El Obo - Vrgn Evl from the flying chair on Vimeo . So I finally scrounged about enough extra cash to get my hands on El Obo's new album Oxford Basement Collection yesterday and I'm happy to report back that it's a great record. It's easy for a lot of artists nowadays to have solo-projects and alter ego's that seem like a redundant copycat of their main output, but that's not the case with Jesse Coppenbarger. El Obo's songs have a stark and soothing aesthetic, foraging [...]

Since releasing their first full length Miscarriage in 2008, Orlando's Vrgns have removed the "I's" from their name (they were Virgins) and added bassist extraordinaire (and the only guy ahead of me in my division of Punk Rock Fantasy Football) Alex Goldfarb to their lineup. The band is still fronted by Sam Johnson (who, along with Alex, was in New Mexican Disaster Squad) so that's cool. Anyhow, on their new album, Manimals , the band again dishes out hard-hitting and energetic straightforward snotty punk rock. It's not really pop-punk in the [...]

ARTIST: The SWAG Report 34 with freebie mp3 downloads for songs by Tyvek, Sexrays, Cowlick, The Dreadnoughts, Gang Of Four, Simian Mobile Disco, Matisyahu, Sean Bones, Mogwai, Fiya and more! So much more! DATE: 11-25-10 WRITER: Don Loder Alright junky, si'down a minute an' listen up, So I thought I was doin' good by ya. I thought, y'know, thirty new bits o' liberated music a week? That ain't bad right? 'At's what I thought, an' prolly whatchu [...]

mp3: Flight - "Turns To Blood" Found Flight through the pals at Impose Magazine. New waveish-noise from the mighty Mississip. Punchy and crowded, like swinging your fists in a busy bar. New record comes on Kill Zoo records later this month. mp3: Intelligence - "Like, like, like, like, like, like, like" mp3: Villagers - "Becoming A Jackal" mp3: VRGNS - "Everyone Is Weird" mp3: Microtia - "1000% sure"