by Grog Mutant | 2000 | Music Reviews - G
The Get Up Kids – Red Letter Day – CD (Doghouse Records) Emo based poppy-punk with piano accompaniment. Relationship based lyrics that flow with eloquent ease (unlike my writing). This is some of the catchiest stuff I’ve heard in a long time, especially...
by Grog Mutant | 2000 | Music Reviews - G
The Get Up Kids – Something to Write Home About – CD (Vagrant Records) I’ve seen a lot of press about The Get Up Kids and after hearing this disc I now know why. They play a great blend of emo and punk-pop with piano and keyboards mixed in to give it an...
by Grog Mutant | 2000 | Music Reviews - G
Amy Grant – A Christmas to Remember – CD (A&M Records) Yes, that Amy Grant…go ahead and laugh. I like Amy Grant at times (in small doses) and luckily I haven’t been pummeled by too much Christmas music yet, so I can handle this. While...
by Superchunk Steve | 2000 | Music Reviews - G
Guided By Voices – “Do The Collapse” – CD (TVT Records) There’s not one not-great song on this whole record. It’s their best record since “Bee Thousand”. Everything is strong on it. They shake their ‘Lo-fi hero’ status and let the songs speak for...
by Grog Mutant | 1999 | Music Reviews - G
Garrison – The Bend Before the Break – CD (Revelation Records) This is really an EP with 5 songs totaling 20 minutes of pure emocore. They are a better than average emo band and even though the lyrics are typical, I still like them. The singer breaks into...
by Mite Mutant | 1999 | Music Reviews - G
Gooding – Collection #1 – CD (S3 Records) Instrumental music with a groove that sounds like sound track music to some super cool movie. Gooding is the very talented musician who wrote, produced, engineered and mixed this fine release. He is truly a master...
by Gail Pop | 1999 | Music Reviews - G
Go Robot, Go! – Convertable – CD (Weedtone Records) Go Robot Go is a band from Columbus, Ohio and they were formerly known as Shinola. In Mutant Renegade Zine #11, I reviewed Shinola’s CD and I compared their sound to oatmeal and the color beige. Go...
by Grog Mutant | 1999 | Music Reviews - G
Grade – Under the Radar – CD (Victory Records) This is a fairly hard and heavy band with an overall hardcore / emo feel to their music. The vocals hit into the hardcore scream mode at times, but primarily there is an overall gruff sound that fits the...
by Mite Mutant | 1999 | Music Reviews - G
Gulliver’s Traveling Medicine Show – Room Cleaner – CD (GTMS Publicity) This is music for the 40-something crowd. The music has that 70′s jam feel about it, while vocals are white-boy blues. I like best that all the instruments are treated as...
by Mite Mutant | 1999 | Music Reviews - G
Groovie Ghoulies – Fun in the Dark – CD (Lookout Records) A slower Ramones-esk back-beat with nasally vocals is a good description of this bands sound. The songs are pure punk fun. I feel that this is what punk might have sounded like in the 50′s. -...
by Grog Mutant | 1999 | Music Reviews - G
Gameface – Every Last Time – CD (Revelation Records) This band could be labeled as very melodic “college / alternative rock”, but that title would be a disservice to Gameface. They write extremely catchy songs that are well defined, with...
by Superchunk Steve | 1999 | Music Reviews - G
Gamits – This is My Boomstick – CD (To the Left Records) This is what we call happy-fun punk. To be honest, this is what I call happy-fun punk and that is one of my favorite things. Lots of people are doing this, but only a few actually get it right. If it...
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