Virginia hardcore punkers Strike Anywhere announced a handful of new tour dates for May, June and August of this year. The dates contain stops as varied as West Virginia, California and Belgium. They’ll also have a “special and amazing” show in July that they will reveal info on shortly. Stay tuned! For now, check the […]
Virginia hardcore punkers Strike Anywhere announced a handful of new tour dates for May, June and August of this year. The dates contain stops as varied as West Virginia, California and Belgium. They’ll also have a “special and amazing” show in July that they will reveal info on shortly. Stay tuned! For now, check the up-to-the-minute dates here.
Strike Anywhere are still touring in support of October 2010’s Bridge Nine release “Iron Front.”
Arkansas-based emo-pop-rock brother duo School Boy Humor announced dates today for their “Fan Appreciation” headlining tour. The jaunt will take the band through a decent chunk of the eastern half of the United States from May 20 until June 13th. If you are interested (and you know you are), you can find the dates here. […]
Arkansas-based emo-pop-rock brother duo School Boy Humor announced dates today for their “Fan Appreciation” headlining tour. The jaunt will take the band through a decent chunk of the eastern half of the United States from May 20 until June 13th. If you are interested (and you know you are), you can find the dates here.
School Boy Humor’s last release was their self-titled Vagrant Records debut full-length in 2009.
San Antonio hardcore band Hardside announced via facebook today that they are heading into the studio to record a couple of new tracks today (on a Saturday!).The band will hit the road next month on a short tour that will take them through the southern United States (check dates here). No word on whether the […]
San Antonio hardcore band Hardside announced via facebook today that they are heading into the studio to record a couple of new tracks today (on a Saturday!).The band will hit the road next month on a short tour that will take them through the southern United States (check dates here).
No word on whether the new tracks will appear on a full length release or not, but the band’s last release was their debut 6131 Records EP entitled “Crucified.”
Eastern Pennsylvania pop punk/ melodic hardcore outfit, Think Big!, will be heading out on tour later this month. Check out the dates and locations here. The band released “Losing Ground” last year on Death to False Hope Records.
Eastern Pennsylvania pop punk/ melodic hardcore outfit, Think Big!, will be heading out on tour later this month. Check out the dates and locations here.
The band released “Losing Ground” last year on Death to False Hope Records.
Colorado punk act Elway has recently posted all 3 songs from their “Passing Days” single on their Facebook page. The first song, “Passing Days” will appear on their upcoming full-length “Delusions.” The other 2 “B-sides” (“Patrick’s Scarf Is So Douche” and “Wolf Shirt”) were recorded by Brandon from Teenage Bottlerocket out at his Mission To […]
Colorado punk act Elway has recently posted all 3 songs from their “Passing Days” single on their Facebook page. The first song, “Passing Days” will appear on their upcoming full-length “Delusions.” The other 2 “B-sides” (“Patrick’s Scarf Is So Douche” and “Wolf Shirt”) were recorded by Brandon from Teenage Bottlerocket out at his Mission To Shred home studio in Fort Collins.
“Delusions” is set to be released May 10 on Red Scare Records.
This will be the band’s first material to be released since they formed from the ashes of 10-4 Eleanor.
Toronto Screamo act Silverstein are streaming a brand new song off their upcoming album “Rescue.” It’s titled “Intervention,” and you can give it a listen here. “Rescue” hits stores April 26th via Hopeless Records.
Toronto Screamo act Silverstein are streaming a brand new song off their upcoming album “Rescue.” It’s titled “Intervention,” and you can give it a listen here.
“Rescue” hits stores April 26th via Hopeless Records.
I’m going to start this review off with a bit of a warning, Travis Barker‘s “Give The Drummer Some” is much closer to a RAP cd than a PUNK one. Sure, there are definitely punk rock influences and guest stars from the worlds of both punk (Tim Armstrong of Rancid) and metal (Corey Taylor of […]
I’m going to start this review off with a bit of a warning, Travis Barker‘s “Give The Drummer Some” is much closer to a RAP cd than a PUNK one. Sure, there are definitely punk rock influences and guest stars from the worlds of both punk (Tim Armstrong of Rancid) and metal (Corey Taylor of Slipknot and Stone Sour, Slash of GNR) and even a touch of techno thrown in, but overall “Give The Drummer Some” is a hip hop record. That being said, I really enjoyed this disc, but I’m sure a lot of you will not.
