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From Thursday 22 January 2015

Tim Barry ‘Lost & Rootless’

The singer/songwriter thing is what a lot of members of punk bands are doing to spiral off and try something different with their work, and we’ve seen it a lot in recent years; Chuck Ragan and Dave Hause are two that spring immediately to mind. Tim Barry is

Tuesday 06 January 2015

Meat Wave – ‘Brother’

The name of this band might make you cringe, but Chicago’s Meat Wave plays a kind of music that’s gross in a different way. It’s rough lo-fi punk, almost edging into that raw garage territory, that’s frantic and fun and a sound perfect for Chicago. Though Meat Wave’s

Wednesday 26 November 2014

Aspiga – ‘What Happened To You?’

Many styles of music today can definitely make you feel nostalgic for a different time—maybe when you were back in high school and going to shows in church basements, or listening to a new CD in a friend’s car on a road trip. New Jersey’s Aspiga really bring

Monday 04 August 2014

The Fur Coats – ‘A League of Extraordinary Octopuses’

With fourteen tracks of silly power pop, ‘A League of Extraordinary Octopuses’ isn’t overly sugary sweet, but it’s certainly a good time. The Fur Coats, from Chicago, feature Marc Ruvolo and Davey Houle (both of Das Kapital) and Devon Kay (Devon Kay and the Solutions/Direct Hit!). The three work

Thursday 31 July 2014

Dead Bars – ‘Dead Bars’

With Fest in Gainesville less than 100 days away now, it’s time to get more and more stoked for not just your favorite bands that you’ve seen time and time again, but newer, smaller bands that you may not have had the opportunity to check out before. Dead Bars, from

Tuesday 22 July 2014

Andrew Cream / Don Blake – ‘Split’

When most punks think of acoustic music from the UK, it’s probably a given that Frank Turner is the first artist to come to mind. The genre has definitely gotten much more recognition in recent years, with musicians like Turner and Sam Russo in the UK and Dave Hause

Friday 18 July 2014

Whipped – ‘Future No Brainers’

The Midwest produces a lot of things. Corn, tornadoes, soybeans, punk bands… Chicago’s Whipped are another product of the area, and they really pick up the pace in their EP ‘Future No Brainers’. They play the kind of catchy punk that’s so visible these days, but with differences

Thursday 03 July 2014

Pears – “Go To Prison”

The first time I listened to this record I accidentally listened to it three times. In this case, that’s good– it wasn’t that I couldn’t tell it was done, I just wanted to keep listening to it. Off the bat, with the first song “You’re Boring,” the only

Wednesday 18 June 2014

Leagues Apart – ‘Brief Interviews With Hideous Men’

It’s a familiar sound, but in this case, familiar certainly isn’t bad. Hailing from Manchester, Leagues Apart recently released their debut full-length, ‘Brief Interviews With Hideous Men’, and while they don’t go far from the style of previous releases like 2010’s ‘To Anywhere’ or the 2011 EP ‘Buffalo Club’,

Tuesday 03 June 2014

Ex Friends – Animal Needs

Though the release of Ex-Friends’ debut LP, Rules for Making Up Words, may not seem like too long ago, it’s always a pleasure for fans to get more music as soon as possible. Just months after the fall 2013 release of Rules, listeners are treated to the four-piece’s