Against Me! is the best punk band since the Clash. Growling, snarled, shouted non-rhyming syllable-overloaded personal and political lyrics, percussion-heavy punk riffs. Laura Jane Grace always-fueled anger at the sickness of the world, anger at not having the courage to be what she wants to be. Favorite tracks: "Don't Lose Touch," "Unprotected Sex With Multiple Partners," "Pretty Girl (The Mover)."
The album is dead, for sure. But there's no reason we can't dig it up and do a little two-step with its rapidly decomposing corpse.
Apart From the Crowd, Great Buildings
Apart From the Crowd , Great Buildings, 1981, :40 ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ Solid jangle-pop from a now largely-forgotten group featuring two guys who went ...
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Keasbey Nights , Catch 22, 1998, :46 ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆ Nasally-voiced, decent ska-punk band with a few catchy hooks but not much to say over the...
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Bing & Ella , Bing Crosby & Ella Fitzgerald, 2023, :22 ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ Yes, they've both been dead these 27 years or more, but this i...
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Excitable Boy , Warren Zevon, :31 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ This is almost a Retrospective Review, but I have never heard this album in its entirely. And ...