After two new Dinosaur Jr. Albums and a Sebadoh reunion, Lou Barlow found time to record a follow-up to 2005’s acoustic « Emoh ».

There are a couple of things that are different about « End Times » compared to the man’s other releases. For one, Mark Oliver Everett aka E has always written and recorded his songs at home.

It has to be the best gimmick I’ve heard of in quite some time... a band called Drummer made up of guys who all drum in other bands.

Leftover Crack and Choking Victim were pretty solid bands spreading the message of crust in as nasty a way as possible. Both were acts led by Scott Sturgeon, better known as Stza.

This Pennsylvania-based band knows how to open an EP, that’s for sure. “Enough” storms out through the gates with loud guitars, fast drums and gritty vocals.

On “Invisible Girl” King Khan and Mark “BBQ” Sultan are back with another tribute to 50s and 60s garage rock, real r&b and doo wop.

Back in the 90s there was an explosion of alternative rock that I – just getting into music – devoured.

With six studio albums under their belt, a greatest hits album is a pretty obvious and easy release.

This Boston outfit made quite an impression on me with their full-length debut “Travels”. Now they quite simply come out with a release with an even bigger impact. As if it’s nothing to them.

Wow, what the hell happened to these guys?