The Beltones
Cheap Trinkets (TKO). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
Cheap Trinkets (TKO). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
BYO Split Series Volume III (BYO). Review by Julio Diaz.
Home From Home (Epitaph). Review by Margie Libling.
Today is My Day (Thick). Review by Brian Broccoli.
Twenty years after founding the Better Youth Organization, Mark and Shawn Stern are still running their pioneering DIY label. They get to surf in Hawaii, bowl with Rancid and be their own bosses. Brian Broccoli pays a visit to the Stern Brothers, who will keep their day jobs.
If a picture’s worth a thousand words, here’s a 19,000 word essay from staff photographer Jen Lato, summing up 2001 both professionally and personally.
Vans Warped Tour 2001, featuring Pennywise, Less Than Jake, The Bouncing Souls, The Vandals, A.F.I., H2O, Me First & the Gimme Gimmes, Sum 41, Kool Keith, Morgan Heritage, The Ataris, Rancid, and 311 at the Central Florida Fairgrounds in Orlando, FL on July 27, 2001. Event review by Phillip Haire. Photos by Jen Lato.
Various Artists (Side One Dummy). Review by Julio Diaz.
New Union… Old Glory (Lookout!) Review by Brian Kruger.
The Crucial Conspiracy (Tooth And Nail). Review by Terry Eagan.
A.F.I., with Destination: Daybreak and the Distillers at the Sapphire Supper Club in Orlando, FL on November 16, 2000. Concert review by Liza Hearon.
Interview by Brian Kruger
Life Won’t Wait (Epitaph). Review by Brian Kruger
With the thirty-fifth anniversary of debut album Whirlpool, UK shoegaze outfit Chapterhouse is back together again and touring the US as part of Slide Away Music Festival.
The Englert theater hosted Little Feat as they embark on their Last Farewell Tour.
Meiko Kaji’s katana is sharp and looking for revenge in Wandering Ginza Butterfly and its sequel, She Cat Gambler, a stylish pair of early ’70s action films.