Locked in your room, crying, because you missed the recent Four Year Strong/Energy/This Time Next Year/Mountain Man tour? Well you can get a little sampler of what Energy’s set was like at least as the band has posted a video from their Valentine’s Day performance at Club Hell in Providence, RI. Check out a performance […]
Locked in your room, crying, because you missed the recent Four Year Strong/Energy/This Time Next Year/Mountain Man tour? Well you can get a little sampler of what Energy’s set was like at least as the band has posted a video from their Valentine’s Day performance at Club Hell in Providence, RI. Check out a performance of the new Energy song Walk Into The Fire here.
Energy’s latest release, Invasions Of The Mind, came out last September on Bridge Nine Records.
Well, it’s official. Former Ignite lead singer, Zoli Teglas, is now the official lead singer for Pennywise. Not a huge surprise to most who have been following the story of Jim Lindberg’s sudden departure from Pennywise considering Teglas has been filling in for the former vocalist now for months. Pennywise will begin touring in Europe […]
Well, it’s official. Former Ignite lead singer, Zoli Teglas, is now the official lead singer for Pennywise. Not a huge surprise to most who have been following the story of Jim Lindberg’s sudden departure from Pennywise considering Teglas has been filling in for the former vocalist now for months.
Pennywise will begin touring in Europe (with a few warm up dates on the US West Coast) next month.
Go here for the official announcement.
Below are a couple albums that hit stores today. Listen to a few of their tracks – if you like what you hear support the bands and go buy an album. Close Your Eyes: We Will Overcome (Victory) Listen to 2 album tracks on the band’s MySpace. . Tony Sly: 12 Song Program (Fat Wreck […]
Below are a couple albums that hit stores today. Listen to a few of their tracks – if you like what you hear support the bands and go buy an album.
Close Your Eyes: We Will Overcome (Victory)
Listen to 2 album tracks on the band’s MySpace.
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Tony Sly: 12 Song Program (Fat Wreck Chords)
Listen to 2 album tracks on his MySpace.
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Smoking Popes: It’s Been A Long Day (Asian Man)
Listen to 3 album tracks on the band’s MySpace.
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Chaser: The Big Picture (Drop Anchor!)
Listen to 3 album tracks on the band’s MySpace.
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Story Of The Year: The Constant (Epitaph)
Stream the entire album on the band’s MySpace.
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Unwelcome Guests: Don’t Go Swimming (Kiss Of Death)
Listen to album 4 album tracks on the band’s MySpace.
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Michigan’s Small Brown Bike have released the details for Composite Vol. 2, the second installment in their 7-inch series of new material for No Idea Records. Scheduled for release on March 9th, Composite Vol. 2 will feature two new songs (Some Optimistic and Never Walk This Alone) tracked this past January in the band’s home […]
Michigan’s Small Brown Bike have released the details for Composite Vol. 2, the second installment in their 7-inch series of new material for No Idea Records.
Scheduled for release on March 9th, Composite Vol. 2 will feature two new songs (Some Optimistic and Never Walk This Alone) tracked this past January in the band’s home recording studio and mixed/mastered by Dave Feeny at Tempermill.
The band commented that the two new songs “feel a little slower and colder than Composite Vol. 1‘s material. That’s what a winter in Michigan will do to a band.”
SBB recently released Composite Vol. 1, a 7″ on No Idea Records. The 7″ featured two new songs recorded in 2009; When We Run and Hourglass and you can currently stream them here.
James from Anchor Arms, Ryan and Randy from Spanish Gamble and Bobby Franchise from Homemade Handgrenade have joined forces to form the punk “supergroup” BallsxDeep. The band is being called a “guerilla style hardcore outfit” and they are currently writing, booking shows, and planning an EP for release on Fail Safe Records later this year.
James from Anchor Arms, Ryan and Randy from Spanish Gamble and Bobby Franchise from Homemade Handgrenade have joined forces to form the punk “supergroup” BallsxDeep.
The band is being called a “guerilla style hardcore outfit” and they are currently writing, booking shows, and planning an EP for release on Fail Safe Records later this year.
Canadian punk rockers Knucklehead are currently recording a new full-length album. We don’t know a release date, album name, or label but we can tell you that a new song titled Rock, Rhythm And Boots is streaming on the band’s MySpace page. It’s probably safe to assume the song will show up on the new […]
Canadian punk rockers Knucklehead are currently recording a new full-length album. We don’t know a release date, album name, or label but we can tell you that a new song titled Rock, Rhythm And Boots is streaming on the band’s MySpace page. It’s probably safe to assume the song will show up on the new album.
