Last Friday (3/27/09), I headed out to North Philly’s 941 Theater (and wound up stranded up there for a good 2 hours at 2am… fuck you SEPTA). I’ve never been to the 941 Theater before, so I wasn’t sure what to expect. It definitely looked like an old warehouse with a knee high stage made […]

Every review I’ve read said Merit sounds like Bayside mixed with Say Anything and a touch of Paramore… so why the fuck do I like Merit’s “Arson is For Lovers” when I can’t tolerate 2 minutes of any of the previously mentioned bands, or any poppy slightly emo tinged music for that matter? The biggest […]

(Photo by Michael Simonic) So apparently, if I lived in New Orleans, I probably would have just noticed now that there was a flood a few years back… I have an article written up that I was excited to post today (I couldn’t sleep last night because I wet the bed since I was so […]

It’s hard to believe that Philly ska/reggae legends Ruder Than You released their debut “Big Step” back in 1992 (that’s 17 years… don’t worry mathaphobes, we got your back). While it took a few live renditions of the songs to fully appreciate it, Big Step is a ska revivalist masterpiece. Pulling influences from all waves […]

I remember picking up Discharge’s Self-Titled album about five years ago. The college radio station that I had a show with was giving away all of their unwanted music, and allowed anybody to take a total of like 2 albums. Never hearing of Discharge before, the cover looked intriguing (and by intriguing, I mean looked […]

Welcome! We got bricks, lots and lots of bricks! Ahh Virginia, my college state… I lived there for a few years, and besides the initial culture shock of people actually saying hi to you on the street (I was convinced they wanted to mug or rape me), confederate flags (you lost over a few hundred […]

I had a tough decision last night… I could go see Less Than Jake, who I haven’t seen in years… or go see The Slackers who I saw a few months ago. After much debating with myself (I won), I decided to go see The Slackers, on the principle that Less Than Jake tickets were […]

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Growing up in New Jersey up until I was 18, I’ve always had a love/hate relationship with NJ hardcore. On one hand, there are definitely some solid ones (Vision anyone?). On the other hand, when I was growing up there, most Jersey “hardcore” bands were actually screamo, tainted with “oh so emotional” breakdowns that every […]

“Driving out pagan bitches so you could get wasted and wear tacky green beads since 387 AD.”(Photo By sicarr) Alright all you Irish people, Catholics, and people who pretend they’re Irish so they have an excuse to get wasted… Today’s your big day! So go grab a cold one (or if you don’t drink like […]