Jeff Hershey & The Heartbeats – Underground Classics

You might remember Jeff Hershey from his day in No Motiv, one of the most underrated bands ever.
You might remember Jeff Hershey from his day in No Motiv, one of the most underrated bands ever.
Ian Love (Rival Schools) and Jonah Matranga (Far, Gratitude,…) have quite a number of solo offerings between the two of them.
Five years after “The Slip”, Nine Inch Nails is back with a new album called “Hesitation Marks”. Just like their recent shows, opener “The Eater Of Dreams” starts off in Spartan fashion.
One of the few survivors of the grunge scene is Mudhoney, aband that has simply carried on since their first album came out in 1988.
“MCII” comes with ten power-popsongs about love and associated emotions that take cues from The Beach Boys, Big Star and a garage band like The Sonics.
The Icarus Line… didn’t know these guys were still alive and kicking to be honest.
Basically this review boils down to one thing : if you like garagerock, you need to have this self-titled album by Bass Drum Of Death.
Galactic Cannibal doesn’t like to waste any time and storms out the gates with “Hate Everything More”, a barnburner that will have everybody at their shows joining in when the line "Goddamn, raise
Brief Lives is a new name for me but on their new 2-song 7” they get the job done with their particular brand of abrasive post-hardcore.
This Chapel Hill quartet has been a consistent force for almost 25 years and don’t show any signs of slowing down just yet.