Norwegian punk rockers FORGEABOUTIT are streaming their new single “Warning”. You can listen to the new song below. The single comes off the band’s upcoming EP. No word on when the new album will be released but you can bet it’ll be a doozy. If your a fan of Pennywise or NOFX this is a […]
Norwegian punk rockers FORGEABOUTIT are streaming their new single “Warning”.
You can listen to the new song below.
The single comes off the band’s upcoming EP. No word on when the new album will be released but you can bet it’ll be a doozy. If your a fan of Pennywise or NOFX this is a band you have to check out. [Read more…]
New York City punks Hot Knife are streaming their new album “My Fangs”. You can give the new album a listen below. This is the debut album for the band, and if your into Bouncing Souls or Pulley these guys do not disappoint.
New York City punks Hot Knife are streaming their new album “My Fangs”.
You can give the new album a listen below.
This is the debut album for the band, and if your into Bouncing Souls or Pulley these guys do not disappoint. [Read more…]
New Jersey ska punk outfit Dead Rejects are streaming their latest masterpiece “Grave Mistakes”. Which you can check out below. The new album is the eighth release from the band, and the first since last years split EP “Downers” with Positive Junk. The new albums delivers what we’ve come to expect from Dead Rejects, fun […]
New Jersey ska punk outfit Dead Rejects are streaming their latest masterpiece “Grave Mistakes”.
Which you can check out below.
The new album is the eighth release from the band, and the first since last years split EP “Downers” with Positive Junk. The new albums delivers what we’ve come to expect from Dead Rejects, fun music with a gothic undertone. If your a fan of ska I suggest you give this one a listen. [Read more…]
New York hardcore stalwart Ezra Kire from the band Morning Glory (Former Leftover Crack, Choking Victim) has released a pretty slick new video for the song “Speakers in the Sky”. Which you can check out below. The title song comes off Ezra’s forthcoming solo album “Speakers in the Sky”, which is due out September 29th.
New York hardcore stalwart Ezra Kire from the band Morning Glory (Former Leftover Crack, Choking Victim) has released a pretty slick new video for the song “Speakers in the Sky”.
Which you can check out below.
The title song comes off Ezra’s forthcoming solo album “Speakers in the Sky”, which is due out September 29th. [Read more…]
Ezra Kire is known from his early days in the New York crack rocksteady scene, writing songs and providing a voice that helped make the genre become a veritable revisioning of punk. In bands like Leftover Crack and Morning Glory he combined crust, black metal, and ska with pop hooks, and in that he did […]
Ezra Kire is known from his early days in the New York crack rocksteady scene, writing songs and providing a voice that helped make the genre become a veritable revisioning of punk. In bands like Leftover Crack and Morning Glory he combined crust, black metal, and ska with pop hooks, and in that he did something admirable– he helped create a new sort of punk rock that was both tough and catchy– something a new generation of misfits could worship and look to for guidance. As heavy as a sledgehammer, and about as subtle.
And then, in a fit of further revisioning, Kire started to separate himself from the scene he helped create and released new music with his old crack rocksteady band Morning Glory. But, the new M-Glory wasn’t the same as the old, it was defiantly Kire in every way. He found himself playing with the boundaries of punk, introducing piano and strings that backed loud and heavy anthems.
Now, there’s a new release, and again, a revision. Or maybe, just an update. Kire hasn’t stopped making music, and on Speakers in the Sky, it seems like maybe he can’t stop. He bleeds music and with a new record comes a new hemorrhage. Kire is an artist, the kind of human machine that can’t and won’t stop sublimating his experience. He was made with his purpose, and as a final act of removing outer-processes, he has left the Morning Glory moniker behind him, along with his last name. This new album, Speakers in the Sky, is credited to only Ezra.
And that’s fitting, because with the stripped down name comes stripped down music. This is largely a piano album, while the later tracks do bring in some of the Morning Glory bombast, it doesn’t aim to be punk by any means. “Everything is Wardsback” provides the baseline for what to expect from Speakers in the Sky— Billy Joel piano ballads sung with the desperate edge of a singer who wasn’t built to sing, but was born to nonetheless. “Civilian Song” continues in this direction and then “Love the World We Have” brings in a guitar crescendo that reminds us that the old Ezra is a long way from dead.
