Articles by Stuart Green
Wildhearts
Must Be Destroyed
PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2004
At least a decade before the Darkness were making a killing exploiting riffy, retro good-time party rock, the Wildhearts were most un-ironi...
Young Heart Attack
Mouthful of Love
PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2004
Channelling trans-Atlantic classic rock and metal influences from Queen and the Who to MC5 and Motörhead, Austin's Young Heart Attack takes...
A Wilhelm Scream
Mute Print
PUBLISHED May 1, 2004
The artists formerly known as Smackin Isaiah adopt a less blasphemous handle and actually become more belligerent in the process. The sopho...
Academy
The Academy
PUBLISHED May 1, 2004
Practitioners of the same brand of epic emo rock as bands like Brand New and Thursday, this youthful Chicago quintet is far from the deriva...
Bad Religion
How Could Hell Be Any Worse / Suffer / No Control / Against the Grain / Generator
PUBLISHED May 1, 2004
With Bad Religion, the godfathers of melodic aggressive punk rock now back and rocking harder than ever if you thought their last disc ro...
Brazil
A Hostage and the Meaning of Life
PUBLISHED May 1, 2004
Similarly revered and dismissed for their uncanny resemblance to former label-mates and prog-punk practitioners At the Drive-In after the r...
Caffiends
Fission, Fusion and Things Made of Concrete
PUBLISHED May 1, 2004
Well it seems a certain Southern California punk band has been studying the Refuseds brilliant, groundbreaking The Shape of Punk to Come....
Make Believe
Make Believe
PUBLISHED May 1, 2004
The band name may be new, but the players will certainly be familiar. Comprising the last touring line-up of Joan of Arc, this is Tim Kinse...