Review: Swedish cult skate/pop-punks Millencollin scorched through the nineties on the momentum of several excellent records, with their often overlooked third effort, 'For Monkeys', tiptoeing (skateboarding) a fine line between very subtle ska-punk bop and melodic hardcore gruffness.
In all seriousness though, it's unfiltered, lo-fi, unpretentious pop-punk of the rawest and realest variety, reissued to rediscover nostalgia anthems such as 'Lozin' Must', which trudges along with the same charm of early day Blink-182 or Green Day.
Review: Philadelphia based emo-tinged indie-punk outfit Mannequin Pussy return with their highly anticipated fourth full-length I Got Heaven. Following on from 2019's critically acclaimed Will Yip-produced Patience, and the 2021 Perfect companion EP, the band have linked up with The Paper Chase's John Congleton (Future Islands, This Will Destroy You, Thrice) to craft their most sonically sprawling yet definitive statement to date. Leaning further than ever into their dream-pop meanderings and shoegazing machinations, whilst simultaneously increasing the fuzz, levelling up the gain and distorting their aggressive edges to nigh-on noise-pop-punk territory, the LP appears set to cement Mannequin Pussy as one of the quintessential voices of the modern emo/indie/alt rock wave.
Review: Parkway Drive are huge metal stars from Aus and this is the band's 20th anniversary. Winston McCall (vocals), Luke Kilpatrick (guitar), Jeff Ling(guitar), Jia O'Connor (bass), and Ben Gordon (drums) are marking the occasion by making their Don't Close Your Eyes album available for the first time ever on vinyl. The eight original tunes re included as well as some bonus cuts from their split record with I Killed The Prom Queen and compilation albums What We've Built and True Til Death, Volume 1. Several versions of this one are out there and this is a limited edition gatefold with translucent gold vinyl so is not to be sniffed at for fans old or new.
Review: First out in the summer of 2000, Problematic would mark the fourth full-length with vocalist Chad Price, as well as the final new album from Descendents offshoot All. Though the band was originally conceived as a project to keep busy while vocalist Milo Aukerman studied to become a full-time microbiologist (very punk), All would eventually blossom into own its much adored outfit with a devout cult following who bounced with the group through three separate vocalists and several adventures with mascot Allroy. Not necessarily defunct, but far more inactive in these modern times, with most members devoting any roadage to the primary focus of Descendents, while Price keeps busy with Drag the River; this reissue of their last batch of new material still goes as hard and chaotic as any modern hardcore/pop-punk acts a third of their median age at the time of said recording.
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