Ummm.... reviews??

I slacked this month...

Fall From Grace

Sifting Through The Wreckage
Bunk Rokk
Street: 12.16

Fall From Grace = AFI + Poison + Offspring

Fall From Grace are the biggest posers of all time. I hate when bands dress up in all black and try to look all tough and depressed. These guys probably were the biggest doofuses when they were younger. Then one day they all got together and they figured people would think they were cool if they started a bogus pop-punk metal band. The thing that is probably most disturbing about this album is that Terry Date (Deftones, Pantera, White Zombie, Dredg) produced it. He must be doing a favor for somebody because this band is horrible and Date usually picks really good bands to be involved with. It's sad to see one of the best producers tarnish his reputation and have his name associated with these dorks. Bad form, Terry.

Fiasco

Native Canadians
Impose

Street: 12.09

Fiasco = Pixies + Nirvana + At The Drive-In

This album sounds like it was recorded in a tin can. But it's the noisiest, most hardcore tin can of all time. The first track, "Steve Herman," comes charging out like it's trying to scramble your brains with the flashiest and most chaotic instrumentation of all time. The highlight of this post-punk mess is most definitely the drums. Julian Bennett Holmes must have a really unhealthy obsession with Zack Hill. He probably stands outside Zack's window and imagines what it would be like to cuddle with him at night. These dudes are really good all around. I wish they would leave their home town of Brooklyn and come play a show here in SLC.