“Soldier On” is one of the best songs on the album, with a sticky refrain and harmonies that elevate it into something hopeful and ethereal. It is then effortlessly transformed as it continues into the title track. Here, we hear Ezra’s punk snarl, backed by messy electric guitars and sirens. It acts as a separate entity as well as a continuation of “Soldier On,” allowing the ballad to burn and become an anthem.
The album ends with the contemplative “Corpse’s Lullaby,” whose chorus of “Tell me!” sung by a choir of Ezras is one of the album’s biggest hooks. It’s lyrics call back to John Lennon’s “Imagine,” but as one would expect, it’s tougher and darker than what even the bleakest Beatle could conjure.
Speakers in the Sky is interesting because of Ezra, and an argument could be made that it’s engagement level will depend on what you think of the man himself. For a devotee who has followed his work, this new collection of ballads may be mesmerizing, but for the casual punk, they could come off as equally limp. Either way, there is no denying the talent, nor the perseverance of the artist, and when it comes to punk, that’s over half the battle.
3.5/5
Alternative/ska/reggae/punk rockers The Urge have released their first song in four years “How Does It Feel”, and it’s available for purchase/streaming on iTunes, Amazon.com and Google Play. Whether “How Does It Feel” will serve as a one-off single, or appear on the next Urge album, which will be their first since 2013’s Galvanized, is unknown, […]
Alternative/ska/reggae/punk rockers The Urge have released their first song in four years “How Does It Feel”, and it’s available for purchase/streaming on iTunes, Amazon.com and Google Play.
Whether “How Does It Feel” will serve as a one-off single, or appear on the next Urge album, which will be their first since 2013’s Galvanized, is unknown, but we’ll keep you posted as more details come to light.
Skate punk act SLED (formerly Pinhole Down) have premiered another track from their debut record under the new moniker. “Recidivist” is the fourth song from the band’s premier full-length album, A Better You, which will be released on September 15, 2017 via guitarist Garrett Wadford’s own label Bird Attack Records. Check out “Recidivist”, which features guest vocals from Belvedere’s Steve […]
Skate punk act SLED (formerly Pinhole Down) have premiered another track from their debut record under the new moniker. “Recidivist” is the fourth song from the band’s premier full-length album, A Better You, which will be released on September 15, 2017 via guitarist Garrett Wadford’s own label Bird Attack Records.
Check out “Recidivist”, which features guest vocals from Belvedere’s Steve Rawles, below, and if you like it, why not pre-order the full album today over at Bandcamp.
After two EPs between 2013 and 2014, self-proscribed French “hardcore ‘n’ roll rebels” Full Throttle Baby are about to release their long-awaited debut full-length effort called ‘Rock’N’Brawl’ this fall through Hell Prod (Directors Cut, Iron Bastards, Los Disidentes Del Sucio Motel…). In waiting for the preorders to launch, the band unveiled a first excerpt from […]
After two EPs between 2013 and 2014, self-proscribed French “hardcore ‘n’ roll rebels” Full Throttle Baby are about to release their long-awaited debut full-length effort called ‘Rock’N’Brawl’ this fall through Hell Prod (Directors Cut, Iron Bastards, Los Disidentes Del Sucio Motel…).
In waiting for the preorders to launch, the band unveiled a first excerpt from their upcoming album in the form of an official music video of the single “Coughin’ To Death” which you can check out below.
For Fans of Danko Jones, The Bronx…
The Mahones are currently recording their 11th studio album in Toronto Their new lineup, which includes, Cait “Rocky” O’Riordan, formerly of The Pogues, and former member Scruffy Wallace, who has rejoined after 12 years with Dropkick Murphys, have been working on the album throughout the year “Love – Death – Redemption” is slated for worldwide release […]
The Mahones are currently recording their 11th studio album in Toronto Their new lineup, which includes, Cait “Rocky” O’Riordan, formerly of The Pogues, and former member Scruffy Wallace, who has rejoined after 12 years with Dropkick Murphys, have been working on the album throughout the year
“Love – Death – Redemption” is slated for worldwide release on Whiskey Devil Records on January 12th.
Los Angeles based punk/hardcore act Emmer Effer have released a video for “What Was Your Name?”. The track is taken from the band’s upcoming album, “From The Bottom Down”, out through Felony Records on October 6th. You can watch the video below.
Los Angeles based punk/hardcore act Emmer Effer have released a video for “What Was Your Name?”. The track is taken from the band’s upcoming album, “From The Bottom Down”, out through Felony Records on October 6th.
You can watch the video below.