Something just goes crazy inside me when I listen to Botch. This CD just did it for me. They are full of energy, tight and creative. O Fortuna (a cover song taken from Carl Orffs Opera) makes me quiver with excitement. They're hardcore enthusiasm gives a rush to the anticipating crowd. Their poetic lyrics sung energeticly matching the rhythm of the jazzy but fast drum beats seem to come to the band naturally. The second song on the album Third Part in a Tragedy is fast and harsh, the chorus stomps the words into your head with the repeditive kickdrum. Of course their going to be better live, but this is pretty close to getting everything you want in a show at home. If you want repetition, then don't get this album, if you want creative different hardcore, then get it.

Review Done By: Lisah

 

I guess it's pretty well known that Kiss It Goodbye contains two ex-members of Deadguy, as well as ex-members from other well known bands. However, if you didn't already know it, putting this CD on will remind you of the Deadguy connection. It took me a few listens until I got into this, but now that that has happened, I'm really glad that I got this CD. Kiss It Goodbye are one of the more innovative bands that I've heard in a while. Sure, there's hard, grindy songs like 'Helvetica' and 'Manthing', however they mix it up with slower, but no less heavy numbers like 'We'll Burn That Bridge When We Get To It'. The music is heavy, and it seems really off-kilter, almost creepy in a way. The vocals range from whispering to all out Deadguy-style screaming. This is a long CD, 9 songs in about 45 minutes, yet the songs never seem too long. The CD and booklet designs are excellent, typical of any Revelation release. I highly recommend this release. It has hardly left my CD player since I bought it.

Review Done By: Graeme Williams

First off, the cover of this album totally suits the music to go with it, colourful and full of energy. It's easy to get carried away with fast tempo energetic punk and you can't prevent yourself from humming along every now and the, even if you haven't heard the album much, you still know the tune of how it goes. This is definately the CD to drum your hands to. Song number two Deep Freeze begins in a double intro style hit in the face, I got drawn in and drawn in fast with this one. I love the beginning of song five, Asshole, Stereo Control Freak with it's rhythmic guitar then introducing in the drums in a tight pause, the song's lyrics tell you how alcohol can turn you into something people don't want you to be. I really liked this CD and I do want others to support BNU because they deserve the praise, after all... they do have a great e-mail adress: bnu@groupie.org...just don't have sugar before listening to Diddley Squat.

Review Done By: Lisah

Swingers...a great movie. A group of guys strolling the clubs in L.A looking for some fine "babies" (good looking women) and stumbling along the way with their hockey video games, smokes and alcohol. Ok, I'll admit it, these guys had great hair and great clothes, but the story was funny and cute, it was a bite out of the dating scene in the 90's. Big Voodoo Daddy shows up in one of the clubs their in in a scene. I would recommend this movie, not because one of the actors is cute, but because it's a funky independent-style movie with an artistic angle.

Review Done By: Lisah

I've been wanting this album for a really long time, and when I finally got it, it was completely worth the long wait. Maybe it's because the first two songs on the album remind me of Botch, the screamy vocals and fast spazmic rhythms. I'd definately qualify this band as a hardcore band, but they have so many elements to their sound. I'd say the first two songs are my favorite ones on the album, I love how the whole song has so many different parts to it, some fast hard-hitting parts to other parts with the usual rhythmic guitar and crazy drums. When the end of the song just keeps on building up the speed, I can't help but get really into it and wiggle my feet. I'd definately say this is the album to buy if your a hardcore fan, and into the heavy stuff.

Review Done By: Lisah

This was another cd that I was planning on buying for a long time, but I'm certainly glad that I finally bought it. The Murder City Devils have a quality in their music that I've never heard before in any other band. They have an oldschool rock-y punk base, but there are elements of 50's race car sounding music, which the organ ads to. They put on a great show, including the lighting of an organ on fire, while being played. Only this great band would sing a song about how sexy Iggy Pop is.

Review Done By: Lisah