Regret
Misery Brigade
Organized Crime (2006)
Organized Crime Records is branching out these days with the release from a band that isn't from the Chicago metropolitan area. Jokes! Jokes! I'm aware the label has released bands from outside of Chicago. This isn't a knock at the label; they just love their hometown bands. But you can't really blame them. I'm sure working face-to-face with bands and people that you see on a regular basis makes putting an album together a hell of a lot easier than a cross-country relationship that relies solely on phone-calls and emails. So who is the lucky band from outside the Chicago-land area? Regret from the great state of Minnesota, of course. And this is their debut EP, which follows up an impressive demo released last year - it saw a re-release on 7" earlier this year, also on Organized Crime. Misery Brigade opens with the track "Nineteen Sixty-Eight," an abrasive hardcore tune that clocks in at about two and a half minutes. There is a definite mix of metallic hardcore and rock and roll going on with Regret - so obvious comparisons to The Hope Conspiracy and The Suicide File are going to made. While there are similarities to be made, … Read more
The Format
Dog Problems
The Vanity Label (2006)
In all honesty, I chose to review The Format's Dog Problems simply to avoid reviewing a hardcore album, which is … Read more
Turn It Around
These Days
This Blessing, This Curse (2006)
It's been a while since Sacramento churned out a new band worth hearing, but Turn it Around is that band. … Read more
