Updates
Hey friends, I’m gonna try to be better about writing a little bit more around here. There are a ton of great records that I just need to find time to write about. I’ll also eventually write a bit about Riot Fest and then the quickly approaching Fest itself. Until then, just go check out (Read more…)
Best Practices – The EP LP
Best Practices is a ridiculously good band from Providence, Rhode Island. Their new album (or whatever the release can be classified as) is called The EP LP and what a perfect title it is. On The EP LP Best Practices charges through 9 songs in a Joyce Manor-ish 12 minutes. It is full of what (Read more…)
Hot Water Music – Exister
Like so many other fans, when I first heard that Hot Water Music was making a new album I was extremely excited. With a legacy like theirs and a still-rabid fan base, Hot Water Music could have simply gone through the motions or just farted into a microphone and people would have still loved it. (Read more…)
OFF! – OFF!
OFF! records don’t just play in your iTunes or spin on your turntable. They spasmodically jump out of the speakers and shove you into the circle pit that is their sub two-minute, often sub one-minute songs. With only four EP’s and two other seven inches under their belt, this full length is proof that these (Read more…)
Can you hear the podcast from the Southside 08
Here’s a little music to keep you busy this weekend. This podcast (the first I’ve done in quite awhile) shows that I actually do remember how to put one of these things together. I’ve been listening to a lot of Night Birds lately, so… yeah. 01. The Copyrights – Straight To The Office [00:39] 02. (Read more…)
Red Collar – Welcome Home
With their latest full-length release, Welcome Home, Durham, North Carolina’s Red Collar again delivers a modern amped-up take on Americana. Their 2009 album Pilgrim was among my favorites of that year and even though we’ve got a lot of 2012 left, I’m pretty sure that Welcome Home will find a place on my year-end list (Read more…)
Mixtapes – Even On The Worst Nights
If this album doesn’t bring Cincinnati, Ohio’s Mixtapes fame and fortune (at least within this tiny little world of punk music) it’s just proof that most people have terrible taste. You see, Mixtapes’ second album, Even On The Worst Nights, comes out on June 26th (that’s next week) via No Sleep Records and it features (Read more…)
