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Like all of my reviews, this one's very late in coming. Forge have already collected their well-deserved Detroit Music Award for OUTSTANDING HARD ROCK/METAL ARTIST/GROUP back in April and, I'm sure, are moving on to other things. I flaked out again a few months ago and disappeared from MB due to burnout and frustration and never finished their review. There just isn't enough time in my life to indulge in my avocation and meet all my familial and financial responsibilities. But when the writing bug bites, I have to listen and I really hate to leave things undone. So, enough of my blather. Here's my review of Forge's "Bring on The Apocalypse." - Mitch"
Not exactly hot off the presses, but certainly still relevant, Troubleman's debut CD contains eleven tracks of no-fuckin'-around Detroit rock & roll that derives its energy from bashing guitars and pounding drums, and most of it's sound from heyday garage/punk bands like The Stooges, The Clash & The Ramones. But while exploring and acknowledging its many influences on this disc, Troubleman may have already found itself. Click "Read More" below.
Coming from a group of skinny white boys, I'm not sure If I'm supposed to be amused or offended by the cover art of Four Deep's "Bruthas From Another Mutha"; An afro-clad space sista's about to tongue the sweat from a smaller, paler satellite sporting a nervous grin. Come to think about it, it's probably perfectly appropriate. I choose to be amused. Click "Read More" below for Mitch's review.
Well, it's finally happened. A band broke up before I could get out a review (to nobody's surprise). The two-man pop/rock act 
Webmaster Rick has been raving about Maybe August's "A Fine How Do You Do" ever since he received the CD way back in, oh, I don't know, maybe August? So why didn't he write the !@#% review himself? I'll tell you why. Because writing is hard. Writing is painful. Writing is an exercise in tortured adjectivity (ok, that's not even a word. I just made that up.). But most of all, writing reviews is a time-sucker matched only by forum loitering and video games. You don't want to wank-off the first thing that comes out of your your noodle 'cause you'll regret it in the morning. But if you wait for inspiration to strike you'll keep everybody waiting....and waiting....until the band has broken up and moved on to their respective retirement properties Up North (see, here in Michigan we capitalize "Up North"). With that in mind, let's open the oven on this half-baked 
Robb Roy's fourth full-length release, "Days of Pride & Hunger", offers fourteen new songs, one video by a White-Striped director, one jingle for an SUV-on-steroids, four cameos by local artists and nearly enough blood, sweat and tears to destroy one of Michigan's most beloved indie rock bands forever. Read Mitch Phillips' review of this important local release. It made him laugh, it made him cry, it made him ask Brittany Spears, "Why, oh why?" Click "Read More" below. 
Tortured by the role strain created by his neurotic need to please people and his ethical duty to give an honest opinion, Mitch Phillips' personality splits right down the middle in a temporary manifestation of review-induced schizophrenia. The Hopescope's "Bring In The Sun: A Five Year Journal" chronicles five years in the life of songwriter Eric Empson and his long journey from west-coast wanna-be to a self-realized soul. From unrequited love to the bottom of a bottle, Empson's musical diary is full of hard knocks. But where he eventually finds grace in The Divine, Mitch's altar ego only finds solace in the soothing sound of the waves.
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