by Mite Mutant | 2008 | Music Reviews - Y
Calvin Yordy – Lost in the Dirac Sea – CD (Calvin Yordy) The music is typical “this is my first band” rock, in playing and presentation. There’s a youthful intenseness to the music and vocals that I’ve heard so many times before....
by Grog Mutant | 2007 | Music Reviews - Y
Young Stunna – The Best Of Me – CD (RJM Records) This is one of those releases that’s hard for me to review. It’s fairly standard rap / R&B with a smooth voiced male flowing rhymes over some looped backbeats. Everything sounds fine to me,...
by Grog Mutant | 2007 | Music Reviews - Y
Yellowcard – Paper Walls – CD (Capitol Records) Yellowcard is back with a followup to their huge release Ocean Avenue. Paper Walls is very similar, but with less emphasis on the violin and a bit more variety and musical growth than their last disc. My...
by Mite Mutant | 2004 | Music Reviews - Y
The Youth Class – This Is What I Remember – CD (The Youth Class) When it comes to instrumental pieces, very few punk bands can pull it off. This is one of those bands that can’t. Heavy on the instrumentals this release is nothing more than lame punk...
by Mite Mutant | 2004 | Music Reviews - Y
The Youngs – The Youngs – CD (Mimicry Records) When The Youngs stick with the tweaking traditional song structure they are wonderful. Some of the songs especially “Cold Wind” reminded of Laurie Anderson meets Eleni Mandell. However, too many...
by Mite Mutant | 2003 | Music Reviews - Y
Ya-Ne-Zniyoo – All is Not Lost – CD (Ya-Ne-Zniyoo) Infectious is a good description of this CD. I don’t know what it is but the tunes just take over your brain. The first track is a good example. While the lyrics seem off center at first, they keep...
by Grog Mutant | 2002 | Music Reviews - Y
The Jim Yoshii Pile-Up – Homemade Drugs – CD (Absolutely Kosher) The Jim Yoshii Pileup is an emo band that is pretty typical of the gendra. I like emo, but these guys just don’t stand out among the throng of emotional drenched vocals, shoegazzing,...
by Grog Mutant | 2002 | Music Reviews - Y
Yohimbe Brothers – Front End Lifter – CD (Rope A Dope Records) This disc is a collaboration of ideas from Vernon Reid (Living Colour) and DJ Logic (Eye and I). Together they form something new that combines the talents they are known for, excellent guitar...
by Johnny Death | 2000 | Music Reviews - Y
Yellow Machinegun – Spot Remover – CD (Howling Bull America) An all-female punk/metal band from Japan. A very funny release if you read the song lyrics. The band sings in English, but if you read the lyrics, most of the some really make no sense at all....
by Mite Mutant | 2000 | Music Reviews - Y
Your Adversary – 3 – CD (Create A Villain of Your Own) Good God! Fast and repetitive music with screaming vocals is just getting so fucking boring. How did I end up reviewing this release anyway? Oh that’s right, nobody else wanted to review it...
by Grog Mutant | 2000 | Music Reviews - Y
Yes – The Ladder – CD (Beyond Records / BMG) Believe it or not, Yes is still around. This takes me back to my prog-rock days from when I was a preteen into my late teens. I loved Yes and other bands like this such as King Crimson, middle period Rush, early...
by Gail Pop | 2000 | Music Reviews - Y
Mike Younger – Somethin’ in the Air – CD (Beyond Records / BMG) “Somethin’ in the Air” is Mike Younger’s debut recording. It is a beautiful and soulful blend of folk and blues. Mike weaves the themes of love, loss, anger, and hope tightly...
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