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…)
Campaign – It Likes To Party EP
Simply based on the denim and beards they’re sporting on the cover of their newest EP It Likes To Party, the Atlanta-based punk quintet Campaign can’t be anything other than bad-ass. Luckily the music contained within backs ‘em up. The EP begins with some throat-shredding yells on “Rock Bottom Summer” that sound painfully atonal, but (Read more…)
Go Rydell – The Golden Age
Hey! You need to check out Go Rydell. They’re a melodic punk/hardcore band from Orlando, Florida and their latest album The Golden Age contains 10 fist-pumping songs that clock in at about 14 minutes. It’s blazing. Everything about this band reminds me of Kid Dynamite and Shook Ones and that (my friends) can never be (Read more…)
Young Livers – Of Misery And Toil
Of Misery And Toil is the second full-length from the Gainesville, Florida based group Young Livers and it’s an album that’s right up there with the best of the No Idea Records catalog. It’s gruff but melodic, and dense as shit while retaining clarity. It’s actually quite an achievement to make a record sound like (Read more…)
Sounds You Should Hear: Truth Is…
Who: Truth Is… Sounds: Three Words EP Where: Southern California How: Self-Released What: Truth Is… was a band from Southern California that combined hardcore riffs with pop punk vocal melodies into, well, pretty solid popcore (duh?). Their Three Words EP is available for free download here. I dig it. RIYL: Latin For Truth, old New (Read more…)
No Friends – No Friends / Traditional Failues EP
If you are looking for some great modern-yet-old-school-sounding hardcore punk you don’t need to look any further than No Friends and their self-titled LP from last year on No Idea. I’m serious. This album has been playing constantly in my car for the last few weeks (along with their new EP). The songs are short (Read more…)
Syracuse Me – Out With The Old, In With The Dudes
Without knowing anything about Syracuse Me except that they’ve got a ridiculous name, I can tell you that their EP Out With The Old, In With The Dudes sounds exactly like you imagined it would; music made by testosterone-filled teenage boys. Even so, let me just state that it actually a somewhat entertaining listen. So (Read more…)
No Harm Done – Escape
No Harm Done was a band from Deltona, Florida that played its last show on August 19th, 2009. It’s too bad because their third (and final) album Escape was released in 2008 and is full of some awesome hardcore pop punk hybrid that reminds me a little of (maybe) Set Your Goals. Others might say (Read more…)
Paint It Black – Surrender 7″
Paint. It. fucking. Black. Really, what can I say about this band other than frontman Dr. Dan Yemin should need no introduction to anyone reading this blog, right? Remember bands like Lifetime and Kid Dynamite? Okay then. Surrender (released on Fat Wreck) is the second 7”/digital EP that Paint It Black released in 2009 (the (Read more…)
