Blog: The Gumshoe Grove

Every reviewer dreads this e-mail (sent to me recently by a fellow reviewer): "Hey bud, I started a band! I'm sending you a copy, so be sure to review it ..." Better men have folded under the pressure. Me? I popped Alien Nation, which you can buy HERE , in like it wasn't curated by a fellow Skyscraper Magazine -- R.I.P. -- contributor (Matthew V to you) and rocked the-fuck out. Shallows A.D. possess a sound I just haven't been exposed to much lately. They play loud guitars [...]