As I said, this is a rap album, but the drums and production were done by a man famous for his work in punk rock so you would expect some speed and aggression in the music and it’s there, but not on all of the tracks. Some of these songs have a more laid back flow to them. I’m not sure how “Give The Drummer Some” was conceived but it feels to me like these beats were custom made for the mc’s that appear on them.
Rappers like Lil’ Wayne and Cypress Hill, who have both released full rock influenced albums, RZA, who is no stranger to aggressive beats and Game, who has worked with Travis in the past handle the vocal duties on the harder, punkier tracks. Others, like Paul Wall, Kurupt, Snoop Dogg and Beanie Sigel handle the more mellow, throw back sounding beats and on “Cool Head”, Kid Cudi rhymes over a beat that sounds like it could have appeared on his latest album. To put it in simple terms, this album has a lot more depth than I was expecting it to have.
My favorite songs on this disc are,
“Raw Shit” featuring Tech N9ne & Bun B. This one contains a bouncy beat that works with each mc’s signature style.
“Can A Drummer Get Some” featuring Lil’ Wayne, Rick Ross, Swizz Beats & Game. This is one of the more rock influenced songs with a guitar, a cool drum beat and probably the best production on the whole album. Usually I’m not a fan of Lil’ Wayne but he’s actually funny on this one and his voice works with the music.
“If You Want To” featuring Pharrell & Lupe Fiasco. This one has a quick beat but it feels more funk than punk influenced. Lupe Fiasco is one of my favorites of the new crew of rappers and he sounds good on this track, it’s not his best work but it’s still better than most.
“Devils Got A Hold” featuring Slaughterhouse. This one is great because the mc’s (Royce Da 5’9″, Crooked I, Joe Budden & Joell Ortiz) tell a dark story rather than just spitting verses that have nothing to do with what the others are saying.
“Carry It” featuring RZA, Raekwon & Tom Morello. I like this one for two reasons. RZA, although he’s not a great lyricist, fits perfectly on this track and Tom Morello’s guitar playing is awesome.
There are several other hip hop songs on the disc that I really enjoyed but I wanted to leave room to cover some of the non-rap aspects of the disc. Like I said at the beginning of this review, punk and metal have definitely influenced this recording but to my surprise there is a straight up rock song on here. It’s called “On My Own” and it is sung by Corey Taylor, the song is more radio rock than metal but it’s actually a good song. There’s also a techno/screaming mess of a song called “Misfits” with Steve Aoki that I just can’t stand, but the big let down for me is the song “Saturday Night” featuring The Transplants. This song is not horrible but it is quite boring. I was hoping for something similar to the stuff that they released on their self titled cd but no… This is another slow song that makes me a bit concerned for the next Transplants album, it’s rumored that it will be released sometime this year.
One more thing before I go, Some of the songs that are mentioned in this review are only available on the deluxe version of the cd.
You can stream and/or download for free Washington Square Park’s entire new EP, “Simple With No Explanation,” right here. The release contains the new track “Simple With No Explanation” as well as two previously released tunes (“Open Ended” and “Material Hell”). The band released their debut full-length last summer.
You can stream and/or download for free Washington Square Park’s entire new EP, “Simple With No Explanation,” right here. The release contains the new track “Simple With No Explanation” as well as two previously released tunes (“Open Ended” and “Material Hell”).
The band released their debut full-length last summer.
Vocalist Scott Russo of the San Diego rock group Unwritten Law recently did an interview in which he discusses the band’s humble beginnings as a cover band, their new album and more. Check it out here. “Swan” was released on March 29th on Suburban Noize Records. Check out our review of “Swan” here.
Vocalist Scott Russo of the San Diego rock group Unwritten Law recently did an interview in which he discusses the band’s humble beginnings as a cover band, their new album and more. Check it out here.
“Swan” was released on March 29th on Suburban Noize Records. Check out our review of “Swan” here.
Canadian reggae rockers Bedouin Soundclash have posted a behind the scenes video of them recording “Here I Am” with the children of the Saint James Music Academy. Check out the video here. You can buy the single on I-tunes. The band’s latest album “Light The Horizon” was released September 28th on Pirates Blend Records.
Canadian reggae rockers Bedouin Soundclash have posted a behind the scenes video of them recording “Here I Am” with the children of the Saint James Music Academy.
Check out the video here. You can buy the single on I-tunes.
The band’s latest album “Light The Horizon” was released September 28th on Pirates Blend Records.