Thee Blind Crows “Like A Storm” Back From The Cave Thee Blind Crows know a thing about music. Comprised of Al Crow on Guitar and Vocals and Diego Crow on Drums, Thee Blind Crows have figured it out: Rock n … Continue Reading
Deerheart “Joey’s Girl” Fer Elise I just had to quote Deerheart on why he wrote this song: Once upon a long time ago, my wife, who was but a mere slip of a thing at 17, had a mad crush … Continue Reading
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds “Jesus Alone” Skeleton Key Nick Cave is definitely one of the greatest singer/songwriters up there with PJ Harvey and Leonard Cohen. On “Jesus Alone”, Nick scores again with one of his most beautiful yet … Continue Reading
M.I.A. “Go Off” A.I.M. Mathangi “Maya” Arulpragasam, who goes by the name M.I.A., is an English hip-hip artist/activist who might be one of the most controversial artists in the world. It is no doubt that she is not afraid of … Continue Reading
The Split Seconds “If I Was You” The Split Seconds THE BEST NEW PUNK BAND. I thought punk died in 1984. The Split Seconds have proved me wrong. With a sound like The Damned (“New Rose” anyone?), the Buzzcocks, and … Continue Reading
The Interrupters “By My Side” Say It Out Loud Anyone out there thinking that ska is dead? Well, you’re wrong. The Interrupters will definitely prove you wrong. Coming from LA (of course), The Interrupters are comprised of Aimee Interrupter: Vocals; Kevin … Continue Reading
Bizzythowed “Life Is Here” Blank Check, Volume 1 You love your funk with a heavy rock kick? Listen to Bizzythowed. Man, this guy places a mean fricking guitar. Blistering. With Bizzy on guitar/vocals, Teddy on Bass, and Marco on drums, … Continue Reading
The Split Seconds “Center Of Attention” The Split Seconds LP Finally, The Split Seconds have dropped their first album. What a killer. Anyone like the Buzzcocks? The Clash’s first two albums? Eater? The Damned’s “New Rose”? Here comes your dream. … Continue Reading
Anti-Flag “Sky Is Falling” American Spring I’m proud as hell to be from the same time of this great punk band: yeah, Pittsburgh. Anti-Flag is maybe the last true punk band to carry on the political fury of the Clash. … Continue Reading
Pylon “Gravity/Weather Radio” Pylon Live It’s 1983 again, hurray. Pylon has released a live single. Who’s Pylon, you ask? Just the third side of the huge trilogy of Athens, GA, bands which included the B-52’s and REM. Pylon fell in … Continue Reading
Fascinations Grand Chorus “I Don’t Wanna Fall In Love” Summer time music for you hep cats again. Fascinations Grand Chorus is like the Zombies with a female singer, or the 5,6,7,8’s with more control. This is a great song, without … Continue Reading
WOMPS “Manners” Our Fertile Forever Happy Summer. As I said, the best music comes out in the summer. Here is a band from Glasgow that has crawled out of the musical sewers for our enjoyment. Nihilism and jaded optimism converged … Continue Reading
The Way Down Wanderers “Dead Birds” The Way Down Wanderers This is the most interesting band I have heard for a long time. Austin Thomspon and Collin Krause, who play mandolin, violin, and guitar (dubbed ‘baby Dylan’ and ‘baby Neil … Continue Reading
The Split Seconds “Is This What I Get” The Split Seconds This is what Green Day tried to sound like. This is punk. Imagine The Damned’s “New Rose” with cleaner production. You would get The Split Seconds. I love this … Continue Reading
Warhaus “The Good Lie” We Fucked A Into Being First off, you name you new album, dropping in September, from a great quote from D. H. Lawrence’s “Lady Chatterly’s Lover”. Then you film your first video for the album, “The … Continue Reading
The Dandy Warhols “You Are Killing Me” Distortland What a crazy year it has been musically. We’ve lost a lot of people, but other stars are putting out great music. The Dandy Warhols are one of my very favorite bands … Continue Reading
Used Cassettes “Ghost Stories” Rock N Rill So, you’ve been asking and looking for the next down and dirty, punky rock n roll and thinking, Jack White, you deserted us? Well, look no further. Used Cassettes are here. They have … Continue Reading
Cold Fronts “Energy Wasters” Whatever//Forever The legend of Cold Fronts goes like this: The band was playing an impromptu show in the streets of Austin at SXSW in 2012 when the legendary Sire Records co-founder Seymour Stein passed by. Liking what he heard, … Continue Reading
Queen Zee and the Sasstones “Rotten Hands/Medicine” Demo Tape ’16 If you love punk in a Crampish style, you will love Queen Zee and the Sasstones. This band has everything; that great DIY sound, lo-fi production, and kick ass punk … Continue Reading
The Original Sharks “Capital Size” Dirty Little Weekend I love this band. Each of their songs clock 2 minutes or under and rock like hell. The Original Sharks are an American rock band from New York that originally formed as … Continue Reading