
The Part Time Punks Festival will be kicking off at The Echo this evening. The Festival will host A Certain Ratio's first show in the US as well as the Vivian Girls' west coast debut, and Pylon's west coast debut as well since they reformed to promote DFA's reissuing of their back catalogue. In between sets the event will be also be featuring "screenings of rare & unseen Post-Punk videos, films & live performances" from a variety of post-punk figureheads. The Schedule: ECHO SCHEDULE: 2:30pm - Soft Boiled Eggies [...]

As many of the Brooklyn lo-fi set continue to dominate people's radar this year (Vivian Girls, Crystal Stilts) it seems more than likely that Nodzzz will soon slot themselves in amongst these names. With their first 7" unleashing the instantly catchy garage-pop of "I Don't Wanna Smoke Marijuana" on the world and their following 12" now appropriately landing on What's Your Rupture?, good things seem to be lining up for the band. More jangly and instantly catchy than either of the aforementioned bands, they split the difference between scrappy garage aesthetics and lo-fi jangle but the real gem is their [...]
Nodzzz - In The City (Contract High) Nodzzz - City Has No Eyes What's Noddzz sitch?? Do they have big brown moppy haircuts and sleepy eyes, do they live in apartments that are just too small enough and then play shows and go to the houses of people they've just met that night and drink vodka and say things with some weird confident unease that actually really is unease, leading them to often get a bit too drunk and turn up at parties of people they don't even [...]
So, I know its a bit early, seeing as this show isn't till the 20th but I couldn't wait. Mark your calenders and save the date, The one show i have been stoked for in a while. Everyone knows I am in love with The Vivian Girls. The Nodzzz are totally fun, and Love Is All were fun to see when they played the record store. The only way this show could get better is if PENS where playing.

Pese a que a muchos de nosotros nos pilla así como bastante lejos, no puedo dejar de avisar sobre un magnífico festival que me deja realmente con las ganas de dejar atrás ahorros, trabajo y demás ataduras y embarcarme en un corto -y caro- viaje para recordar viejos tiempos de festivalero. No se trata de un macrofestival al uso como los que nos cargan las pilas en verano, sino un sólo día de celebración post-punk el próximo 16 de noviembre en Los Ángeles. El part time punk traerá a algunos grupos que he [...]
Download: A Certain Ratio "Shack Up" Part Time Punks' Mike Stock texts us that A Certain Ratio have confirmed to headline the Part Time Punks fest on Sun., Nov. 16! They will be joining an already really impressive line-up and pushing it toward the legendary! If you don't know them, they were one of Manchester's best [...]