Trip Fontaine is a German act that I think named itself after one of the characters in the movie “Virgin Suicides”.

Germany’s Fidget have already been around for a couple of years but only recently got signed to Redfield Records.

Haunted Life is a fun, positive and sincere band out of Chicago who have released a pretty good album with “The Declaration”.

I worked for most of the summer. But I got to spend some time at home, went to a couple of festivals and hung out with my friends. That’s basically it and since then nothing much has changed.

The Americans are getting ready to elect themselves a new president this year. What better time for the Presidents of the United States of America to release a new album?

Never heard of these guys before but Endgame made quite the good impression on me with the 5-song EP “Distracted”. If you are into the whole New Jersey hardcore sound – and come on, who isn’t?

Christ, by the time I had scratched my balls once I was already halfway through the album!

At The Close Of Every Day has a way with presenting their album.

In the last couple of years Blackie released a laundry list worth of releases which weren’t all that consistent. But the least you can say about the guy is that he knows how to keep busy.

If the name of your album is a quote from “Jaws”, if you use a sample from “Anchorman” in one of your songs, if you have a song called “Hey McFly” and if you cover Youth Of Today and Descendents, y