands full of Rap and Hip-Hop and figured this would be an apropos song to do. The song begins with expletives, turning me off (in a narc way), then the beat becomes vivid. Again, more expletives, and it seems influenced/ripped a bit off of older Rap. Although the beat seems distant, the vocals are strong and militant. The solid vocals are confrontal and visceral, however, they're on the line of being whinny tautology. Before I started this Forced Listening I was listening to Binary Star, and I think I'm going to go back to it.

[B]7/10.[/B]

Anathallo - A Song For Christine [CCM/Indie/Emo]
Nas - The World Is Yours [Hardcore-Rap]
One Be Lo - Axis [Underground-Rap]

SLSK: Anti-Prefix E-Mail: [email]antiprefix@yahoo.com[/email]

Nas - The World Is Yours

It starts off with a good beat, although the vocals are a little bit awkward, but it goes into a good verse, to be expected of Nas. The beat has a piano sample that's a bit off color I think, but the chorus gets really awkward to me. There's not much else to say about this, Nas is great, and this song isn't one of his best, but it's still good.

7/10

Reccomendations:
Busta Rhymes feat. Lloyd Banks, Papoose, DMX, Mary J. Blige, Rah Digga, Missy Elliot - Touch It (Remix)*
[URL="http://www.myspace.com/thecoupmusic"]
The Coup - My Favorite Mutiny[/URL] (Hip Hop)
Cursive - Some Red Handed Slight Of Hand (Indie)
Atom and His Package - Possession (Not The One By Danzig) (Synth Punk)
Furious George - Burger King is Dead (Punk)
*There's actually not much need to listen past Papoose's verse, cause Papoose sets sh[SIZE="2"]it[/SIZE] on fire.

[center][b][i]The Coup - My Favourite Mutiny[/b][/i][/center]

This is good stuff. It's got a good beat complemented by great piano and horn lines. The rapping flows brilliantly and has great rhymes and lines. There's lot of references to people like Malcolm X and Rosa Parks but it doesn't too preachy as the beat is so good. It's political but still danceable. A great track if you're a fan of rap. That's really all there is to it. I'll definitely be listening to more of The Coup. 8/10

[b]Choose from:[/b]
The Orphans - For an Old Kentucky Anarchist (Folk-punk)
Dave Dondero - The Real Tina Turner (Folk-Rock)
[url=http://www.archive.org/download/danc2005-04-03.flac16/danc2005-04-03t06_vbr.mp3]Dan C - Word is Getting Out (Folk)[/url]
Dusty Springfield - Willie & Laura Mae Jones (Soul)
Bob Dylan - Visions of Johanna (Folk-rock)
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - The High Party (Indie)
The Bouncing Souls - Bullying the Jukebox (Punk)
Cleveland Bound Death Sentence - 3rd Floor and Passed Out In Doorways (Punk)
Ghost Mice - The Devil and My Family (Folk-punk)
Johnny Hobo & the Freight-Trains - The Politics of "Oh ****, I Just Cut My Hand Open on a Broken Beer Bottle" (Folk-punk)

[b]Gmail:[/b] sketchyjoe

[B][U]Ghost Mice - The Devil And My Family[/U][/B]

I've never listened to Ghost Mice before, but right from the beginning I can tell I'm going to have a long relationship with this band. As soon as it opens, vocals and guitar, at once, I'm hooked. This is the simple, conventional folk that we see everywhere nowadays, and it's incredible. There's simply so much passion and feeling in the singer's (Evan Greer? It sounds like him) voice, I'm enchanted. The guitar is simple, but it's driving and it's bouncy and it backs up the singer's style wonderfully. As the song goes into a short violin solo, I'm stunned. It's also a very simple violin tune, but it's beautiful. I can also here the tambourine playing in the background, it's good percussion, not so noticeable, but still there, like a heartbeat. As the song progresses towards the end, I'm coming out of some strange semi-trance, and the singer's singing "And the devil sang with me! And the devil sang with me! On my shoulder like a friend that never liveees!"

10/10
Thank you Joe.

Angelic Upstarts - Machine Gun Kelly (Oi?)
Evan Greer - Daddy's Song (Folk)
Adhamh Roland - Proud To Be An American (Folk)
Fugazi - Bad Mouth (Emo)
Culture - Jah Love (Reggae)
Flipsyde - No More (Hip-Hop/Soft Rock)
Corneilius - Olympics And War (Folk, this guy's a friend of mine, he's whacky but he's awesome, choose this!)

Enjoy.

