Authors: James Orme
Review: Old Man Markley – Stupid Today
Old Man Markley = Old Crow Medicine Show + No Use For and Name + Devil Makes Three + Nerf Herder … read more
Review: Old Smokey – Wester Easter
Old Smokey = Wilco + Kingston Trio + Warren Zevon … read more
Review: Old Man Markley
OMM play fast-paced bluegrass that they approach like people living in the present day. I guess that makes them the new punks on the scene, but I just hear well-crafted, original music that happens to have bluegrass elements. … read more
Review: NOFX – Backstage Passport Soundtrack
NOFX = 7 Seconds + Bad Religion + The Vandals … read more
Review: Nikki Hill – Here’s Nikki Hill
Nikki and Matt Hill are proof positive that when two talented people marry and come together creatively good things are going to happen. Nikki has all the swagger of ‘50s and ‘60s R&B soul artists, and every bit of the power and punch of the male blues shouters of the same era. … read more
Review: Night Birds – Maimed For The Masses
These New Jersey punks nailed the snotty sound of early ‘80s hardcore punk. … read more
Review: Night Birds – Born To Die In Suburbia
Night Birds, however, seem like the kind of band that could turn on you at any second—a snotty, fast-paced brand of punk that, yes, is reminiscent of ’80s-era bands, but they do so much more than just ape a certain period of hardcore punk. … read more
Review: NOFX – Stoke Extinguisher
I’m not going to try and convince you to like NOFX—if you’ve been around this music at all, then you know who they are and what they do, but this EP is them doing it at their best. … read more
Review: Memphis Dawls – Rooted in the Bone
Memphis Dawls = Emmylou Harris + The Everly Brothers + The Civil Wars … read more
