Los Angeles punk band Spanish Love Songs have a new video out for their song “El Nino Considers His Failures.” The video is their performance of the song at Chicago’s Live From the Rock Room! The song comes from their most recent album Schmaltz, which was released on March 30 via A-F Records. You can […]
Los Angeles punk band Spanish Love Songs have a new video out for their song “El Nino Considers His Failures.” The video is their performance of the song at Chicago’s Live From the Rock Room!
The song comes from their most recent album Schmaltz, which was released on March 30 via A-F Records.
You can watch the video below.
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Montreal pop-punk band Dear Youth have released their new EP via Anchor 84. The EP, You Could Wish Me the Best was released on June 29 and is their debut with Anchor 84. You can stream the EP below.
Montreal pop-punk band Dear Youth have released their new EP via Anchor 84. The EP, You Could Wish Me the Best was released on June 29 and is their debut with Anchor 84.
You can stream the EP below.
Italian hardcore-punk band Definite released a new full-length album. Your Hell was released June 20 and is the follow-up to their 2015 LP It Happens Now! Stream the album below.
Italian hardcore-punk band Definite released a new full-length album.
Your Hell was released June 20 and is the follow-up to their 2015 LP It Happens Now!
Stream the album below.
Texas punkers Knockin’ Chucks, are releasing their first official full-length, “Can You Hear Me Knockin’?” The release is set for July 12 at Faust Tavern in San Antonio and judging by the first three songs streaming on their Bandcamp page, this one is going to knock your socks off, kiddos. This is how Texas pop […]
Texas punkers Knockin’ Chucks, are releasing their first official full-length, “Can You Hear Me Knockin’?”
The release is set for July 12 at Faust Tavern in San Antonio and judging by the first three songs streaming on their Bandcamp page, this one is going to knock your socks off, kiddos.
This is how Texas pop punks.
If you’ve been fucked over just once in your life then you’re probably going to love one or two of these tunes, with their pleasant blend of sparkling-eyed pop-punk charm and witty pessimism, throw in a dash of teenage insecurities, good booze and a party and, “Bam!” You’ve got Knockin’ Chucks. I get the feeling that this is what Mike Ness sounds like in a Ramone’s hoodie.
I can’t wait to get my hands on the rest of this one. Stream the first three songs and pre-order below. [Read more…]
The Anti-Bodies (Buffalo, NY) have released a new song. “Madness and Manderville” is fueled by a raunchy pop punk vibe, which gives way to the dead-man chill droning build-up that leads into wonderful harmonies and back to the catchy, driving rhythm of the chorus. There’s some solid guitar on this one mixed amidst the paranoid […]
The Anti-Bodies (Buffalo, NY) have released a new song.
“Madness and Manderville” is fueled by a raunchy pop punk vibe, which gives way to the dead-man chill droning build-up that leads into wonderful harmonies and back to the catchy, driving rhythm of the chorus.
There’s some solid guitar on this one mixed amidst the paranoid realizations of a madman.
For fans of horror-punk, The Lillingtons, Pears. Check this one out below… if you dare! [Read more…]
New from Strung Out, the band has announced they have teamed up with Lucky Luke Brewing out of Antelope Valley in Northern Los Angeles County. From The Toadies’ Rubbernecker Red to Hanson’s MMMhops and… what was that other group again? Strung Out is the latest in the trend of bands and musicians to team up […]
New from Strung Out, the band has announced they have teamed up with Lucky Luke Brewing out of Antelope Valley in Northern Los Angeles County.
From The Toadies’ Rubbernecker Red to Hanson’s MMMhops and… what was that other group again? Strung Out is the latest in the trend of bands and musicians to team up with breweries to try and bring beer-drinking fans a little something special.
Astrolux Golden Ale is expected to be “light, refreshing, crisp, and clean, but pack more punch than your daily drinking beer,” describes Brian Shmitz, the breweries founder, and at 6.1% ABV with Strung Out’s track record for putting out superb tunes, we are all sure hoping it satisfies… Oh, and science is involved in the beer-making as well.
Astrolux is already available in the breweries taproom and select bars and restaurants, with an official release party set for July 21 including a special guest acoustic set by… Can you guess who? It’s Strung Out.
…NOFX! It was NOFX with the other beer. Well, let’s hope we get to enjoy Astrolux Golden Ale a little bit longer. Check out the commercial below. [Read more…]
311 and The Offspring are currently co-headlining The Endless Summer tour. A 29 date stretch that will take them into September and features Gym Class Heroes as the openers. In a recent Funny or Die promo, the two bands get pulled over by America’s favorite Super Troopers tag team Car Ramrod. 311 latest release is […]
311 and The Offspring are currently co-headlining The Endless Summer tour. A 29 date stretch that will take them into September and features Gym Class Heroes as the openers. In a recent Funny or Die promo, the two bands get pulled over by America’s favorite Super Troopers tag team Car Ramrod.
