Oi Mates! In the last Scenester 101, we taught you how to be a stage diving, mic grabbing hardcore kid… now it’s time to teach you how to be a bloody skin! 9. Speak with a Cockney AccentIt doesn’t matter that you’re a 16 year old from Nebraska… speak with a Cockney accent if you […]
mc chris – Part Six Part One
When I saw mc chris this past November, I mentioned that he didn’t really seem to be enjoying himself up on stage. Even with his 2008 release “mc chris is dead”, he made sure to keep the lyrics relatively clean in hopes of some radio play. It looks like 2009 is a return to form […]
A Mix For Warm Weather And The Beach
Finally… It’s finally warm enough to hit up the beach here on the east coast (fuck you!). I actually went on Sunday, where apparently the rest of NJ, NY and Philly also decided to go. And what better way to celebrate (besides going to the beach) than by posting a mix? Oh, and if you’re […]
World Inferno Friendship Society 4/25/09 (Live In Red Bank With Video)
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgGAM8OZGHE] Saturday was a busy day: Dodgeball tournaments and then going straight to see the World Inferno Friendship Society up in Red Bank, NJ at this small sports bar with a stage called Chubbys. Let me just say that it was an odd spot to see WIFS. Now, I can go through and describe the […]
Bouncing Souls – 20th Anniversary Series: Volume I
20 years… that’s more than pretty damn impressive. Being one of the most consistent bands in punk rock today (only one member change in 20 years), the Bouncing Souls obviously love what they’re doing. To celebrate their 20th year together, these New Jersey moochers are digitally releasing one new song every month, and then pressing […]
King Django – Roots Tonic (For fans of Bob Marley, Desmond Dekker, Bedouin Soundclash)
When you think of ska, if you think of a bunch of 13 year olds wearing their parents suits running around in circles, let King Django cleanse that vision for you. King Django is easily one of the most underrated old school ska / roots reggae artists around. Coming from New York, King Django is […]
A “Save The Planet” Mix
Have you hugged a tree today? Well you should probably be more productive, because trees don’t care if you hug them or not. Instead, you can check out a list of 172 things you can do to help save the world over here. And you can find out how many tons of carbon that you […]
The Unseen – Lower Class Crucifixtion (For fans of The Casualties, A Global Threat, The Virus)
I remember when I first got into street punk. The pure unadulterated, no bullshit pissed off energy without the pop hooks found in other styles of punk rock. While I know most people are (or were) introduced to the heavier styles of punk by The Casualties, it was actually the Boston punk rockers The Unseen […]
“Ghost Towns and Mad Styling” Mix!
So this weekend, as I often do, I headed down to my college town with some friends. However, this time around, there was seriously nobody around: everyone was either out of town or having a giant party and not telling any of us. We stopped at a few bars to see if we’d run into […]
Swingin’ Utters – A Juvenile Product Of The Working Class (For fans of Stiff Little Fingers, Social Distortion, Street Dogs)
Wow, was I an idiot… for the longest time I avoided San Francisco’s Swingin’ Utters because everything I’ve ever read about them said they were cow-punk(country mixed with punk). Now call me a musical racist, but to me, country music is like putting medicine in chocolate. No matter how much you cover country up, I’m […]