For as long as I can remember (at least the last ten years of so) there have been punk rock broadcasting over the airwaves of Chicago and it’s suburbs. The All Ages Radio program airs from midnight – 4AM every Friday night/Saturday morning on North Central College’s station, WONC. I mention this not only because the show is good, but it’s also the place where I first heard the music of Division.
Division is (was?) a pop-punk band from the Chicago suburbs in the same vein as The Smoking Popes, early Alkaline Trio, and Dear You era Jawbreaker. They have never really toured, and haven’t gotten much national recognition. I’m not ever sure if they are still together or not. They have records out on The Sinister Label and The Magic Spot including a new split EP with Open Heart Surgery. The songs are pretty straightforward but not formulaic and they have some great vocal harmonies. Their drummer Mark has engineered a number of records for various suburban bands, and is a great guy to boot. Check em out below or click on MP3 Player on the sidebar.
A little while back I posted about the breakup of Chicago’s own Troubled Hubble. I’m always a little late, so I picked up their latest record (from which the song below is taken) and have been enjoying it a lot. Their sprightly indie pop is like a cross between They Might Be Giants and The Dismemberment Plan. The singer sounds a lot like Travis and his vocals go perfect with the tunes that brimming with energy and just plain fun.
MP3 | Division – Broadcasting Conversational
MP3 | Troubled Hubble – I’m Pretty Sure I Can See Molecules Making Beds In A Burning House
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There’s a song I want to send you, but I don’t know how. I’m technologically retarded. Anyway, it’s called Wear Clean Draws by The Coup. It’s for the kid. If you can track it down you’ll see what I mean.
Andy, is the real name of the song? I can’t seem to find it anywhere.
As far as I know, that’s it. The Lyrics
How do you post songs?
Andy – The first thing I do to post songs is upload them to a server and then link to them in my flash MP3 player. That gets them streaming. To download them, I just link to spots they are stored. Many people who don’t give a shit about streaimg their audio use stuff like ezarchive.com for file hosting. Get a blogger account.
Pishko – I got the song. Thanks for the recommendataion!