311 latest release is 2017’s Mosaic. While we have seen some studio updates from The Offspring, they have not had an album since 2012’s Days Gone By.
Check out the shenanigans below.
Dance On Your Grave isn’t a part of my wheelhouse. I’m not a bagpipes and fiddles in my punk kinda guy. I’m the sort of snob who left Punk Rock Bowling early one night because Flogging Molly was playing. That’s the sort of guy I am. But—The Killigans, despite first appearances, are not just another […]
Dance On Your Grave isn’t a part of my wheelhouse. I’m not a bagpipes and fiddles in my punk kinda guy. I’m the sort of snob who left Punk Rock Bowling early one night because Flogging Molly was playing. That’s the sort of guy I am. But—The Killigans, despite first appearances, are not just another celtic punk band. In fact, upon listening, they reminded me of something I do like a lot: the folksy troubador stylings of the late Erik Petersen. Here is holistic folk music, pulling from strummed cowboy chords, the perspective of the working class, and yes, occasional bagpipes and fiddles.
The Killigans won me over with their songwriting. These guys can craft a melody, they can write a chorus, and they can get you to sing along with it. Dance On Your Grave sits somewhere between The Orphans and Rancid, with a wide-range of orchestration. Opener “Throw It Away,” is a certified stomper with a melodic guitar lead, lots of gang vocals, and a pointed message delivered in lyrics like, “the rich blame the poor, while the poor just try to get by.” Lyrical asides like this, coupled with their catchiness were what made me see the Killigans as more than just a punk band playing in a gimmicky subgenre. These guys have things to say and they’re using folk punk (and is punk that different than just electric folk in the first place?) as their platform.
The album, from there, doesn’t lose momentum with “Peducah” and its aggressive folk opening, or “One Angry Voice,” with its big, sticky woahs. “Burn it Down” is the first introduction to slower, more traditional folk, but by the time the chorus hits the electric strums are laying down a heavy rhythm and once again, we have something to shout along with. “Bartender” is one of the heavy-hitters on the album, a big ode to the bartender, that’s probably just a hop and a skip from being Billy Joel’s “Piano Man,” (a worthy influence, if I ever heard one). It’s a fun song, that’s insanely singable and works well within the context of the album, balancing the political content with some working class barn-burning.
The most insistent song on the album is “Reality Bites,” a pure stomper carried by sharp chords and a sneering vocal delivery that comes off as nearly apocalyptic in its disgust with the war being waged on the working class via gentrification. It’s this sort of grounded approach that makes Dance On Your Grave feel like more than an exercise in style. They lyrics here matter, and the folk trappings only serve to reinforce the perspective held within. This is music and lyrics, in lockstep.
Dance On Your Grave is an album I didn’t expect to like, but it won me over with its earnest exuberance and cutting politics. And it helps that the Killigans are no slouch in the songwriting department, crafting catchy melodies and fun arrangements in an effortless display of chops. While I think the album could be a song or two shorter, there’s no denying what the Killigans have done here. Dance On Your Grave is exemplary working class punk rock—an under-documented perspective, put to music meant to be played as well as learned.
4/5
Sydney-based skate/HC punkers The Phosphorus Bombs are now streaming their brand new EP, “Blank Slates.” This EP is the first release following their first full length ‘Cancers’ in 2017. Check it out below.
Sydney-based skate/HC punkers The Phosphorus Bombs are now streaming their brand new EP, “Blank Slates.” This EP is the first release following their first full length ‘Cancers’ in 2017.
Check it out below.
LA ska punks The Interrupters are now streaming their new album “Fight The Good Fight” on Hellcat Records. The entire album is recorded mostly to tape in order to capture the energy of their live shows. According to guitarist Kevin in regards to their approach on recording the album, “There’s a certain feeling you get from […]
LA ska punks The Interrupters are now streaming their new album “Fight The Good Fight” on Hellcat Records. The entire album is recorded mostly to tape in order to capture the energy of their live shows.
According to guitarist Kevin in regards to their approach on recording the album, “There’s a certain feeling you get from that process that you can’t really get digitally. There’s no overthinking anything—everyone’s got to be fully present and committed. It was definitely high-pressure, but also really fun.”
The Interrupters last released Say It Out Loud in June of 2015.
Check out the new album below.