Local news personalities could do a darn good fluff piece about Grabass Charlestons : the kind of band becoming increasingly rare in these days, hometown heroes, touring for a decade, day jobs, then-triumph! Modest southern-style triumph! Dale & the Careeners is the best thing they've ever done. Listening the this album, the spirit never leaves you. You put your faith in Dale from the first song " Stormy Weather " and it lifts you over any inconsistency or crack in the album (not that there are many!). It's a [...]
There were so many good albums this year that I couldn't make the decision to rank them, and I know that's not the most important decision anyway, so this year's best-of list is in groups with no internal order. This is the art I spent my cherished/wasted time consuming this year. Hope everybody's upcoming year is full of growth. Albums, Best of the Best: Franz Nicolay - Do the Struggle - tentative cynic-folk, sincere show-rock ( 9B review ) [...]
Grabass Charlestons are streaming Dale & the Careeners which is due on October 23, 2012 . The band has released splits with The Ergs , Toys That Kill and The Arrivals since their last full length, 2005's Ask Mark Twain. . The album marks the recorded debut of drummer Ryan Quinney ( Holopaw , Fiya ), and was recorded at Black Bear Studios in Gainesville, FL by Ryan Williams and Matt Finch.
Grabass Charlestons have announced that they will be releasing Dale & the Careeners on October 23, 2012 . The band has released splits with The Ergs , Toys That Kill and The Arrivals since their last full length, 2005's Ask Mark Twain. The new album, which marks the recorded debut of drummer Ryan Quinney ( Holopaw , Fiya ), was recorded at Black Bear Studios in Gainesville, FL by Ryan Williams and Matt Finch. The band is promising a series [...]
Flash back to an old house with a strawberry patch out back. It is a patch worthy of a late night rendevous to reclaim the fruits of youth. This is my childhood. Every February/March when the strawberries come out full bore and Florida celebrates with a festival nestled somewhere within the vast fruit fields I think back to that tiny patch. The beginning. The place where fresh fruit met whipped cream or cake or ice cream or cereal. Where big fat and juicy was the name of the game. A certain bit of nostalgia comes with strawberry season and that [...]
Like a lot of the previously featured towns in the Area Codes series, Gainesville, FL has a rich history as a music scene, going back to the '70s when some guy named Tom Petty ran ramshod in town. In the '90s, No Idea Records, and its associated bands, became a major magnet for Florida's youth culture, with acts like Against Me!, Hot Water Music, Jawbreaker and others in wrapped up in No Idea's fold. While hints of that punk spirit can still be detected in the modern music that Gainesville is putting out - pop-tinged punk and hardcore [...]
Welcome to another delightful edition of, "Things people consider the best things of this year and we post them because they're people we like and you probably care about"....Or (if you're into brevity) the, "Best of 2011" lists. In this edition we feature Luke McNiel of The Copyrights , Brian Przybylski of Shores and Dave Drobach of Grabass Charlestons . Check back often to see the opinions of those who matter spattered across our front page. It's what space Santa would want.
Enlighten your self with some music. It's another stellar week of shows in Atlanta
Gainesville, FL punk veterans Grabass Charlestons have posted a new song from an upcoming split 12" with Toys That Kill . Download "Dale" here .
Adding to the usual debauchery of Halloween weekend is the FEST in Gainesville, Florida. For three days (October 30 through November 1) avid music fans permeate Gator town. With over 300 bands playing in a dozen venues throughout the city, paired with impromptu and house shows, the FEST is like a punk enthusiast's scavenger hunt to awesomeness. The FEST is filled with ink, beards, and the Pabst Blue Ribbon that pours out of sweaty fans' pores, as they fist pump and crowd surf. Outside of the music related fare, there is Friday's FEST-organized pool party at [...]
The reason to buy this record is Side A.
FYF announces set times and preps for saturday.
Tickets to this year's FYF Fest on September 5, 2009 in Los Angeles, CA are only $8 until 5PM PST on August 29, 2009 ( Buy Tickets Here ). Seems like a pretty great deal to me, check out the impressive lineup below: FYF Fest 2009 Lineup Black Lips . Lightning Bolt . Tim & Eric . Lucero . Converge . Dillinger Escape Plan . Dan Deacon . Fucked Up . The Thermals . Glass Candy . No Age . [...]
Now in its sixth year, Los Angeles' F Yeah Fest has evolved into yet another incarnation. Created in 2004 by 18-year-old Sean Carlson, the event has been everything from a multi-day affair to a traveling tour. For its '09 edition, Carleson and co-curator Keith Morris (of Black Flag) have decided to make F Yeah Fest a one day extravaganza of up-and-comers and hidden gems, all amidst a backdrop of raising awareness for the possible closure of up to 100 California State Parks. The Black Lips, Tim & Eric, Lightning Bolt, The Thermals, and Lucero will head [...]
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