[B]Angelic Upstarts – Machine Gun Kelly (Oi)[/B]

Starts off with slow guitar ring outs and lazy spaced out drums, followed by an abrupt solo that reverts back to the gradual build up. After the second instant solo, theirs a more upbeat guitar passage which introduces the first verse. I enjoyed the vocals, not just because the singer has a good balance of grittiness and harmony in his voice, but it has that echoey sound heard only in older recordings. The tinny distortion and simple riffs also compliment the overall classic sound well. I was surprised to hear more intricate guitar work (solos and slides) scattered between the repeated verses. There’s a pause at the end with a breakdown of the main riff and the same drums used in the intro build up. The song finishes off with a quicker tempo and some nice back up vocals.

Overall: [B]8/10[/B]

Recommended:

12 Step Rebels – 2000 Years (Psychobilly)
Blitzkid – The Fog (Horror Punk)
Blitzkid – As the Rope Bridge Sways (Horror Punk)
Morning Glory – Return the Bomb (Hip-Hop/Punk/Ska)
Reagan Youth – Heavy Metal Shuffle (Punk/Metal/Blues)
Son of Sam – Michael (Goth-Punk)
The 69 Eyes – Sister of Charity (Goth-Rock)
Nocturnal Rites – Egyptica (Power-Metal)
Cancerslug – My Black Angel (Horror Punk)
Pantera - Mouth For War (Metal)

Morning Glory- Return the Bomb (5:15)

A friend of mine has been telling me about Morning Glory for ages now. Typically I am way too lazy and un-determined to look up anything he suggests, but on the suggestion of a fellow MX-Punxer, I'll check it out.

Dang, long song. I like how the beginning is music, then switches over to just noise when the bomb drops. Very nice touch to the song. It's an intense song pretty much the whole time. I'm liking the singing at the beginning, but I wouldn't say it's hip-hop. Oh dang, now there's the hip hop. The song kinda adjusts, with that slide it makes it more of just a back beat. The slide reminds me of Rage Against the Machine. I like the chorus too where he sounds distant. I don't know if the rapper is in the band, or just on this song but I think he's an excellent touch. This breakdown thing at the end is cool. It's a good way to break up the song.

The song seems a bit repetitive, and loses it's intensity after the beginning but still pretty swell.

[B]8/10[/B]

Recomendations:
Death from Above 1979- Turn it Out (Indie)
Sublime- Waiting for my Ruca (pop reggaeish ska)
Defiance, Ohio- The New World Order (folk punk)
Against Me!- Walking is Still Honest (Crime version) (folk-punk)
Slayer- The Antichrist (Thrash metal)
Suicidal Tendencies- Institutionalized (thrash)
Gogol Bordello- Illumination (gypsy punk)
Ice Cube- Down for Whatever (gangsta rap)

[center][b][i]Defiance, Ohio - The New World Order[/i][/b][/center]

Defiance, Ohio are a great band. This band has more of a country feel than a lot of their other stuff befitting the song which is a satirical attack on the ruling religious right. It's not a complicated song, or particularly in-depth politically but it is definitely catchy, diverting and amusing which is all you really need. 8/10


[b]Choose from:[/b]
The Orphans - For an Old Kentucky Anarchist (Folk-punk)
Dave Dondero - The Real Tina Turner (Folk-Rock)
[url=http://www.archive.org/download/danc2005-04-03.flac16/danc2005-04-03t06_vbr.mp3]Dan C - Word is Getting Out[/url] (Folk)
Dusty Springfield - Willie & Laura Mae Jones (Soul)
Bob Dylan - Visions of Johanna (Folk-rock)
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - The High Party (Indie)
Cleveland Bound Death Sentence - 3rd Floor and Passed Out In Doorways (Punk)
The Copyrights - Graveyards Down The Street (Pop-punk)
Johnny Hobo & the Freight-Trains - The Politics of "Oh S[b]h[/b]it, I Just Cut My Hand Open on a Broken Beer Bottle" (Folk-punk)
[url=http://www.angelfire.com/scary/steve_jojoff/01_we_don_t_like_anything_unless_it.mp3]Jackoff Jerkoff Frigface - We Don't Like Anything (Unless It's A Shotgun)[/url] (Cow-punk)
[url=http://tmle.terrorware.com/media/audio/How%20to%20Build%20an%20Intergalactic%20Time%20Travel%20Machine/14%20-%20The%20Hot%20Song.mp3]The Max Levine Ensemble - The Hot Song[/url] (Pop-punk)
[url=http://www.angelfire.com/folk/sparechange/moronic.mp3]Michael Jordan Touchdown Pass - Waltz of the Moronic[/url] (Folk-pop)

[b]Gmail:[/b] sketchyjoe

[B]Dan C – Word Is Getting Out[/B]

Starts off with hard-hitting acoustic guitar, which remains constant throughout the whole song. So we have just one dude and his guitar rocking out, live. These simple, back to basics songs can be very refreshing. However, the vocals are a little irritating. He has a kind of up and down voice with a stuttered sound. Sometimes the singing goes down to more of a whisper, sounding better, but it doesn’t quite save it. The lyrics are basically about the wrong doings of contemporary society. Imagine Zack de la Rocha writing a song for H.R. of Bad Brains to sing with Chris Demakes playing ska on an acoustic. Not a great combination. The only thing I really liked was the lyrical content and the crowd cheering, but the sound just didn’t work for me.

