When I first heard the album Trashed in high school, there was something so familiar, so honest, so inspired about Lagwagon’s music that they instantly became my favorite band. It’s surprising to say, but almost 15 years (and five albums) later, they still are. As the title suggests, their newest (half) album, I Think My […]
Chris Hall
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The Facts in the Case of the Departure of Miss Finch
A graphic novel. Story by Neil Gaiman. Illustrated by Michael Zulli. Darkhorse Books. Neil Gaiman’s work in comics has helped transform the medium from one capable only of dealing with grown men and women running around in tights to one that is as flexible in scope and subject matter as the prose novel. Gaiman has […]
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The Feel Good Record of the Year
Album by No Use for a Name. Fat Wreck Chords. For fans of West Coast melodic pop-punk it’d be hard to find a better new album than The Feel Good Record of the Yearfrom established masters of the genre, No Use for a Name (NUFAN). When Tony Sly and Rory Koff started NUFAN back in […]