Label: self-released Released: 2007 Syracuse’s Mistletoe plays some wild punk rock. It’s not quite focused though. “Ghost Relatives” leans toward churning hardcore, “Poor Timing” toward angular Fugazi-influenced post-hardcore and “Stop Growing Up” toward the gritty rootsiness of Avail. Still, they do manage to find the commonality in all of that to make up their sound. That mixes with a great… Read more »
I came across this on Redd Kross’ myspace page and thought it lent itself to a good trivia question: What album cover is being spoofed here? Unfortunately, I don’t have any good prizes to give away so this one will have to be for honor.
This comes from their acoustic show in Chicago last Thanksgiving.
Flipper played a show at Amoeba Music in San Francisco on February 18th. Check out the pictures from the show and check out the DVD.
To celebrate the release of Ride Your Bike’s Bad News from the Bar, Deep Elm has this awesome contest:
February 12, 2008, Rams Head Live, Baltimore, Maryland I wasn’t sure what to expect of the audience at a New York Dolls show in 2008. Would it be mostly an older crowd who’d known the Dolls from their earliest days? A group of thirty-somethings who know the them as the influence on bands they liked say twenty years ago? How… Read more »
Here’s a message from the band: “We just posted a YouTube clip of our acoustic performance of “Ocean” at our special Thanksgiving Day benefit show in Chicago this past November…Hope you enjoy it!”
Label: Jump Start Records Released: October 23, 2007 There are two things that outsiders often attribute to punk rock: angst and nihilism. While both of these are prevalent even today, to assume that these two things the very core of punk dismisses an awful lot, among which is One Win Choice. They replace angst with anger and nihilism with hope…. Read more »
Label: MVD Entertainment Group Released: February 19, 2008 Flipper is one of those bands that no one really likes for the music. It’s poorly constructed, disjointed and generally just a big mess. Nonetheless, they have fans, even 21 years after the death of singer Will Shatter and a spotty catalog at best since that time. The question then is, “Why?”… Read more »
* Recording to begin at production studio in late February* Album scheduled for Summer 2008 release by Black Numbers Fresh off their supporting slot on the Hot Water Music reunion show, Static Radio NJ (New Brunswick, N.J.) has announced plans for their yet-to-be-named debut full length via Black Numbers. In late February, the band will begin recording in Hoboken, New… Read more »