4/10

Recommended:

12 Step Rebels – 2000 Years (psychobilly)
Nocturnal Rites – Egyptica (power metal)
Blitzkid – The Fog (horror punk)
The 69 Eyes – Sister of Charity (goth rock)
Danzig – Going Down to Die (blues metal)
Mister Monster – Resident Evil (horror punk)

[center][b][i]Danzig - Going Down to Die[/i][/b][/center]

If I had to sum this song up in one word it would be sludgy. Or possibly uninspired. Or even f[u]u[/u]cking boring, although that's two words, but boring just doesn't do it justice and f[u]u[/u]ckingboring as one word implies some sort of urgency this song does not have. This is the sort of song that will make your computer screen bleed with boredom and your speakers pack up and fall asleep until you play something less turgid, like the collected speeches of Richard Nixon. With vocals that flit between a godawful whisper and a curiously nasal strained bellow complemented by a plodding rhythm and the sort of guitar solos that you can tell were performed by someone with their eyes softly closed leaning back in awe of thge majesty of the music they're making. This is sort of music that necessitated the invention of punk in the first place. 1/10

[b]Choose from:[/b]
The Orphans - For an Old Kentucky Anarchist (Folk-punk)
Dave Dondero - The Real Tina Turner (Folk-Rock)
This Is My Fist - Country Time (Punk)
Dusty Springfield - Willie & Laura Mae Jones (Soul)
Bob Dylan - Visions of Johanna (Folk-rock)
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - The High Party (Indie)
Cleveland Bound Death Sentence - 3rd Floor and Passed Out In Doorways (Punk)
The Copyrights - Graveyards Down The Street (Pop-punk)
Johnny Hobo & the Freight-Trains - The Politics of "Oh S[b]h[/b]it, I Just Cut My Hand Open on a Broken Beer Bottle" (Folk-punk)
[url=http://www.angelfire.com/scary/steve_jojoff/mp3.html]Jackoff Jerkoff Frigface - We Don't Like Anything (Unless It's A Shotgun)[/url] (Cow-punk)
[url=http://tmle.terrorware.com/media/audio/How%20to%20Build%20an%20Intergalactic%20Time%20Travel%20Machine/14%20-%20The%20Hot%20Song.mp3]The Max Levine Ensemble - The Hot Song[/url] (Pop-punk)
[url=http://www.angelfire.com/folk/sparechange/catalog.html]Michael Jordan Touchdown Pass - Waltz of the Moronic[/url] (Folk-pop)

[b]Gmail:[/b] sketchyjoe

[B]The Copyrights – Graveyards Down the Street[/B]

There’s an all instrument intro with an upbeat, thick sound. When the verse starts, the palm mutes come in…of course. The vocals sound very much like those of the Bouncing Souls, a pop punk favorite of mine. The biggest difference between them and The Copyrights would be louder bass and more guitar fills. The overall melody wasn’t overly interesting either. In no way is it a bad song though; it could just use a little more definition. [B]7/10[/B]

[B]Recommended:[/B]

12 Step Rebels – 2000 Years (psychobilly)
Blitzkid – The Fog (horror punk)
KMFDM - Mortal Kombat (techno)
Blitzkid - Let's Go to the Cemetary (horror punk)
Mister Monster – Resident Evil (horror punk)
Nocturnal Rites – Egyptica (power metal)
Wanda Jackson - I Gotta Know (rockabilly)
Cancerslug - My Black Angel (horror punk)...

