More punk rock than you can (proverbially) shake a stick at.
Last week, as a last minute decision I headed down to Philly’s TLA to catch crossover thrash kings Municipal Waste play with one of the biggest influences to American thrash Exodus. The show was actually billed as Adult Swim’s Mr. Pickles Trash-Tacular tour… I had no idea what the fuck Mr. Pickles is, but learned […]
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 […]
This past Wednesday, I headed to Philadelphia’s sold out Underground Arts in order to catch a stacked lineup of Melt Banana, The Melvins, and England’s Napalm Death. Definitely a diverse lineup,tThe place was pretty packed out from the moment I arrived right as Melt Banana were setting up. Melt Banana Japanese experimental noise punk band […]
Last week, on a random Tuesday night I headed out to Philadelphia’s Barbary to catch local grind band Fantasy Panther open for what has been dubbed the real life Spinal Tap metal band Anvil. I’ll be the first to admit I didn’t know much about Anvil going into the show as I’ve never seen The […]
Protest The Hero continues to blow my mind. Seeing these Ontario dudes progress from when I first got into them in 2003 from a melodic punk band to the genre hopping band they are today is pretty fucking awesome, and their latest Volition doesn’t disappoint. On Volition, Protest The Hero continues to follow their […]
Metal-core for the most part has a bad reputation with both metalheads and hardcore fans. In fact, back in college it was the one thing my metal friend and I could actually agree on regarding music, citing the fact that it’s usually not metal or hardcore enough and blending the shittiest parts of both to […]
I like my hardcore like I like my sex: spontaneous, noisy, and no time for fucking cuddling. An Albatross’s 2001 debut Eat Lightning Shit Thunder delivers exactly that, and then some. Playing some of the most sporadic music that the genre has to offer, these Wilkes-Barre (now Philadelphia) dudes are able to cram in more […]
Last night I headed out to Philly’s Trocadero to catch punk turned progressive metal act Protest The Hero. These guys always put on a good show, and I love watching how they’ve progressed from when I first heard their melodic punk sounds back when they released “A Calculated Use Of Sound” all the way to […]