Articles by Craig Daniels
Sweaters
The Kick Me Generation
PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2002
"These guys are still around?" asks the current bio for this Canadian West Coast pop-punking rock band. Simple, up-tempo songs mainly about...
Zen Guerilla
Shadows On The Sun
PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2002
For all the excitement surrounding Zen Guerrilla in the last few years, they never fail to disappoint me and this latest album is no except...
Betty Blowtorch
Are You Man Enough?
PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2001
Betty Blowtorch combines the femme fury of like-minded bands L7, (early) Hole and Cycle Sluts From Hell with a hot-rodding metal slant. Wit...
Eyeliners
Sealed With A Kiss
PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2001
Sister act the Eyeliners play punk in the now overly worn modern "pop" style, and I, for one, am very, very sick of it. There is absolutely...
Fireballs of Freedom
Welcome To The Octagon
PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2001
It took me a while to figure out who these guys sound like, after hearing their howled double-lead vocals scraping away at each other over...
Flaming Sideburns
Hallelujah Rock 'N' Rollah
PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2001
Finland's soul rock'n'roll garage action swingers, the Flaming Sideburns, are back at it again with their second full-length album, Hallelu...
Les Sexareenos
14 Frenzied Shakers
PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2001
You couldn't get any more frat than this unless you bashed a beanie-wearing freshman over the head with an empty beer keg while puking all...
Radio Birdman
The Essential Radio Birdman (1974-1978)
PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2001
Taking their name from a misheard lyric in the Stooges' song "1970" (it is in fact, "Radio buzzin' up above"), Radio Birdman have gone on t...