CITIZEN FISH, KRUM BUMS, ARCTIC FLOWERS, THE APATHY CYCLE ( Branx , 320 SE 2nd) For the past 31 years or so, Dick Lucas has had some pretty revolutionary ideas. Yet of all the incendiary concepts that have tumbled through the mangled British maw of the frontman for Citizen Fish and Subhumans, the most shocking is the belief that there will always be a place for ska music. Long before and long after soulless bands from Southern California squatted, gentrified, and ultimately ruined the once respectable genre, Lucas & Co. kept at it-seemingly indifferent to outsiders treading on [...]

Citizen Fish has posted a new track. "Wake Up" will appear on the band's upcoming LP Goods , due out March 1, 2011 via Alternative Tentacles . Check it out at their MySpace page .

<img style="padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; float: left" src=" http://www.thesoundofindie.com /wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Ci tizenFish-150x150.jpg" alt="CitizenFish" title="CitizenFish" In the 90s Citizen Fish , all the way from the UK, somehow thought it was worth their while to make it to South Dakota on a fairly regular basis. I sure hope that it was worth the trek and I am sure glad that they did. Since Citizen Fish was formed from The Subhumans it was pretty awesome to have a great UK punk band with first-wave UK punk pedigree playing small local shows. Last month Citizen [...]

Something good happened today. I saw Leonard Cohen's Live in London performance of Suzanne on KOCE and I remembered that I love music. I also remembered that I once had a pretty good website about it. I'm sorry I've neglected you for so many months, Weapon!! I'm back, and promise to throw something your way at least 3 times a week, starting now: This video makes me want to kick myself in the face for not going to see Leonard Cohen when [...]

With the economy in the toilet, it seems no surprise that a number of the working class political-punk bands from the 80's have been resurfacing. Reagan Youth just played "Punk Island" and Citizen Fish (featuring 2 members of Subhumans + Jasper + Silas) are playing tonight at the Knitting Factory. From The Cradle to the Grave (Subhumans' second release) originally came out in 1983 and shows the band's songwriting maturing. The band's message hasn't changed substantially across the first two discs but the music on The Cradle to the Grave is [...]
Ik ben niet zon grote liefhebber van split-cds. Meestal is het vooral een vuile truc om mij een dure cd aan te smeren terwijl ik maar de helft van de liedjes interessant vind. Het komt maar zelden voor dat ik...
Another new track from their upcoming Leftover Crack / Citizen Fish split has surfaced online. The disc is titled Deadline and Citizen Fish recorded 5 original songs along with their cover of LoC's "Clear Channel Fuck Off" and Choking Victim's "Money". Leftover Crack contributed 6 new songs and 2 covers, one being a Subhumans song and the other being a CItizen Fish song. Special guests on the record include Jello Biafra and M.D.C. s Dave Dictor. You can check out [...]
I'm sure all of you read every word of the previous post about my freshman year of college. If you haven't, get to it. As you now know, Jawbox's "Novelty" CD was a big one for me that year. So was our next foray, the Citizen Fish "Wider Than a Postcard" CD. This one got alot of play on my radio show, which I'm sure meant alot to the one person who was awake between 3 and 6 AM on Sunday mornings and had cable radio to boot. Overall it's a [...]