Ever take an album you think you’ve never listened to, and then once you play it, everything sounds familiar and you find yourself singing along to the majority of words? Yeah, that’s what happened with The Atari’s 1998 EP “Looking Forward To Failure”. It’s all coming back to me, I used to jam out to […]

On Saturday I headed down to South Philly to catch a basement show my friend was throwing. Go Rydell was the main inspiration for going out, and I’ve been meaning to catch The Great Explainer for quite some time now. Divided HeavenDivided Heaven from Los Angeles, CA was a one man, acoustic singer-songwriter who originally […]

Last night, I had a tough decision to make: I could go see Dan Yemin, Andy Nelson, Atom, and a few others do Black Flag covers as TV Casualty… or I could go see the sweet, sweet ska beats of The Slackers. I decided it’s been a little bit of a while since I’ve seen […]

The Holy Mess will be exploding pretty soon, especially now that they signed with Red Scare records, but they still will remain Philadelphia’s premier party band. Bringing kegs on stage with them and passing beer around, their live shows are always a good time, and their recorded stuff completely rules too. Released back in 2008, […]

Give Government Warning’s “No Moderation” one listen, and you’d swear that the Richmond, VA released this gem during the height of the 80s ‘Reagan era’ of hardcore punk, not 2006. Their first official LP, “No Moderation” is one fuck of a ride. Just like true 80s hardcore releases, you’re not going to find any bullshit: […]

Just how good is Punch’s Self Titled release? Let me put it like this, I was listening to them at work the other day, looked down at my feet, and noticed I was subconsciously two stepping. I first heard of San Francisco’s Punch when I saw them open for Paint it Black, and was completely […]

How the hell can any band be this damn consistently good? I’ve been listening to Protest The Hero since 2003, when they first released their Propagandhi influenced EP “A Calculated Use of Sound” and enjoyed watching PTH evolve with each new release (which, by the way, Kezia and Fortress are definitely on my favorite albums […]

They say don’t judge an album by it’s cover, but before I even listened to Atlanta’s Campaign’s “Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice!” EP, I had a feeling I knew what it was going to sound like, and damn did I nail it. I’ve never heard Campaign before, but their Beetlejuicex3 EP will definitely appeal to fans of […]

Last night, I headed out to Philly’s Kung Fu Neck Tie to catch best pop punk duders Hold Tight. I got there a little early (one of the bands dropped off apparently), and was starving, so props to the door girl who recommended this Mexican food place on 2nd and Master. Seriously, if you’re ever […]

Millions of Dead Cops playing Philly? There was no way I was going to miss this show. Yesterday, on the beautiful 70 degree afternoon, I headed out to Philly’s Barbary to catch MDC open for UK’s The Subhumans. I only caught the last song of the opening band, but from what I heard, they sounded […]