More punk rock than you can (proverbially) shake a stick at.
Dangers is one of the best hardcore bands around, period. Touring in support of their new album The Bend In The Break, on Wednesday I had the chance to see them again over at Philadelphia’s First Unitarian Church basement. In the past, I’ve only seen these Los Angeles punks play Philly’s now defunct Golden Tea […]
It’s that time of year again where we are nearing the annual shopping deadline… err I mean special holiday season for you to get together with your family and loved ones around the dinner table, enjoy each other’s company, and fight about Donald Trump until you storm off and swear you aren’t ever talking politics […]
Ever since they started the tradition, I’ve attended The Bouncing Souls Home For The Holidays, their annual Christmas shows in Asbury Park NJ for almost a decade now. I grew up in NJ my entire life, and seeing the band in Asbury was always pretty special to me since it was the first place I […]
Every punk fan has their gateway band that really introduced them and made them fall in love with the genre. Unless you came out of the womb with a mohawk yelling oi with a Crass patch pinned to your diaper, odds are your first exposure was a pop-punk or skate punk band. For me, that […]
Being a hardcore fan growing up in NJ, Vision has been one of my staples for years now. While they never broke up or anything, shows from them these days are very occasional, and I missed them the last time they were in town over the summer. When I saw that they were playing at […]
My ancestral homeland New Jersey, one of the few places in the US where ska is still big. As has become an occasional tradition at this point (went back in 2008 and 2013), I headed out to a packed Starland Ballroom to see some of my favorite ska-punk bands around play “Skanksgiving”… because is it […]
I’ve been a fan of Jeff Rosenstock’s bands now for well over a decade, seeing ASOB and BTMI plenty of times over the years, and so I always try to catch him whenever he comes to town. About a week and a half ago, I headed to Philadelphia’s infamous First Unitarian Church to see him […]
On a cool Saturday night, I headed to Philly’s sold out First Unitarian Church to catch power violence pioneers Infest for their first ever show in the city of Brotherly love. The church basement was completely packed out when the California punk band with people looking to let off some steam considering everything going […]
70s punk band The Dickies have to be one of the most fun punk live bands around. I had the chance to catch them again, this time at Philly’s intimate Voltage lounge. The place had a sizable crowd for a Sunday night, and I got there right as Philly’s own The Droogettes were starting. The […]
*Once again, I’m really late on this post due to my incredibly limited screen time due to this stupid fucking post concussive syndrome as I’ve mentioned in previous (late) posts and staying on a screen longer than a few minutes causes instant migraines which lo and behold, doesn’t really go well when you’re trying to […]