Gaza
He is Never Coming Back
Black Market Activities (2009)
Following an impressive debut album is never an easy undertaking, and Gaza did deliver an impressive debut with I Don't Care Where I Go When I Die. So with that in mind we find their sophomore effort from the four-piece hailing from Utah in the United States. He is Never Coming Back is a definite product of the environment from which Gaza bases themselves; the subtle religious oppression found in their home base gives the band a focus which to hurl their vitriol and ire. My question hovers around whether or not this album is anywhere near as vicious as its predecessor because I certainly hope that it is. Incorporating some nasty discordance along with more measured tempos at times, Gaza seem to have pushed their sound to another level all without sacrificing one whit of the viciousness that the band is becoming known for in their work. He is Never Coming Back seems to breath and ebb and flow in ways that its predecessor never did, and the evidence for such may be heard immediately in "This is How it's Going to Be" with its noisy guitars and crunching rhythms that lay a perfect soundtrack to the downright malevolent … Read more
Sick Sick Birds
Heavy Manners
Toxic Pop (2009)
Sometimes life gets in the way of good music. When the Thumbs disbanded in 2003, Mike Hall and Bobby Borte … Read more
King Khan & The BBQ Show
Invisible Girl
In The Red (2009)
In his two-piece with Mark "BBQ" Sultan, King Khan & The BBQ Show brings garage rock as it's meant to … Read more
Rabid Rabbit
Rabid Rabbit
Interloper (2009)
As certain styles of music catch hold and thus become revered and oft emulated, making or doing something to makes … Read more
