More punk rock than you can (proverbially) shake a stick at.
Ahhh 2016, collectively the shit stain year of the decade. Admittedly, I haven’t had a chance to post many reviews as I’ve been busy/concussed (forced to limit screen time) so I didn’t post anywhere near as much as I would have liked, including for many of the albums in my top 10. Nonetheless, I’ve been […]
Portland’s Mean Jeans are back, this time signed to Fat Wreck with their latest release Tight New Dimension. I’ve been listening to it regularly for months now, and it’s some of the catchiest damn punk tunes I’ve heard from these guys. Known for their Ramones/Queers influenced punk rock with songs about partying, space, and […]
Last Friday, I headed out to Philly’s warehouse/house Second Empire to catch one of my favorite Ramones-worship punk bands around, Mean Jeans. I’ve never been to Second Empire before, but it was a pretty sweet spot that reminded me of Philly’s old Ox, but with more punk studs everywhere (including doors). Unfortunately I missed both […]
This was like a Ramones influenced pop-punk wet dream come true. When I first saw that the Mean Jeans and Kepi Ghoulie were coming around to Philly’s Golden Tea House (the best spot in Philly right now for house shows), I was beyond stoked, but I just thought that Kepi Ghoulie was doing his solo […]
After being in the sun all day at a super last minute Phillies game (don’t care about the Phillies, hoped to see Tampa Bay lose), I headed out to Philly’s Barbary to catch one hell of a pop-punk lineup. I would have went for The Copyrights or Mean Jeans alone, but having them both on […]