- Chaser
- Pour Habit
- Does It Matter
- Youthinasia
- Strike Anywhere
- Skyline Collapse
- Hit The Switch
- The Rebel Spell
- The Bastard Suns
- Whaleface
- The Bollox
- My Life In Black And White
- TAT
- Rise Against
- The Flatliners
- NOFX
- Street Dogs
- Against Me!
- Mustard Plug
- The Casualties
- Born To Lose
- Amerikan Made
- Angry Agency
- The Snips
- Fake Problems
- Fake Problems
- The Gaslight Anthem
- The Offspring
- AFI
- Polar Bear Club
- The Riot Before
- Streetlight Manifesto
- Strike Twelve
- Frank Turner
- Captain, We're Sinking
- Vacation Bible School
- Direct Hit
- The Braces
- Bayside
- Darko
- Make Do And Mend
- Friends With The Enemy
- The Decline
- Abandin All Hope
- Old Man Markley
- Run, Forever
- The Horrible Crowes
- Crash Nomada
- After The Fact!
- The Venetia Fair
- Absent Minds
- Gameday Regulars
- The Slaughterhouse Chorus
- The Headlines
- The Last Slice
- Bandage
- Hey Mister
- The Donald Trumpets
Johnny X:
At some point over the last 10 years the Punk Scene began to lose its Angst. It might have begun when mainstream media decided to dub bands of the corporate produced, high-pitched vocal variety as "punk". Unfortunately, as some of these bands saw success among the masses, many of the punk labels responsible for the golden years of the 90's saw the dollar signs in backing a publicly palatable sound and quickly jumped on the bandwagon.
Seemingly overnight a genre known for its desperation, anger and nonconformity became known for its goofyness, whininess and catchy hooks. At the same time the old bands that built the Punk Scene of the 90's began to grow stale as their own success robbed them of the discontentment that once fueled their rage and drove their music.
But that angst is still out there. I created this website to expose to wider audiences the bands that still have that fire burning inside them. I created it to pump new blood into the anemic state of true Punk Rock today and to help salvage the remains of a DYING SCENE.
Recent Stories From Johnny X:
- New, Noteworthy, & Free: Brooklyn emo-pop-punks Cold Wrecks' new album "This Could Be Okay"
- Stream the new self-titled Defeater album
- Stream new album "Everybody Love Everybody" from ska-punk act Hooray For Our Side
- New & Noteworthy: Stream Snacks? / Audio Visceral split EP (punk rock)
- Bastard Radio (folk-punk) return with first new album in 5 years "Boon & Bane"
- Catch Chaser (DS Records) on tour in Europe this summer with UK skate punk act Darko
- New Found Glory cover "Let It Go" (yes, the song from "Frozen")
- Cut a rug with the infectious new track "P.A.D.D." from pop influenced ska act The Pomps
- New & Noteworthy: Stream new EP "Free At Loss" by Belgian hardcore act Sundays
- Stream new track "Greenplates" from Americana Punkers The Slaughterhouse Chorus
Recent Reviews From Johnny X:
- Album Review: The Real McKenzies - "Shine Not Burn"
- Album Review: Alkaline Trio - "This Addiction"
- Album Review: My Live In Black And White - "Bottles, Our Breakdown"
- Album Review: Does It Matter - "A Patriot's Pride"
- Album Review: Youthinasia - "Premature Erockulation"
- Album Review: Chaser - "Numb America"
- Review: Pour Habit - "Suiticide"
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Dude (PW_2374), thanks so much for the kind words. Usually expect the opposite on posts like this! And yeah, I think my hopes were just too high for that Pulley album. I thought it was good, not great, but maybe I just need to give it a few more spins to let it grow on me...
Dude, thanks so much for the kind words. Usually expect the opposite on posts like this! And yeah, I think my hopes were just too high for that Pulley album. I thought it was good, not great, but maybe I just need to give it a few more spins to let it grow on me...
"Shelter" and "A New America" by American Pinup were two of my favorite punk songs released last year! (or was it two years ago?)
Shows what kind of punk rock journalist I am. I totally thought it was a brand new album. Personally, I'm excited cuz it means I have two full albums from these guys I can check out right now. "Professionally", I need to step up my reporting game!
Mr. Weasel spouts out a lot of misconceptions. Do you think he's just doing it to real life troll us?
Seems a little harsh and certainly not how I would describe it. Are you just trolling? You must be trolling. And I just fell for it!
F U!
Never quite as good as Less Than Jake though...
Great song!
Sorta hate to admit it but I love it!
Ha. OK, that's a start. Glad you guys are liking SOMETHING. Over the coming weeks we'll be making lots of tweaks. Who knows, maybe we keep all the layout changes but just invert back to white text on darker backgrounds again. This feedback is helpful though! And yes, the styles on these comment replies is top of the list!
Stoked.
Not at all what I was expecting but gotta say I quite enjoyed it. Seems more like something you'd expect to hear on "Duh" and that's not a bad thing at all.
Nope. We find all our signings through the regular channels of our news coverage. In other words, submit your music for news and review consideration on DyingScene.com and if we like your stuff enough we'll approach you about putting the album out through DS Records.
Thanks, dude! Glad somebody's listening!
Ha. No way!
After seeing Revival Tour last week I'm really getting more into these types of releases.
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