[url]http://www.cancerslug.net/mp3s/battlehymnsI/[/url] (fifth track)

[I][B]Cancerslug - My Black Angel[/B][/I]

It starts off with a bland sounding guitar, and quickly the drums kick in. Together, they make a good bouncy beat which I like. The vocs kick in, and at first it's pretty annoying, like this guy has a cold. However, it grows on you about a third of the way through the song. The chorus's main line, "But I know my black angel's waiting for me!" and the rest of the singing, its style coupled with the melody, makes this song sound like a heavy metal pop-punk tune, I'm loving it. Gonna download more.
8/10

Woody Guthrie - Pretty Boy Floyd (Folk)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Sir Psycho Sexy (Super Rockin' Hard Funk)
Boomtown Rats - Diamond Smiles (Pop-Punk)
Brian Setzer Orchestra - Nosey Joe (Jazz? Swing?)
Eric Clapton - Lay Down Sally (Godly Rock'n'Roll)
Flipsyde - Someday (Political Hip-Hop/R'n'B)

Enjoy muchachos.

[center][b][i]Woody Guthrie - Pretty Boy Floyd[/i][/b][/center]

This is a stone cold classic. A simple tune with a simple story of a modern-day Robin Hood figure. The tale of a great anti-hero from a true American hero. The music is rudimentary and the song wouldn't work without it but it's not the focus. The voice isn't a singing voice but like his acolyte Bob Dylan, Woody never hits a wrong note in the classic tale set to music. 9/10

[b]Choose from:[/b]
The Orphans - For an Old Kentucky Anarchist (Folk-punk)
Dave Dondero - The Real Tina Turner (Folk-Rock)
This Is My Fist - Country Time (Punk)
[url=http://www.archive.org/details/DefianceOhioTheGreatDepression] Defiance, Ohio - Oh, Susquehanna![/url] (Folk-punk)
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - The High Party (Indie)
[url=http://www.myspace.com/murderbydeath]Murder By Death - Brother[/url] (Folk-rock)
[url=http://www.myspace.com/thecoupmusic]The Coup - We Are The Ones[/url] (Rap)
Johnny Hobo & the Freight-Trains - The Politics of "Oh S[b]h[/b]it, I Just Cut My Hand Open on a Broken Beer Bottle" (Folk-punk)
[url=http://www.angelfire.com/scary/steve_jojoff/mp3.html]Jack Off Jerk Off Frig Face - We Don't Like Anything (Unless It's A Shotgun)[/url] (Cow-punk)
[url=http://tmle.terrorware.com/media/audio/How%20to%20Build%20an%20Intergalactic%20Time%20Travel%20Machine/14%20-%20The%20Hot%20Song.mp3]The Max Levine Ensemble - The Hot Song[/url] (Pop-punk)
[url=http://www.mypace.com/michaeljordantouchdownpass]Michael Jordan Touchdown Pass - King Kong vs the US Army[/url] (Folk-pop)

[b]Gmail:[/b] sketchyjoe

[CENTER][B]Murder By Death[/B] - [I]Brother[/I]
[/CENTER]

Okay. I've never heard this band before, or ever heard of them so this review will be my first impression completely.

This song starts off with an extremely folky riff and some punky drums. Almost pscychobilly sounding. The vocals start and this guy's voice is really great. I like it a lot. Real unique. After the chorus there is some kind of solo, though, I can't really tell what instrument it is. But all-in-all this song is really good. I'll have to check out some more of this band.

[B][I]8.5/10[/I][/B]

[URL="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=41604761&MyToken=113df4bb-d2d9-440d-b82d-d126f69da8d7"]Sticks and Stones - Sekai[/URL] (Pop Punk [Jack Terricloth's first band])

[URL="http://www.myspace.com/theglowboston"]The Glow - I Scare Myself[/URL] (Punk/Pop Punk)

[URL="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=10059144&MyToken=142fe51d-e3f2-4f7c-97c6-36ef47e4e6eb"]Camper Van Beethoven - Take The Skinheads Bowling[/URL] (Indie)

[center][b][i]Sticks and Stones - Sekai[/i][/b][/center]

I'm a bit familiar with Sticks and Stones, and from what I've heard they're not bad. This song starts strongly with a good riff and a building drumbeat before the vocals kick-in and they're unmistakably Jack Terricloth, though they don't sound quite as accomplished as his World/Inferno singing. People either love or hate his voice and I'm certainly in the former category. The music is pretty standard poppyish punk with good guitar tone, fast and catchy. At about 1:19 there's a section with just bass, singing and what sounds like faint keyboards. This song is full of little breaks, solos and fill-ins that hold your attention. They're not particularly original sounding but they keep you interested and make for a good, if not great song. 7/10

