Pop Injection

Genre: Garage / Noise Pop / Punk / Lo-Fi
Based In…: US
Label: In The Red
Year: 2008
My Rate: 8/10
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Ando ouvindo muito noise rock/pop ultimamente. Já ouvi Wavves, The Strange Boys, Dum Dum Girls e The Black Lips; todos bons! Agora, uma banda que realmente me pegou…

Baby Scream “Ups and Downs”
Baby Scream is a London based band originally formed by Juan Mazzola in Argentina. Mazzola has an affection for several classic pop influences like The Byrds, John Lennon, and The Replacements. The album goes through many…

Damn. Another overly hectic and superbly busy month has come and gone. In fact, it’s been so damn busy this month that I never found the time to surf in and out of the nooks and crannies of MySpace like…

When the new Hellmouth CD crossed over the Ripple transom, The Pope and I just knew we were in for a treat. We’d already been high on their sound, an amped up punked up slab of riotous thrash metal, and…

WAVES - AN ANTHOLOGY OF NEW MUSIC VOL 1 (1979)

Pressed in blue vinyl, “Waves” was the second compilation from the legendary Bomp label. Greg Shaw and Bomp began as a rock magazine in ‘70 and became an “alternative music industry” in ‘74,…

Psychostick - Sandwich

Ok, here’s the thing. I approached this CD with the same amount of trepidation that a nuclear plant worker approaches an unsealed tube of radioactive waste. Wishing I could don a full body suit and protective facial shield,…

Genre: Indiepop / Guitar Pop / Noise Pop
Based In…: UK
Label: Rutland Records
Year: 1991
My Rate: 10/10

Rich (guitarras/vocais), Robbe (baixo), Shane (guitarras) and Robyn (bateria) eram adolescentes ainda quando formaram o The Ammonites em Leicester, UK no final da década de 80. Sendo influenciados pela Sarah Records…

Welcome to another installment of another of my favorite columns here on the Ripple Effect, The Seven Inches of Fun. We’re blessed here to receive a great assortment of vinyl submissions, usually in the form of the delectable seven inch…

Straight outta’ Paris, France comes one of the most unique and invigorating bands to happen upon the Ripple offices in some time. Combining rock with punk, a little alt this with a little metal that, throw in some jazz and…

Who’s that pissing on your leg? Oh, it’s Denton, TX. First, the town splattered listeners with the Riverboat Gamblers, particularly their raucous Gearhead Records debut. But in 2004 it’s the Marked Men, who after an eponymous effort for Rip Off…