Articles by Nicole Villeneuve

Museum Mouth

Tears In My Beer

PUBLISHED Jul 25, 2010

Even with all of the current noisy, lo-fi post-punk trends, it's apparent with just one listen to the debut album from North Carolina's Mus...

Life in Vacuum

Commander Clark

PUBLISHED Jul 25, 2010

Just when you think you've got a hold on Life In Vacuum, they take their crazy freak-outs in nine different directions. Although, truth be...

Currents

My Mind is a Ball of Yarn

PUBLISHED Jul 25, 2010

The second EP from Ottawa, ON's Currents is a heavy one, at times more so in sentiment than music. Arrestingly sincere lyrical musings on t...

Go Rydell

The Golden Age

PUBLISHED Jul 25, 2010

For having formed pretty much only a year ago, Orlando, FL's Go Rydell have churned out a debut full-length that's not only seamlessly tigh...

Heartsounds

Until We Surrender

PUBLISHED Jun 28, 2010

The debut album from San Francisco, CA's Heartsounds opens with a diatribe so simple and honest that anyone with an inkling of the satisfac...

Maker

I-91

PUBLISHED Jun 28, 2010

Maker have got some killer instincts on their debut EP, I-91. Traversing a landscape littered with bands turned clichés, they're soa...

Dopamines

Expect the Worst

PUBLISHED Jun 28, 2010

Following two well-received records (one full-length and one EP) in as many years, Cincinnati, OH's Dopamines return with Expect the Worst,...

Walter Schreifels

PUBLISHED Jun 26, 2010

By name alone, Walter Schreifels might not ring the loudest bell, but his storied punk past definitely will: as a member of seminal youth c...