Big Business
Head for the Shallow
Hydra Head (2005)
In the late 80's and early 90's, Seattle was the place for any musician to be. A brief yet socially relevant counterculture was spawned, not too dissimilar to punk in the early 80's. The movement, being simply music or something more, had no name but was knighted "grunge" by the media. Much of the music was dirty, aggressive, brooding, and dark. Seattle became synonymous with loud guitars and flannel shirts. Not much has changed in the 15 years since grunge broke out from the underground in Seattle. It is still dense with talented young bands creating the best music in the country. While the sounds may have changed, the DIY style and punk ideals have not. Instead of flannel shirts, musicians are opting for girl's jeans, but that hasn't changed the fact that the music is intensely aggressive. Of all the current Seattle bands - a scene including the Blood Brothers, These Arms Are Snakes, Minus the Bear, and Pretty Girls Make Graves - Big Business is the band that retains Seattle's grunge sound better than anyone, while still managing to originally blend punk, hardcore, and metal successfully. Only a two-member band, Big Business comprises former Murder City Devils' drummer … Read more
Paint It Black
Paradise
Jade Tree (2005)
CVA was fucking perfect. Naysayers beware: I am willing to defend that position. A hardcore supergroup of sorts (combining members … Read more
Transistor Transistor
Erase All Names and Likeness
Level Plane (2005)
It's not very often these days one gets the opportunity to use the phrase "This brings the ROCK" without sounding … Read more
Hank Jones
Saturdays of Thunder
Undecided (2005)
An album cover with a skull, blood streaks and three fingers makes the viewer think of death, violence, periods and … Read more
Fingers Cut, Megamachine
Fingers Cut, Megamachine
Thick (2005)
Osker was well known as being the most hated band on Epitaph in their brief stint as a band. Being … Read more
