Articles by Keith Carman

Madball

Empire

PUBLISHED Oct 8, 2010

For the past 20-plus years, NYHC outfit Madball have struggled with an identity crisis. Striving to attain their level of notoriety without...

D.R.I. / Woe of Tyrants

Blondie's, Detroit MI October 3

PUBLISHED Oct 7, 2010

There's something about the humility and professionalism of a longhorn punk band that's infinitely endearing, a case-in-point exercise high...

Crowbar

Crowbar / Live +1 / Time Heals Nothing

PUBLISHED Oct 5, 2010

One of heavy music's most underrated, yet influential, acts, New Orleans, LA-based sludge monsters Crowbar established a new pace for hardc...

Buzzov*en

Sore

PUBLISHED Oct 5, 2010

Owning multiple copies of an album seems redundant. That is, until dedicated geniuses conspire to create something so great we happily thro...

The Arrivals

Volatile Molotov

PUBLISHED Oct 4, 2010

They might be from the windy confines of Chicago, but with Volatile Molotov, the group of buoyant miscreants known as the Arrivals are clea...

Broken Social Scene, Destroyer, Owen Pallett, Do Make Say Think and More Head to Switzerland for All-Canadian Heartland Festival

PUBLISHED Sep 30, 2010

Switzerland is about to become occupied by Canadian indie rock. In an effort to bridge some international musical gaps, a company known as...

Bad Religion Shed Light on Where They Are and Where They Were

PUBLISHED Sep 30, 2010

SoCal punk rockers Bad Religion are going through some severe changes. "It wasn't really planned to be this way," admits bassist Jay Bentl...

The Superstitions

Fearless

PUBLISHED Sep 29, 2010

Once again, Montreal proves itself the Canadian equivalent of Norway's early '90s music scene. The Superstitions deliver their harsh, gutte...