Rated 9/10
Youtube algorithm did me right for once earlier this year introducing me to Anime Titties. A band that feels like if Weezer and Queens of the Stone Age raw dogged it by the bins behind a fast food joint, and I mean that entirely complimentarily. Sean Paul is a clever-ass song using that specific riff, and Carpet Flavored Betty might just be my favourite song I've heard this year. Must listen stuff.
Rated 4/10
Why yes, she did think she was being clever sticking the n-word in there. Such is Amanda Palmer. Runs in the Family goes hard.
Rated 7/10
This is the good shit. Run Rabbit will change your life, especially if you go in expecting chas n dave.
Rated 9/10
Near-perfect chaos, tumult pouring out of every second.
Rated 10/10
One of the most promising debuts of the 2020s
Rated 6/10
The proto-Hawthorne Heights isn't quite as razor sharp in its angst as the band would go on to be, and some songs feel woefully incomplete, but there's a magic in its rough-hewn flailings towards the definitive emo-punk band that they would become. Audrey in Sacramento is an iconic track.
Rated 7/10
A worthy re-debut for Spike and the Gimme Gimmes under the new name. A goofy, fun proof of concept that anything can be reinvented in the punk tradition, none more than Hey Ya!, fused successfully with a Ramones style delivery. Maybe up there with their best non-live recordings, actually.
