While “New England” still continues to warm that special place inside of me every single time I hear it, Billy Bragg has continued to release beautiful and angry yet somewhat inconsistent albums.

Tegan & Sara have already made some waves back home in Canada and in the States thanks to Neil Young (who signed them to his own label), The White Stripes (who covered one of their songs) and o

What?!? No more exclamation mark in the band name?!? One can only wonder how many guys of the marketing department over at Decaydance/Fueled By Ramen/Atlantic they had milling over that one.

Despite the German band name, Endzweck is a Japanese hardcore outfit that has been cranking out releases since the start of the new millennium.

Antillectual did a pretty good job on “Testimony”. They like their punkrock the way Dag Nasty, Strike Anywhere and Rise Against play it and shit, I don’t really have any problems with that at all.

Just when I was ready to completely give up on R.E.M.

Blood Red Shoes calls Brighton home and was made up by Steven Ansell and Laura-Mary Carter in 2004 after their previous bands called it a day (Cat On Form and Lady Muck).

America’s first all-female psychobilly is back for another round of waking the dead and drinking blood.

UK’s cutest girl fronting a streetpunk band is back!

‘You are demons. I think the only thing you’ll taste today is your own blood’.