I’m All Shook Up!!!!!!!!!!
Shook Ones have really blown me away with the latest album, The Unquotable A.M.H (what does this stand for? anyone? no, seriously…get back to me on that) It’s been called too poppy and whatever, but...
View Articlereviews!
The Riot Before Mouthbreather check ‘em. Side note: I listened to Timy Barry’s Rivanna Junction twice through today. Yeah. I think I retract my statments. I should go ahead and delete that post....
View ArticleGoing to 11!
My Cobra Skulls interview! How has the feedback been for American Rubicon? Mixed. No… good. Well, pretty bad. It seems like the whole “It’s not as good as their last album” line is being used a lot,...
View ArticleTitle Fight will be The Last Thing You Forget
Title Fight’s The Last Thing You Forget is on constant rotation in my room lately. With two EPs under their belt, Last Thing displays some evolution in Title Fight’s sound. Like the previous EPs -...
View ArticleThe Geeks
Punknews.org finally got my interview with Ki Seok So of the Geeks up on the site. Check it out here Undoubtedly the most popular hardcore band based Korea, The Geeks should be one of the first coming...
View ArticleTitle Fight . . .
Interview has been posted on Punkews.org. Check it here! Kingston, PA’s Title Fight has been rapidly gaining popularity among a variety of punk fans over the last six years. Their brand of pop-punk...
View ArticleNo Friends – s/t
A fine first effort from supergroup No Friends -Municipal Waste’s Tony Foresta on vocals, and New Mexican Disaster Squad’s Richard Minino (drums), Sam Johnson (guitar, vocals), and Alex Goldfarb (bass,...
View ArticleCheap Girls – My Roaring 20s
Offering a solid progressive follow-up album, Cheap Girls are the current experts on paying homage to 90′s alternative and powerpop – if not the only experts in the field today. With last year’s debut...
View ArticleMindset – Real Power
Relentless fast-paced positivity from start to finish. Maryland’s Mindset keeps youth crew alive with their positivity throughout these four energetic songs. Empowering vocals from Ev don’t let up for...
View ArticleAdam Turla of Murder by Death
When the name ‘Adam Turla’ showed up on our caller ID last month, I got pretty fuckin nervous. Turned out to be alright and they stole the show later that evening at the 9:30 Club. This was finally...
View ArticleFirewater feature for Prague Post
Find the article here. Firewater, a punk, folk and world music band from Brooklyn, NewYork, is continually testing an idealistic assumption. “Most people – not some governments, maybe, but ordinary...
View ArticleFluff Fest/ Ruiner feature
My first article for The Prague Post Summer in the Czech Republic brings heat, ticks and music festivals of all sorts. Typically, festival organizers scramble to put the best names in their lineup,...
View ArticleEnd of a Year
Dudes just released a new album on Deathwish , and I talked to them for punknews.org. Stay tuned for a post there! After just wrapping up a tour of the U.S., End of a Year continues to celebrate their...
View ArticleSamiam
Get it before Punknews!!! Awkward, but not terrible. I’m a rusty in-person interviewer these days! Enjoy. With 20 years under their belt, Samiam have recently released their rarities collection...
View ArticleU.K. Subs Visit CR
I interviewed Alvin of U.K. Subs recently to get a story done for The Prague Post. Check it out here: http://www.praguepost.com/night-and-day/stage/7681-uk-subs-perpetual-punk.html What’s the key to...
View ArticleChat with Erik Ohlsson (guitar) of Millencolin
I spoke to Eric Ohlsson on skype the other day. Here it is – long and a bit awkward. Story on Millencolin for the Prague Post is up next. Enjoy! Tagged: eric ohlsson, machine 15, millencolin,...
View ArticleNew Luck, No Hesitation
I seem to have fallen out of the music journalism passion that so entrapped me before my English-teaching stint in Prague. The passion must’ve been dorment until two coffees in a row today and the...
View ArticleInterview: Jeff Pezatti of The Bomb, Naked Raygun
Get it here before punknews!! Chicago’s The Bomb, of Jeff Pezzati fame, have been keeping it fairly low-key the past couple years due to a lot of work in other musical projects. Still they managed to...
View ArticleInterview with Jeffrey Ziga of Armalite
GET IT HERE BEFORE PUNKNEWS!!!!! Philly’s Armalite has recently blessed us all with a new 7”, Humongous after a five-year break. A bit of an all-star group, Armalite combines the best of all four...
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