Articles by Aubin Paul

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  As Friends Rust

  A Young Trophy Band

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2002

  You know, when whichever misunderstood Washington denizen listening to the Rites of Spring and Dag Nasty coined the term "emo" to refer to...

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  Reel Big Fish

  Cheer Up

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2002

  Okay, the secret is out, Reel Big Fish are no longer a ska band. Sure, Cheer Up has that ska-sounding guitar thing down, but so did Nofx on...

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  Stereo

  Rewind + Record

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2002

  Like their two previous stellar recordings, Rewind + Record is a near-perfect pop record slumming as a punk album. More so than their Weeze...

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  Dillinger Four

  Situationist Comedy

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2002

  The best manner in which to explain Dillinger Four, and their newest record, Situationist Comedy, is this: imagine deconstructing modern po...

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  No Use For A Name

  Hard Rock Bottom

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2002

  If you will grant the prolific No Use for a Name anything, it would be that they are consistent. While their label-mates are experimenting...

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  Taking Back Sunday

  Tell All Your Friends

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2002

  Victory Records’ latest signing, Taking Back Sunday would have been an anomaly for the label as little as a year ago. But the label has sin...

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  The Lawrence Arms

  Apathy and Exhaustion

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2002

  Every once in awhile a record comes out that makes me feel lucky to have explored punk rock. A record that makes me no longer trivialise th...

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  Lonely Kings

  Crowning Glory

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2002

  Now that post-punk is growing in popularity, it seems that all the labels want in. Fearless’s Lonely Kings fit the mould carved by Gainesvi...