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• links, movies

  Quick Link Update

  10.13.10 | Permalink | Comment?

  + Kyle Twerks on the Internet My friend Kyle was just featured in this month’s Linebreaker Zine update.  Linebreaker is an online zine that “examines the writers that shape punk and hardcore, and gives them a voice to explain the meanings behind the lyrics we sing along to.” Click on his nipple to view the [...]

• links

  War and Love

  07.23.10 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  I came across a blog/zine called Linebreaker which “…examines the writers that shape punk and hardcore, and gives them a voice to explain the meanings behind the lyrics we sing along to.”  So here’s a couple interviews I found interesting. +  Defeater‘s lyricist/singer Derek Paul Archambault discusses war and the influence it had on his writing on [...]

• music, shows

  A few things

  05.04.10 | Permalink | Comment?

  + We Were Skeletons At the end of April my band did a weekend tour with a great band from Pennsylvania called We Were Skeletons.  They recently signed to Topshelf Records and will be releasing their new full length very soon.  If you like bands like Kid Crash and Loma Prieta you will probably dig [...]

• food, music

  short update

  04.20.10 | Permalink | Comment?

  + Hostage Calm It’s refreshing to see a “hardcore” band branch out into territory that is rarely explored in the genre.  Their new song Ballots/Stones, which I wouldn’t classify as hardcore, reminds me of a mixture of the clash, the smiths and wham – mixed with a bit of punk.  Sounds interesting, right?  Check it out HERE. [...]

• music

  Rather Be Dead

  03.27.10 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  *Edit*  Refused are still fucking dead.  Bummer. Well it looks like Refused is getting back together and playing some fests.  How can I get to Europe on the cheap? Download The Shape of Punk to Come and be reminded of how influential this album was.

• art, music

  Fucked Up, Gaia, Alexa Meade

  03.24.10 | Permalink | Comment?

  + Fucked Up – Year of the Ox/David’s Plan Here’s an awesome 20 minute video of Fucked Up playing a couple of songs for the French (French-Canadian?) website Bandeapart.fm. After dismissing this band for so long, watching this video really pumps me up to check out their old releases. + Gaia in Baltimore Anyone know [...]

• music

  Daughters – S/T

  03.18.10 | Permalink | Comment?

  I’ve been anticipating this album for a long time.  Although Daughters have always been a chaotic band I feel like with every new album release their sound progresses towards a more melodic controlled form of chaos. Daughters previous release, Hell Songs, showed the band’s songwriting moving away from the grinding, spastic and chaotic song structures [...]

• music

  Dangers – Messy, Isn’t It?

  12.06.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Base. How low can we go? Fuck the Beatles, I’m an animal An upright ape with opposable thumbs To hold the clubs To hold the guns Swing low sweet chariot God bless my DNA Drunk drive my Chevy to the levee Let the flood come and sweep me away [...]

• music

  Defeater – Lost Ground

  11.15.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  I’m on my first listen through and so far it fucking rules. Snatch it HERE. Buy the vinyl HERE.  (Nice patriot swirl btw)

• music, video

  Touche Amore – Honest Sleep

  11.08.09 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  Touche Amore played a great set at the Charm City Art Space on Friday.  They’re one of the loudest bands I’ve seen at the Art Space and you could tell they’ve been on tour for a while because their instrumentation was extremely tight.  If you have the chance go see them live. Touche Amore are [...]