Knucklehead released their last album, New Black List, on Stumble Records in 2005.
Hold A Grudge has just released a new video for the song The Kids which you can check out here. The song will appear on Hold A Grudge’s upcoming album Doing Time, set to be released sometime this summer on Insurgence Records.
Hold A Grudge has just released a new video for the song The Kids which you can check out here.
The song will appear on Hold A Grudge’s upcoming album Doing Time, set to be released sometime this summer on Insurgence Records.
Not the best quality, but here is a live video for the song What The Hell Is A Gigawatt by Four Year Strong. The song is off the upcoming album Enemy Of The World which will drop March 9th.
Not the best quality, but here is a live video for the song What The Hell Is A Gigawatt by Four Year Strong.
The song is off the upcoming album Enemy Of The World which will drop March 9th.
Virginian Pop Punker’s Sing Me Insomnia have put up their EP The Introduction in its entirety for streaming on their MySpace page. The Introduction will be released tomorrow, February 16th on iTunes.
Virginian Pop Punker’s Sing Me Insomnia have put up their EP The Introduction in its entirety for streaming on their MySpace page.
The Introduction will be released tomorrow, February 16th on iTunes.
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I had only heard of Chaser two and a half months ago. Picked up their LP “Numb America” immediately after hearing the songs they had posted on myspace. I gave it a couple spins, was brought back to the 90s era of Bad Religion and Pennywise–the kind of music I grew up to, the stuff I listened to when I’d road trip with my dad. Nostalgic stuff, y’know?
So, of course I was stoked to hear about their follow-up release, “The Big Picture”.
I pre-ordered the album, and then went to see Chaser play in San Luis Obispo. That energetic show got me even more pumped for this release. And now I have my hands on this AMAZING album.
I really cannot stop listening to it.
This is melodic punk rock. I mean, these guys really know what they’re doing. A vast improvement on what didn’t necessarily need to be improved. Everything sounds cleaner, and the songs transition smoothly.
Being a writer myself, I always go through albums reading the lyrics. And the main question for me is, “What is the ‘big picture’?”
Well, I’ll let you figure that out on your own. I’ll just say, the album art is a BIG hint.
The lyrics are smart and thought-provoking, something that is a big thing for me when I listen to music. Yeah, the music can kick butt, but if the lyrics are slop…that’s just lame. I need meaning and emotion in the music I listen to.
“The Big Picture” delivers.
And this is a fun album. It gets me and my friends pumped. And there is variety: in tempo, in style, and in singing. What really stood out to me in this album is the guest appearance of Authority Zero’s Jason DeVore in the song “In This Together”. The song slows to that of reggae/ska, and you have the guest voice to compliment that.
And then you have the acoustic gem “My Promise”. WOW. This is not–repeat NOT–the cliché acoustic Swing-Life-Away-esque wannabe radio hit. This is sheer beauty, reflecting on personal life. Listen to the section after the song, and I dare you to not feel a little piece of your heart tremble.
With a release like “The Big Picture”, Chaser has a future ahead of them. This is smart music. This is the product of a band doing what they love, and it shows in the brilliant execution of each of the 12 tracks. Check these guys out, you will not regret it. Support them, they have good heads on their shoulders.
Recommended if you like: Pennywise, Bad Religion, the Offspring, older Rise Against.
Recommended tracks: “Nevermore”, “In This Together”, “More Than You Know”, “My Promise”.
So, final verdict:
Lyrics: 5
-As stated earlier, these are smart lyrics, not pissed-off nonsense ramble.
Sound: 4
-This is by no means a big budget, well-known production, and this is not a bad thing at all. In fact, I’d argue the lower production is ideal. No unnecessary bells and whistles.
Music: 4.5
-This is melodic stuff. It’s a fusion of technical metal, and four-chord power chord punk rock. So, you have repetitive stuff that doesn’t get old. Make sense?
Replay value: 5
-Upon first listen to this album, my friends and I were like “WOW! Let’s hear that again!!!” Spinning it again as I am typing this review.
Overall Rating: 4.625/5…uh, let’s round that up to 4.75/5.
I’m listening to it again. And again.
Boy, was I surprised to hear this CD. Great job, guys! Totally worth it. Looking forward to your next release.