The Black and Blue Bowl at Webster Hall annually features a variety of hardcore bands. Considering my hardcore roots, I thought I would know more people at the show, but the bill was mostly mid-period bands. I did see some great metal shirts throughout, which made me immediatley comfy- Behemoth, Sodom, Gorguts..and at some point I did hear some Celtic Frost over the PA. The sold out crowd surfed, dove, piled-on and stared in awe at the slew of bands presented in this 9 hour day. There were no barriers in front of the [...]
And now for not long awaited/demanded second half of my Frank Sinatra covers album post. You can find part one here. Mind Over Matter - New York, New York Mind Over Matter was an NYC hardcore punk band that, if their Last.FM bio is anything to be believed, played a major factor in the development of screamo. If I was Mind Over Matter, that's not something I would be bragging about. I like this cover a lot, especially how it injects NYC crime statistics into [...]
Exactly 11 years ago, Miles Zuniga was jetting off to Amsterdam with his Austin-based alt-rock outfit Fastball to try to put some touring muscle behind its latest release, The Harsh Light Of Day. Expectations were high, given the surprising mainstream success of 19982s All The Pain Money Can Buy, which the band milked for almost [...]
Bridge Nine Records will be releasing a live album from straight edge/youth crew/crossover pioneers DYS . The record is titled More than Fashion: Live from the Gallery East and is due out August 9, 2011 . The set features tracks recorded at the Wonderland Ballroom in Revere, Massachusetts. DYS Founding member Dave Smalley went on to sing for Dag Nasty , ALL and Down by Law , among others, while co-founder Jonathan Anastas helped launch second-generation Boston hardcore band Slapshot .
Yes, you read that correctly. WEEZER, the pop group helmed by Rivers Cuomo, is headlining this year's five-day punk rock hootenanny known as Riot Fest . The festival returns to town October 5-9. Also on the bill this year are Social Distortion, X (playing their 1980 album Los Angeles ), Descendents, ALL, Helmet, Strike Anywhere and several Chicago acts including The Tossers, The Crombies and Nachtmystium. Another super secret Riot Fest headliner is expected to be announced this Friday. Tickets for this year's festival go on [...]
SF shoegazing rock band Vir just released this imaginative animated video for the song "Down by Law," the opening track from the band's latest album, Gillespie . The band will be performing at the Red Devil Lounge on Thursday June 23rd, with My Second Surprise and Never Never .
Back in 1993, music had not yet been ruined by the internet. Since information traveled through word of mouth and the postal system, it was much easier for a band to seem mysterious and larger than life than it is today, when you can see Jesse "Ripper" Owens' Twitpics of him flying model airplanes with [...]
This is a bonus episode, because it felt completely appropriate and cathartic to do so.
Since this is all about pop punk, does anyone remember the Big Show 2 in Elgin? Zoinks! played that show as did Slapstick, The Bollweevils, Oblivion, No Empathy, Boris The Sprinkler, Jon Cougar Concentration Camp, 4 Squares, and more. I can't even remember who I went to that show with, but it was a great one. Check out the flyer here . MP3 Lagwagon - Violins from the 1995 album Hoss The Starting Line - Best Of [...]
Captain America needs the abdominizer So, Nazz jr and I spent Saturday wandering the great and never-ending jungle of the NY Comic Con . Located in the cavernous Javits Center, 70,000 freaks and geeks attended. Rorshach and Poison Ivy Let's start off with the awesome... The first 18 minutes of Watchmen was previewed (plus an add'l scene form the middle of the movie). Holy shnikes! It [...]
With the day of mass turkey consumption rapidly approaching and Christmas right around the corner, one has to arm him, or her, self with plenty of conversational ammunition to wage a successful battle in the holiday banter wars. And can you think of a better way to impress your friends and family this holiday season than with obscure Rock And Roll fun facts? Plus these little nuggets of joy can be dropped at just the right time to get you out of potentially painful discussions. For example, say you're sitting around the dinner table devouring your third helping [...]
Down By Law have resurfaced with an update on their status as well as a new track: Dave [Smalley] and Sam [Williams] have been working on new Down By Law songs. They've got several recorded and mixed, and they are now actively looking for a label. The band has posted a new track here: " Bullets ." The long-running punk band, which features members of Dag Nasty, ALL, released their last album, windwardtidesandwaywardsails , in 2003.
It´s Friday, so time for another musical grab bag. Want to know what songs caught my attention over the last week for one reason or other? Please read on. Got some new stuff, some oldies and two flamingos. In a fruit fight. Let´s start off with Blitzen Trapper, a band I´ve praised in these pages before. They hail from Portland, Oregon and mix country, pop and Pavement-style indierock like no other. Currently Sub Pop recording artists, the country flavoured Texaco comes from the self-titled debut album on their own Lidkercow [...]
So what happens when a contemporary artist covers another contemporary artist? I call it magic. I mean, come on, Iron & Wine covering The Postal Service? Matt Pond covering Neutral Milk Hotel? Nick Cave covering Pulp? All awesome, all happening tonight. "Cubs In Five" The Mountain Goats "Cubs In Five" Eric Metronome This one goes out to my best friend, Pat, purveyor of Before There Was... and longtime Cubs apologist. Just messin'. He hails from Chicago and bleeds Cubby [...]
S o I thought it would be nice to honor a few requests with this post. Some Lanemeyer, J Church, and more. My daughter's temporary tattoo has been on for over a week now and shows no signs of coming off (well, maybe just a little). I think she's gonna be a punk fan as well. Keep your requests coming. Nine down, one to go. MP3 | Sludgeworth - Only One MP3 | [...]
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Two posts in one week!? I'm suddenly prolific! Big Country - Wonderland (Extended Mix) Big Country - Giant I created this blog because of bands like Big Country. Anyone who's only heard their sole American hit 'In A Big Country' and nothing else is really missing out on some of the best music of the '80s. Big Country's 1983 debut The Crossing is one of the defining albums of the New Wave movement - and it still holds up as an amazing record to [...]
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