[b]Choose from:[/b]
The Orphans - For an Old Kentucky Anarchist (Folk-punk)
Apocalypse Hoboken - Pop Goes The World (Punk
This Is My Fist - Country Time (Punk)
[url=http://www.archive.org/details/DefianceOhioTheGreatDepression] Defiance, Ohio - Oh, Susquehanna![/url] (Folk-punk)
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - The High Party (Indie)
Johnny Hobo & the Freight-Trains - The Politics of "Oh S[b]h[/b]it, I Just Cut My Hand Open on a Broken Beer Bottle" (Folk-punk)
[url=http://www.angelfire.com/scary/steve_jojoff/mp3.html]Jack Off Jerk Off Frig Face - We Don't Like Anything (Unless It's A Shotgun)[/url] (Cow-punk)
[url=http://tmle.terrorware.com/media/audio/How%20to%20Build%20an%20Intergalactic%20Time%20Travel%20Machine/14%20-%20The%20Hot%20Song.mp3]The Max Levine Ensemble - The Hot Song[/url] (Pop-punk)
[url=http://www.mypace.com/michaeljordantouchdownpass]Michael Jordan Touchdown Pass - King Kong vs the US Army[/url] (Folk-pop)
Even in Blackouts - Hey Suburbia! (Acoustic pop-punk)

[b]Gmail:[/b] sketchyjoe

[B]Jack Off Jerk Off Frig Face - We Don't Like Anything (Unless It's A Shotgun)[/B]

Never heard of this band. My initially impression is, "wow what a bad mix".. it sounds really un-produced (Which can be good) but this just sounds really rough and nasty.

Im not a great fan of this genre (and I do find it hard to see where Punk comes into this.. but im no expert on Cow punk soo...)

I’m not too keen on this track. Whilst the lyrics are not to be taken seriously, they just seem a little stupid (perhaps that just my sense of humor). The vocals do work fairly well together and the guitar riff in the verse is pretty groovy (Although this is certainly something lacking in the annoying chorus riff) Altogether song seems too long and it just annoys me after more than a minute.

I’m glad I heard this.. as it probably has helped expand my tastes. However I’m pretty confident this is not a track Ill return to.

[B]4/10[/B]

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Big Black - The Power Of Independent Trucking (Hardcore.. sort of)
The Thrown Ups - You Lost It (Grunge?)
4ft Fingers - [URL="http://www.beerskatepunks.co.uk/multimedia/Proud.mp3"]Proud To Know You[/URL] (Punk, Pop Punk)
Willy Mason - [URL="http://www.myspace.com/willymason"]Oxygen [/URL] (Folk, Indie, Acoustic)
Elle Milano - [URL="http://www.myspace.com/ellemilano"]Believe Your Own Hype, Always.[/URL] (Art Rock)
The Drips – [URL="http://myspace.com/thedrips"]Down Brown[/URL] (Punk Rock)
Ripchord - [URL="http://myspace.com/ripchorduk"]Lock Up Your Daughters[/URL] (Indie Rock)

[B]Gmail [/B]- fathern8092


[B]Forced Listening for sticky![/B]

[center][b][i]Ripchord - Lock Up Your Daughters[/i][/b][/center]

Okay, I don't like to judge a book by its cover but from the picture on these guys' MySpace, I immediately want to stab them in the soul. The music, however starts off not to badly, bouncy ska-influenced indie, but the vocals sound like he's trying very hard to sound like the bloke from the Arctic Monkeys, which is a very bad thing. The problem with this song is that it sounds like so many other songs that you've heard every single day on the radio. It's distracting once and tolerable first time round but with subsequent listens it just grates and grates more and more, the crappy lyrics that could be taken as irreverent or deep by cretins, the fashionably punkish backing in some places, rising into pure generic indie for the chorus, it sounds like it was written by a marketing department, choreographed and edited by focus group for maximum appeal to idiots who think they are musical revolutionaries, coolness defined by committee, everything that is wrong with music. This song quickly escalates from a mildly diverting bouncy song, to something as hateful and soul-stabb inducing as that picture on the MySpace page. STAB! STAB! STAB! 1.5/10

[b]Choose from:[/b]
David Dondero - The Living and the Dead (Indie-Folk)
Apocalypse Hoboken - Pop Goes The World (Punk
This Is My Fist - Country Time (Punk)
[url=http://www.archive.org/details/DefianceOhioTheGreatDepression]Defiance, Ohio - Oh, Susquehanna! (Folk-punk)[/url]
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - The High Party (Indie)
Mischief Brew - Coffee, God and Cigarettes (Folk-punk)
Johnny Hobo & the Freight-Trains - The Politics of "Oh S[b]h[/b]it, I Just Cut My Hand Open on a Broken Beer Bottle" (Folk-punk)
[url=http://www.myspace.com/worldinferno]The World/Inferno Friendship Society - Only Anarchists Are Pretty[/url] (Weimar-punk)
Even in Blackouts - Hey Suburbia! (Acoustic pop-punk)

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PS. STAB! STAB!