
Fuck, this shit is good. The Fucking Cops are from Ohio and formed from by Jon and Andy from the ashes of their former band, the awesome Vietnam Werewolf . On their EP, You Have The Right To Shut The Fuck Up , the band is gritty and raw but less abrasive and more melodic than Vietnam Werewolf was. It's pretty fucking great shitty punk rock from a band that I hope lasts a little longer than Vietnam Werewolf did. At their core, The Fucking Cops is a pop-punk band and sounds not totally [...]
The weather is getting warmer here in Chicago so what better opportunity for a little Pop Punk Junk. Classic songs from Apocalypse Hoboken, Not Rebecca, Parasites, and more. I also threw a little As Friends Rust in here. You can't go wrong with that. MP3 Green Day - 2000 Light Years Away from the 1992 album Kerplunk Hit The Lights - Stay Out from the 2008 album Skip School, Start Fights [...]

Here's the second half of my list so if you missed the first part, it's right here . What you've got here are my favorite albums of 2008. Honestly, I was actually surprised how the list ended up but I don't care how much street cred I lose for these picks, they are the records that I just couldn't stop playing. 25. Okkervil River - The Stand Ins ( Jagjaguwar ) I'm pretty much convinced that any record that Will Sheff puts out (until [...]
Let me just remark that Vietnam Werewolf is an amazing band name. Incredible even. They also happen to be a totally bitchin' punk rock band that calls Cleveland Rock City home and have that cruddy and jumbled up punk sound that so many of the bands I grew up listening to had; in other words, I love this sort of shit. Raw, abrasive, and shitty but so much fun and so damn awesome. If you like Cleveland Bound Death Sentence, Latterman, D4, Fifteen, Tricky Dick, Banner Pilot, Digger, etc... I can [...]