by Lizi Mutant | 2000 | Music Reviews - V/A
V/A – Go-Kart vs. The Corporate Giant 2 – CD (Go-Kart Records) Go-Kart records has some nice-ass punkers on their label, and this compilation features the best of them. Great examples of snotty, hard-hitting PUNK RAWK!! abound. Even the graphics are rad:...
by Tom Corekill | 2000 | Music Reviews - V/A
V/A – Suburban Voice – Dangerously Unstable – CD (Suburban Voice) Quite a lot to digest here; compilation albums are always difficult to review and do justice to everyone involved. I know a little about Suburban Voice zine since I publish my own zine...
by Grog Mutant | 2000 | Music Reviews - V/A
V/A – The Next Best Thing – CD (Maverick Records) This is the soundtrack to the new Madonna movie featuring two Madonna songs and is released on Madonna’s label, “Maverick Records”. Do you see a trend here? The only problem is that while...
by Tom Corekill | 2000 | Music Reviews - V/A
V/A – Victory Style IV – CD (Victory Records) Lots and lots o’ Hard Core Punk fuckin’ Rock! Eighteen bands are presented on this disc and they left my stereo blazing and my head throbbing! Let’s see, we’ve got Earth Crisis,...
by Gail Pop | 2000 | Music Reviews - V/A
V/A – East Timor Benefit Album – CD (Idols of the Marketplace) “East Timor Benefit Album” is easily one of the best compilations I’ve heard in years. The compilation features an eclectic mix of ballads, Sunday afternoon drive tunes. rap,...
by Mite Mutant | 2000 | Music Reviews - V/A
V/A – Vorgon Massive – Future Sounds of Long Island – CD (Vorgon Massive) This is a terrific trippy CD. Most of the tunes for the various bands are instrumentals with music that is varied and experimental. I loved every tune on this release with a...
by Mite Mutant | 2000 | Music Reviews - V/A
No Side / Out Cold – 3 Trax Hated True Sounds – 7″ (Acme Records) Fueled by furious guitars and flying drumsticks, both these bands play and sing fast. Listening to this 7” I couldn’t tell if I was coming or going. After you listen to this release...
by Tom Corekill | 2000 | Music Reviews - V/A
V/A – Fall Asleep to This – CD (Smart Ass Records) Yet another Punk compilation to wade through…but, hey, this one’s pretty interesting. I don’t think I’ve heard of any of the bands on it either. Many of the tracks are really loose,...
by Mite Mutant | 2000 | Music Reviews - V/A
V/A – Dance Party 2000 – CD (UTV / Universal Records) I love this CD. This release contains a mixture of various dance tunes that are re-mixed and flow into one another. Such fun is to be had as you boogie to Funkytown, Shake Your Groove Thing, Pump Up the...
by Grog Mutant | 2000 | Music Reviews - V/A
Against All Authority / The Criminals – Exchange – CD (Sub City Records) Anger is the key word here. Angry edging on growling vocals fronting these primarily fast punk songs. On a couple of tracks, there is a trumpet and the music mutates into a Citizen...
by Lizi Mutant | 2000 | Music Reviews - V/A
V/A – Give ‘Em the Boot II – CD (Hellcat Records) Along with sunblock, Simon LeBon from Duran Duran (back around the ‘Planet Earth’ and ‘Rio’ days), and a copy of Trainspotting (the book, not the movie), I would take Hellcat...
by Mite Mutant | 2000 | Music Reviews - V/A
Anger / Flatus – Drunk in Jersey – 7″ (Black Pumpkin Records) Six fast and furiously drunken songs about drinking by two punk drunk bands. The songs were performed and recorded live at WFMU radio, which give them that extra special punk feel. With...
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