Articles by Stuart Green

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  Navies

  An Estate

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2005

  To even the casual listener — that is those with even a passing knowledge of the post-punk scene circa 1985-’89 — it would probably be obvi...

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  System of a Down

  Mezmerize

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2005

  With the success of Toxicity and the subsequent thrusting of SOAD into the unenviable and probably unwanted position of saviours of nü-meta...

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  Wheels on the Bus

  In the Loop

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2005

  Well no one could ever accuse Brampton, Ontario-based emo-metal purveyors Wheels on the Bus of rushing things. This is their debut album an...

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  The Dismemberment Plan

  Emergency and I

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2005

  Here are two examples of bands that have manage to hone their adept musical noodling, affinity for simple melodies and their overwhelming u...

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  Burning Airlines

  Identikit

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2005

  Just when it sounded like J. Robbins's post-Jawbox musical life was taking a turn towards the more traditional, he throws another curveball...

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  Metropolitan

  The Lines They Get Broken

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2005

  Like an ever increasing number of American bands, DC post-punk art rock trio Metropolitan owe an awful lot to the arty by-product of the Br...

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  Pitch Black

  This Is the Modern Sound

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2005

  Pitch Black’s sophomore disc features well-played guitar-driven music with blasts of organ adding fresh layers to the band’s math rock equa...

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  Righteous Jams

  Rage of Discipline

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2005

  Being a punk band from Boston brings with it certain expectations and is fraught with danger. After all, Beantown has produced some of the...