More punk rock than you can (proverbially) shake a stick at.
This past Thursday, I headed to Philly’s intimate batting cages Everybody Hits to catch one of my favorite punk bands around Off With Their Heads. It’s been almost 2 years since I’ve last seen them when they opened for The Bouncing Souls, and it’s been at least 5 years since I’ve seen them actually headline […]
When your friends are buying starter homes with their accomplishments, driving 3.5 hours on a Tuesday for a show can seem childish and embarrassing. Yet this past Tuesday night I made the trek to Asbury Park’s House of Independents to catch Jeff Rosenstock play a sold out show. As expected, the 500 person venue was […]
Well here’s something I haven’t said since 1998, but this year has been a surprisingly good year for ska. My latest ska obsession has been The Interrupters 3rd and latest studio album Fight The Good Fight. The female fronted Los Angeles four piece is comprised of Bivona brothers Kevin, Justin, and James featuring Aimee Interrupter […]
On a stormy, tornado watch Saturday night, I headed out to Lancaster, PA’s Chameleon Club to catch my favorite NJ mooches The Bouncing Souls since they weren’t making a Philly stop. I haven’t been to Chameleon Club in a good 11 years since I last saw Streetlight Manifesto there back in 2007, and the long […]
There exists a few bands and albums that are considered sacred to us New Jersey punks who were teenagers around the time that Y2K was going to unleash the nukes and kill us all. The Bouncing Souls (obviously), Lifetime, and if you were one of the nerds who liked to flaunt the checkerboard pattern, Catch […]
Yesterday the highly influential hardcore band 7 Seconds decided to call it quits… you can read their official statement here, but TLDR: due to a bunch of personal health problems they’re hanging it up). Lightening the mood a bit is punk satire site The Hard Times with their piece about “Aging Punk Marks Himself Safe […]
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 […]
If I had to accurately describe my reaction in one word after listening to The Dopamines Tales Of Interest, it could be summed up as this: “Whoa.” The fourth studio album and the first in 5 years from these Cincinnati, Ohio punks, I’ll admit that Tales Of Interest (yes, it’s a Futurama reference) sort of […]
Well, 2018 certainly started off strong with a surprise album release from Jeff Rosenstock shortly after his secret set with PUP in Philadelphia. As is tradition with the man who pretty much pioneered it with his Quote/Unquote Records, the album POST is pay what you want through his Bandcamp and label website. His 3rd solo […]
I can’t believe it’s already 2018 and time to post top 10 best of lists. 2017 was a turbulent year for the US and much of the world, but also personally for me. I didn’t get to check out as much new music or make as many posts as usual due to a concussion I […]