England's Futureheads may be one of the first real punk bands to emerge in many years. With an arsenal of blisteringly fast, great songs, a strident artiness, and so much youth, their trajectory should be unstoppable. "On their self-titled full-length debut, the Futureheads turn the promise of their early EPs and singles into an almost relentlessly playful, lively and smart album of zippy post-punk-pop. Even though shades of XTC, the Jam and Gang of Four (whose Andy Gill produced the album) jump out at alm...   [ read more ]

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Punk rock without guitars? Yep, a few kids who wore out their Huggy Bear and Nation of Ulysses records wanted to do something different, so they traded their guitars for keyboards, adopted pseudo-British accents, and began their US invasion in Austin, TX, circa 1995. The Prima Donnas deliver dark, keyboard-driven Eurotrash with the raw punk energy of The Stooges, more pompous rock attitude than the Rolling Stones, and a conspicuous fashion sense that can't be blamed on anyone. This is no boring '80s nostal...   [ read more ]

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Guitarist/vocalist Johnny Walker presents a faux southern minister's drawl for much of the record, and while some of the tracks become repetitive ("Gospel According to John"), they are saved by Walker's Delta bluesman-derived style of fingerpicking between the bass and treble strings on his guitar. This helps to fill out the bass-less sound of the duo. Drummer Ben Swank keeps his playing straightforward for much of the record, adding fills only where they're needed ("Front St. Front," {&"Gim...   [ read more ]

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