The Reveling – 3D Radio EP
Yeah, I’m sitting here (right this minute) in West-Central Pennsylvania writing this little extra bit about how my initial draft for this post was written on June 5th of this year and is now only being posted some 5 months later. Here it is. On their 4 song 3D Radio EP, the Brooklyn based quartet (Read more…)
!Attention! – Four Or Five Ways To Play These Chords
So these motherfuckers are from Toronto or some shit like that. Figures that Canadians would be responsible for making some outstanding catchy pop punk tunes like these. The weirdest thing is that the vocals are gruff… I mean really fucking gruff. It’s almost like the guy singing scratched up his throat with some broken beer (Read more…)
The Thermals – Personal Life
On Personal Life, the fifth full-length from Portland indie-pop-punkers The Thermals, it’s quickly evident that the band is giving it a little different twist this time around. Rather than come out of the gates with guns blazing, frontman Hutch Harris and bassist Kathy Foster have toned things down to the mid-tempo. Instead of angrily spitting (Read more…)
Off With Their Heads – In Desolation
So this is the Epitaph debut from Minneapolis, MN’s Off With Their Heads and I’ve heard bitching from some that the vocals are a little cleaner (which they are) and that the production is a little better (which it is) and that somehow detracts from this album. Those people need to quit whining and shut (Read more…)
The Holy Mess – Benefit Sesh 7″
Lotsa catchy melodies, brash shouted voices, tons of fun. Those are the ingredients that make Benefit Sesh, the new 7″ from Philadelphia’s The Holy Mess totally great. For those who need comparisons, think of The Menzingers or The Lawrence Arms and you’ll be pretty close. Yeah, it’s East Coast punk filtered through the cold gruff (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…)
Spanish Gamble – It’s All Coming Down
Okay. Being the proprietor and lone writer for this blog there is a ton of music that comes across my desk and gets played in my house. One of the few bands that my wife has totally fallen for via that process is this one. Now, there is absolutely zero chance that you won’t like (Read more…)
Sounds You Should Hear: Frogball
Who: Frogball Sounds: Pizza. Soda. World Peace. EP Where: Bellingham, Mass. How: Self-Released What: Truth be told, I thought this band had broken up, but I can’t really tell. They play/played raw basement punk that’s a little bit hardcore but also melodic and damn impossible to take seriously. The songs are short with ridiculous lyrics (Read more…)
Mixtapes – Maps
I’m not sure that I could be any more stoked about this about this album than I already am, but every time I listen I can’t help but smile a little wider than I did the time before. Checklist time. Female & male vocal harmonies? Acoustic guitars? Electric guitars? Fast pop punk leads? Charmingly cute (Read more…)
