Buckcherry “All Night Long” Eleven Seven Music/Atlantic From the late 90s, and leading into the early 2000′s, we were learning to avoid watching Music TV.  Rock music wasn’t well represented in mainstream media and if one wasn’t a fan of … more >

Swans “My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky” Young God Records Recently Swans’ Michael Gira has written that the current incarnation of Swans is “NOT A REUNION.  It’s not some dumb-ass nostalgia act.  It is not … more >

Adam Franklin & Bolts Of Melody “I Could Sleep For A Thousand Years” Second Motion Records I picked up this third solo record by Adam Franklin cuz he used to sing in this bad ass band you may have heard … more >

Wounded Lion “Wounded Lion” In The Red After seeing Wounded Lion open up for Ty Segall, Sonny & The Sunsets & The Moonhearts (at Spaceland for the Buddyhead Presents show here) I’ve become a solid fan of this Los Angeles … more >

Eddy Current Suppression Ring “Wet Cement” 7 inch Mexican Summer Fuck yeah! Another slab of Mexican Summer vinyl I’m sliding into my DJ set. Side A of this 7 inch is making me re-think my loafy opinion of their newest … more >

Jacuzzi Boys “Bricks Or Coconuts” 7 inch Mexican Summer Goddamn I love getting cool shit in the mail, it actually makes me wanna get off my fat ass and review the records I get sent! Thanks for sending me like … more >

Digital Leather “Sorcerer” Goner Records I loved this band’s last pop-gem of a record, “Warm Brother”, and I have a feeling that I’m gonna have a similar relationship with this slab of vinyl despite it’s difference in sound. This time … more >

V/A – “Our Boy Roy” Telephone Explosion Records I got this slab of vinyl not from this label PR department but in exchange for getting the members of the band Jacuzzi Boys “lubed up” (on beer) before their show in … more >

David Cross Bigger and Blackerer Sub Pop Hi, I’m Meathead. If, like noted asshole Roger Waters, you possess amazing powers of observation, then by now you may have detected a tendency on my part to write about things that I … more >

Zola Jesus “Stridulum EP” Sacred Bones I’m writing about this record for two reasons… 1) It’s a damn good slab of vinyl you should know about. 2) It indirectly knocked me down a few pegs and made me less jaded, … more >

Crystal Castles (II) (a.k.a. We’re Too Busy Being So Fucking Hip To Bother Giving Our Albums Real Names, Just Like Weezer) Fiction Records Hi, I’m Meathead. I just found out about this new album by my favorite band Crystal Castles, … more >

Travis Keller was actually brave enough to watch Chickenfoot’s new Live DVD called “GET YOUR BUZZ ON!”. For your enjoyment he recorded his own experience so you don’t have to expose yourself to the same toxins as this gonzo music journalist. more >

Ty Segall “My Sunshine” b/w “Fuzzy Cat Trouble In Mind Records (TIM008) I’m pretty sure it was Joe Cardamone (The Icarus Line) who came up with the Buddyhead rule about reviewing seven inches. The rule basically goes something like this…. … more >

The Smashing Pumpkins Teargarden By Kaleidyscope (Vol. 1: Songs For A Sailor) Martha’s Music / Rocket Science Ventures Billy Corgan and some other jerks The Smashing Pumpkins have released Songs For A Sailor, their first EP from Teargarden By Kaleidyscope … more >

Tunng “And Then We Saw Land” (Full Time Hobby/Thrill Jockey) As one might naturally interpret from the kaleidoscopic cartoonery on the front cover, there is a certain oriental tinge among the dulcet folk-pop of Tunng. Or as a friend of … more >