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When I was young and a bit stupid, I thought this was pretty awesome. I listened to it a lot way back then. But you know, this was before I discovered illegal file sharing and cheap CDs on Amazon, so I had a much more limited record collection than I do now. Forgive me, please. [...]

British ska these days is a pretty exciting genre. More and more new acts are coming out, and in my opinion, they’re a whole world better than what the US has to offer. I saw Imperial Leisure supporting The King Blues a few months ago, although I had meant to see them before that (but [...]

When I saw The Cat Empire, it was the most impressive and incredible performance I have ever experienced, and I was fucking thrilled when I found out they had a live album. They are a different band live from in the studio, and they’re just on a different league. It’s not the same as actually [...]

I don’t particularly remember why I got myself a copy of this record. I think I listened to a few songs, figured it was sufferable and decided I’d get the whole thing. I really should start out by saying that ambient music has never done a lot for me. I put this record on for [...]

I hate trying to decide on Fugazi’s genre. It sounds silly, but if I could label them I feel I could enjoy them a whole lot more than I really do. I have them tagged as hardcore-punk, although I really don’t think that is what they are at all, despite obviously having quite a bit [...]

Catch 22 are one of the biggest ska/punk bands around and it bugs me how much the fans dislike this record. It’s barely ska but it’s exciting and diverse. Each track has a different sound, and it’s got a lot of blues/jazz influences throughout. What’s not to like? Dinosaur Sounds is one of my favorite [...]

I hate to admit it, but this is a really catchy album. I’m not normally very big on the whole “comedy rock” genre, because mostly it’s just not funny…and this isn’t particularly funny either, but the music itself is what gets me. It has great variation and keeps you entertained. The vocal interludes bother me, [...]

So this seems to be the least liked BR album (aside from Into the Unknown, of course). Personally, it’s not my least liked…but it does lack the power of a lot of the other records. It isn’t even as ‘good’ as The Grey Race, which is obviously comparable to it since it also lacked the [...]

Back to the Known, released after the ‘embarassement’ of Into the Unknown (of course, I enjoyed the prog-rock release, but I know most of you didn’t, and neither did the band). We’re thrown straight back into BR’s hardcoreish punk sound here, and let me tell you, it’s sounding better than it ever has. Yesterday is [...]