Articles by Chris Gramlich

Botch
An Anthology of Dead Ends
PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2002
When a band as innovative, challenging and as brilliant as Botch releases a six-song EP, their first new material in nearly three years, it...
Boys Night Out
Broken Bones and Bloody Kisses
PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2002
Burlington, ON, home to departed screamo kings Grade, continues its fine legacy with recent Ferret signings Boysnightout. Not terribly grou...
The Dream Is Dead
Letter of Resignation
PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2002
It's hard not to like a band that opens their record with a sample from The Goonies and feature ex-members of Burn It Down, Harikari and Su...
A Days Refrain/Neil Perry
A Days Refrain/Neil Perry
PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2002
Robotic Empires attack of the split three-inch mini-CDs continues unabated with this little buzz saw from A Days Refrain and Neil Perry. E...
Kiss The Cynic
Kiss The Cynic
PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2002
Formed out of the ashes of New Jersey technical terrorists Luddite Clone, Kiss The Cynic should easily escape the "Dillinger clone tag Lud...
Song of Zarathustra
A View From High Tides
PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2002
Song of Zarathustra returns with the follow-up to their amazing The Birth of Tragedy, which signals a slight musical shift but is another i...
Ice Age
Chris Wedge and Carlos Saldanha
PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2002
While not as visually stunning or as lush as Pixar's Monsters, Inc., nor as engaging, story-wise, Blue Sky's Ice Age is nevertheless an exc...
Lightning Bolt
The Power of Salad
PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2002
The deranged brilliance of Lightning Bolt has finally been unleashed on The Power of Salad DVD. Musically, this two-piece (bass and drums)...