punk
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Topshelf Records is an underground record label based in Massachusetts that has steadily been gaining recognition and esteem since it was founded in 2005. They have put out vinyl releases for nearly 30 independent artists, many of which are characterized by an emotive punk sound that has been on the
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Download: Vacation- The Do Shit Disc Vacation is a lively new garage punk band from Cincinnati, Ohio. Their first CD release, entitled The Do Shit Disc, was also released on cassette as The Do Shit Tape. Now it’s online for free. Clocking in at just under fifteen minutes, the
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Recently, a lot of my video comments have been peppered with suggestions of the Men’s new album, Leave Home. These guys are a Brooklyn rock outfit with a rough, saturated sound that brings me back to some of my favorite Big Black tracks. Not only that, but the vocals
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On Fucked Up’s new album, the band brings concept to the forefront for a group of songs that tell a dramatic tale of love and loss. It’s pretty, well, complicated. As “epic” as this story is, what makes it grandiose also kinda kills it for me, too. These
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Liquid Assets by Safety Meeting Records Straight off Safety Meeting Records’ 2011 sampler, here is a track from Connecticut’s Iron Hand, which is one of the hardest bands ’round these parts. They got thrash’d riffs, some intense vocals, and a sound that’s heavier than most bands playing
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The first music video to come from one of the newest rock outfits to come out of England, FLATS. “Never Again” is the band’s debut single, and the intensity of this has me hoping for a new album later this year.
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Hailing from the Bronx, and featuring members of Murphy’s Law and Sick of It All, and Lament and Burn, Poor Lily brings punk back to its essential basics. And as old school as it sounds, this music could have only been made with hindsight, because it seems to pull
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MP3 Hailing from Arizona, TOAD–which stands for Take Over and Destroy–is a six-piece metal band that sounds kinda like the genre’s scrapyard. While scrapyards are full of junk, there’s also hidden treasure in them for anybody who is willing to to dig through the rusty pipes
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New video from Denmark’s Iceage, which is for a track off the band’s latest album, New Brigade. The album is out now on Escho.
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The latest single from Fucked Up’s David Comes to Life is both hard-hitting and thematic. The fierce punk energy that make this Canada band’s previous work so extreme remains intact as the band pulls together a track that begins the story that opens up this forthcoming concept album.
