More punk rock than you can (proverbially) shake a stick at.
A few weeks ago, I headed out to Philly’s intimate dive The Barbary to catch Ratkicker who was opening for Die Choking with a pretty stacked lineup. It’s been about 3 years since I’ve seen these Philly punks, and since they were up first I made sure to get there nice and early. Ratkicker: It’s […]
So quick note before I start the post: the guitarist of Censors and Barnaby Jones (Justin) is a pretty big Twitch user and live-streamed the show, which was a going away party for him as he is moving. Censors starts at around 2:05, and Barnaby Jones starts around 2:55. Watch live video from HCJustin on […]
2017 was one of the few years that I didn’t head to any day of the city of brotherly shove’s annual This Is Hardcore, but I did head to Underground Arts for the stacked after show featuring Kill Your Idols and Violent Society. I love both of these bands and would easily go to a […]
I had a bit of a dilemma the other day. Since I’m apparently a fucking moron I bought tickets to two different shows on the same day, not realizing I already bought tickets for a different show. Because of this, I was faced with a huge existentialist crisis… do I go see Western Addiction (who […]
When I saw that California’s Tsunami Bomb recently reunited, and was playing the 1st of 3 East coast dates at one of my favorite spots Kung Fu Necktie, I immediately bought a ticket… I haven’t seen them play a show since they opened for The Bouncing Souls sometime in 03/04. It wasn’t until after I […]
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 […]
Completely stacked is the best way to describe the lineup of Asbury Park, NJ’s second day of Punk Rock Bowling. I got to The Stone Pony’s outdoor summer stage nice and early to catch New Jersey’s own Bigwig, and the place was pretty empty, but nowhere near as empty as one might expect for an […]
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 […]
On a hot June day, I headed out to Asbury Park, NJ to catch the east coast version of the infamous Vegas Punk bowling tournament at the Stone Pony outdoor summer stage. Sad to say (just like last year) that there isn’t any actual bowling that takes place anymore, there are a fuck ton of […]