Philadelphia Weekly | Doug Wallen

Super Consumers: A Lyrically Subversive Radio-Ready Anthem Factorynew

With a name like Super Consumers and a debut EP called Terrorism, you might expect something like anarchist punk.

Philadelphia Weekly | Doug Wallen | 09-08-2008 | Reviews

Tags: terrorism, modern rock, Super Consumers

Dr. Dog is Big Newsnew

In the last few years Dr. Dog have performed the national anthem at a Phillies game, been remixed by Beck, toured Europe and Australia, sold out the TLA and been mooned over by Wilco's Jeff Tweedy and Band of Horses' Ben Bridwell in The New York Times. They've come a long way from singing Beach Boys songs at parties.

Philadelphia Weekly | Doug Wallen | 08-11-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Dr. Dog, Fate

Add Lemons are Louder Than Rocks to the Silly Band Names Foldernew

'Gallop' & Other Distorted Loves Songs makes for a jaunty trip, recalling the quirky likes of Starlight Mints and early Dr. Dog along the way.

Philadelphia Weekly | Doug Wallen | 06-16-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: indie rock, 'Gallop' & Other Distorted Love Songs, Lemons are Louder Than Rocks

Rat Bastard Takes International Noise Conference on the Roadnew

Instead of booking a cross-country Laundry Room Squelchers tour, he decided to hold a different International Noise Conference in a different city nearly every night through April.

Philadelphia Weekly | Doug Wallen | 04-28-2008 | Concerts

Tags: noise, experimental music, concerts, International Noise Conference, Laundry Room Squelchers, Rat Bastard

'Unhitched' is Alternately Slick & Soulless and Sloppy & Hammynew

This would be the most repulsive Fox sitcom since The War at Home if not for healthy competition from Back to You and 'Til Death.

Philadelphia Weekly | Doug Wallen | 04-07-2008 | TV

Tags: FOX, TV, Unhitched

Accept Make a Rising as a Group of Weirdosnew

Then their songs seem less like showy acts of theatrics and more like pleasantly batty pop dressed in flamboyant robes.

Philadelphia Weekly | Doug Wallen | 03-31-2008 | Reviews

Tags: Infinite Ellipse and Head With Open Fontanel, Make a Rising

Just Forget About 'T3'new

Whether or not you attribute its pilot’s big ratings to the current dearth of scripted shows, The Sarah Connor Chronicles mostly deserves its early success.

Philadelphia Weekly | Doug Wallen | 02-04-2008 | TV

Tags: FOX, TV, Sarah Connor Chronicles

Umm ... Dropnew

The name may scream Rolling Stones, but Paint It Black are a screaming, tough-as-nails punk band, though their new album eerily explodes into foreign territory while still looking back to the genre's undiluted ideals.

Philadelphia Weekly | Doug Wallen | 01-02-2008 | Reviews

Tags: New Lexicon, Paint It Black