Your Enemies Friends
You are Being Videotaped
Buddyhead (2004)
Buddyhead Records is a label fueled by hype. Your Enemies Friends released their debut effort The Wiretap EP on their label. So naturally I was drawn to check it out, but I wasn't expecting much because nine times out a ten with Buddyhead the hype isn't worth. This was that one exception; they actually signed a promising band. In support of the EP, Your Enemies Friends took to the road alongside Pretty Girls Makes Graves and The Dillinger Escape Plan, creating quite a buzz for themselves and catapulting You Are Being Videotaped onto every hipster's want list. The majority of reviews that I have read about Your Enemies Friends have repeatedly compared them to Pretty Girls Make Graves. Oddly enough, I think I am the only one who doesn't hear the similarities. "The One Condition" quickly sets the precedent for what is in store for us on You Are Being Videotaped. The music is fueled by fast-paced post-punk rock and underlying keyboards to give it that new-wave flavor that is rather in right now. A more precise description would go something like this: take the music of Relationship of Command era At the Drive-In, add a little more distortion and … Read more
The River Bends
And Flows into the Sea
Tooth & Nail (2004)
Denison Witmer-say the name with me- Den-i-son Wit-mer. We are doing this exercise for two reasons, because a) his name … Read more
Beastie Boys
To the 5 Boroughs
Capitol (2004)
A lot has transpired since the Beastie Boys released their last full-length Hello Nasty nearly six years ago. George W. … Read more
Gift of Gab
4th Dimensional Rocketships Going Up
Quannum Projects (2004)
For the following reasons I'm a firm believer that every CD collection should contain a few albums that confuse people … Read more
