Sometimes, this music is awesome.
Benton Falls, "Sad Like Winter Leaves" We don't get a ton of emo around here. Not because I dislike it, but I think mostly because when emo has had its various peaks, I was kind of listening to other stuff, and...
Pigs, "Bug Boy" Side project of Unsane bassist Dave Curran, it's easy to see the lineage here. This is just pure noise rock in the NYC form, all splattered riffs and yelling. So, yeah, of course I like this. Both Pigs...
Eugenius, "Breakfast" The Vaselines' leader, Eugene Kelly, formed a new band (called Eugenius) that got plenty of attention due to Kurt Cobain's cheerleading for the band. Well, for the Vaselines, anyway. At any rate, that's how I ended...
Kool & the Gang, "Funky Man" The second Kool & the Gang record was a live album, including a couple tunes from the first record, but mostly otherwise new songs. They followed it up with another live record with more new material, which...
Fall Out Boy, "Saturday" Pop punk is one of those genres that never really changes or evolves, and just relies on sappy emotion and snappy songs. You really need to nail the catchy songs and the energy or it's going to...
