Unlike most of my contemporaries, I didn’t discover Robert E. Howard’s famous freebooter and adventurer via the cinematic epic that introduced most of the world to Arnold Schwarzenegger. Nor did I initially cross paths with…
Nobody knows the value, or understands the potential, of a second chance like Bucky Barnes does. He knows that the opportunity to start over again and become the person you always wanted to, and thought…
Mark Twain famously said that travel was fatal to narrow mindedness and believed that if a person didn’t venture beyond, or dream about the world outside of, the confines of their birthplace during their lifetime,…
Power pop is one of those genres that can be hard to pin down. Its spectrum is broad and other genres join a melting pot in sussing out which bands are deemed power pop. Punks…
Opting for the singles route, Stay Voiceless are back with their first digital release since 2018’s We’re Not Lovers. For those unfamiliar with the band, just take one look at the title of a former…
You, me and everyone else who stumbles across this fantastic book, could, should and will be instantly forgiven for assuming that Strayed is a relatively straight forward tale of a woman, her cat and the…
Some people, the elusive few who always seek to further their vision and dreams, manage to cram hundred lifetimes’ worth of experience and achievement into their brief time on Earth. Walt Disney was one of…
Movie adaptations in graphic novel form have to work hard to get my attention. They really do. I’ve seen the film so why should I read the book? Go on “Solo: A Star Wars Story”,…
War Bears is not what I expected, and I dare say that unless you know your Canadian Whites, it’ll not be what you expect either. Do you know your Canadian Whites, and no, I’m not talking…
Over a year in the works, Fat Wreck have finally announced that the new SNUFF album, There’s a Lot of it About, will be released on September 20th! Brand new song. “Dippy Egg” races with catchy hooks, horns,…
Three new spoonfuls of sugar from my fave San Francisco pop punkers. Treading the boards somewhere between the Beach Boys, Elvis Costello and The Dickies, Re-Volts take utter pop perfection and jam pack it into…
Just in time for Rebellion 2019, we have the latest offering from what must be the world\’s most productive streetpunk band, Gimp Fist. Their new album Blood contains no less than 16 new tunes which…
