More punk rock than you can (proverbially) shake a stick at.
Man… I am so fucking late with this post. With my current limited screen time it’s been really hard to keep up, but better late than never right? ANYWAYS: I bought tickets in advance for one of the most rad/bizarre shows I’ve ever been to. In all of their weirdness, psychedelic noise grind punks An […]
On a warm Saturday night, I headed to South Philly dive Connie’s Ric Rac in order to catch NJ ska hooligans Hub City Stompers. I got to the venue, and the show was running hours late due to a bartender quitting or something, and thus everyone was locked out. Cool. Since I was in South […]
After the first day of Asbury’s Punk Rock Bowling, sort of on a whim I decided to go to the aftershow at The Stone Pony featuring Boston’s Street Dogs and hardcore legends Sick Of It All. The place was pretty packed out, although not completely sold out. Street Dogs Video by youtube user: Lauren Stein […]
I’ve been super busy, just getting back from traveling a bit and having limited screen time in general so I am so damn behind on posts (shit… I mostly just want to post about the new Rancid album “Trooouuublemaaaakaaah!” No but seriously, it is actually good). Earlier this month, I headed to Philly’s Lava Space […]
When I saw that a bunch of powerviolence/grindcore bands were coming through Philly on the way to Maryland Deathfest, I knew I had to go. I headed out to Philly’s Black House, a tiny, intimate living room with the furniture upturned and got there right in time for openers Disparo. The place had a small […]
Last week, I headed to Philly’s weird/awesome art space PhilaMOCA to catch local hardcore supergroup Open City. If you’ve never been to the PhilaMOCA before, it’s this really cool space that used to be a showroom for mausoleums that’s now been converted into room with a small stage that projects videos behind it. If the […]
As a ska-punk fan growing up in New Jersey during the early 2000s, Streetlight Manifesto was always one of my favorite bands back in the day, and if you’re familar with the genre you damn well know who Streetlight Manifesto is by now. I honestly think that Tomas Kalnoky is one of the most talented […]
Like most punk fans in their late 20s/early 30s, I’ve been a fan of the whole “crack rock steady” family of bands for a long time now. I’ve seen Leftover Crack, Morning Glory, Star Fucking Hipsters, etc but never got to actually see Choking Victim before…the closest being Leftover Crack playing “Infested” a few times […]
When it was announced that recently reunited The Movielife would be playing Philly’s tiny dive Kung Fu Necktie, I knew I would have to buy a ticket as soon as they went on sale. And I’m incredibly glad I did, because the show sold out in about 5-10 minutes. I never got to see melodic […]
Man, it’s been way too long since Paint It Black has played a show in Philly. Last time they played their hometown, it was nearly 3 years ago on Mischief Night (the night before Halloween for all my non-Jersey/Philly peeps) where they played a secret show under a bridge. Philly was clearly antsy to see […]