Music Update

Even if the new Nomeansno's a little lacklustre, it's been a good week in music so far, and with the recent release of the new Cursive album we can only expect it to get better. The Pink Spiders and their debut album Teenage Graffiti has been in pretty heavy rotation, filling our pop quota. This trio from Nashville may look like L.A. New Wave and have you dreaming of angular British guitarwork, but really it's all hooks and distortion as Ric Ocasek has helped to craft a pretty piece of ear candy. The lead-off single, "Little Razorblade" just hit a million downloads off their myspace page.

For a more meatier sound we've really been enjoying the self-titled second release from The Bronx, who actually hail from Los Angeles, dispite their name. Think Queens of the Stone Age, but faster, louder, and harder, or perhaps a more melodic pre-Rollins Black Flag. Rumour has it that The Bronx will be subbing in for Black Flag in an upcoming film about legendary Germs lead singer Darby Crash. "History's Stranglers" gets our back up every time. However, the best rock single of the summer is quite likely to be "Black is the Rockinest Colour" from the Vancouver based The Belushis and their debut album Rich in Broken Glass. You owe to yourself to listen to this one - it's like the MC5 as fashion police.