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…)
Chuck Ragan – Gold Country
Former Hot Water Music frontman Chuck Ragan has been nothing if not prolific since he started his solo career a few years ago. He’s released a live album, Los Feliz, a ton of 7” records, a collaboration with Austin Lucas called Bristle Ridge, and two solo studio albums, including his latest, Gold Country which is (Read more…)
Review: Chris Wollard & The Ship Thieves – Chris Wollard & The Ship Thieves
Chuck Ragan did it. Tim Barry did it. Chris McCaughan did it. And now Chris Wollard has released his first solo album after spending years in punk/post-hardcore giants (and one my favorite bands ever) Hot Water Music. But don’t be fooled by all these guys, after playing in the (albeit lesser-known) pop-punk band Allister, I (Read more…)
Naked Raygun & Hot Water Music @ HOB Chicago 1/3/2009
So last weekend the pregnant wife and I called my mother to look after the three year old singing machine better known as Hailey so that we could go out for a night punk rock music. We went downtown to the House Of Blues (my absolute least favorite venue in all of Chicago) to see (Read more…)
A spoonful of emo (vol. 5)
I am going to go out on a limb here and talk about a few bands that may be considered only marginally emo. Here goes. It is hard for me to believe that Hot Water Music has been together with the same line-up for ten years. Also a bit ironic that I chose to mention (Read more…)
