Articles by Stuart Green
Standstill
The Ionic Spell
PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2003
Barcelona is probably not the first place you'd expect to find a band like Standstill. Eschewing the Latin rhythms of their homeland, the q...
Worthless United
A Nation Under
PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2003
A fixture on and off the Jersey punk scene over the past decade, A Nation Under finds Worthless United hitting their stride. This is blue c...
Dog Fashion Disco
Committed To a Bright Future
PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2003
Hey, remember the first Mr. Bungle album? DFD certainly do and obviously they've never gotten over the fact the Mike Patton's pre-Faith No...
Alkaline Trio
Good Mourning
PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2003
It's probably an unfair sweeping generalisation to make, but generally speaking, the drummer is the most expendable member of a band (unles...
Jack Breakfast
Over Big Bridges
PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2003
Toronto's beloved master of the sad ballad waltz serves up another delicious platter of nine melancholy musings in three-four time. Written...
Breaking Pangaea
Phoenix
PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2003
Now pared down to a duo of singer/songwriter/jazz-trained string plucker Fred Mascherino and drummer Will Noon, BP have modified their soun...
Downbelows
Queen and Bathurst
PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2003
Take a bunch of reformed pop-core punks, dress them up in leather jackets and lock them in a basement jam space somewhere in downtown Toron...
Down By Law
Windwardtidesandwaywardsails
PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2003
It's nice to see that Dave Smalley hasn't forgotten how to rock. On the last few Down by Law releases, it seemed Smalley was content to use...