"From Autumn to Ashes - “Live At Looney Tunes” (Vagrant Records) This live offering by From Autumn to Ashes, recorded live at New York’s Looney Tunes, sounds fantastic. It’s the crispest, cleanest, live cd I’ve heard in a good long while. Still, despite this being a good live album, I..."

"Germs get a new lead singer: “Nearly 30 years after the original Germs lead singer died of a drug overdose at the age of 21, the Los Angeles snot-punks have a new lead-singer: actor Shane West. That’s right, the former E.R. star is the new Darby Crash—he of the infamous..."

"Reissues drive me insane a lot of the time. I’ve written about Elvis Costello’s thrice-reissued My Aim Is True, but that album’s a classic, and gets a bit of a slide. I’m fine with classic albums getting the reissue treatment, with bonus discs of demos and live shit. It’s a..."

"OK, listen up folks. The lovely people over at Spinner have decided it would be a great time to hold a few free CD listening parties this week to let people check out some of the new albums that are out. There are definitely a few hear worth the effort..."

"After waiting 4 and a half years for another Offspring album to be released (a greatest hits album doesn't count!), we are finally treated to a brand new album from our favorite Orange County punk band.I will always have a place in my heart for The Offspring. They were my..."