tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34125192193949765772023-12-21T12:51:00.685-06:00Squid Pro Quosquidproquohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01228612367022448701noreply@blogger.comBlogger287125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412519219394976577.post-56829014750321700532017-12-31T23:03:00.000-06:002017-12-31T23:03:29.074-06:00Top 10 Albums of 2017<b>AMOS PITSCH - LAKE EFFECT (<a href="http://forwardrecordsus.com/" target="_blank">FORWARD</a>)</b><br />
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From suburban Wisconsin, <a href="https://tenement.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Tenement</a> frontman Amos Pitsch released his first <a href="https://amospitsch.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">solo album</a> this year of winter and solstice-themed songs dusted with holiday spirit. This album features all originals as well as <a href="https://countrydusk.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">DUSK</a> bandmate Julia Blair on cello, viola and violin. Everything was written and recorded in-house, at the Crutch of Memory studio/residence ran by Pitsch and bandmates. <i>Lake Effect</i> is a montage of feelings, reminiscent of the season, easily resonant with Midwesterners all-too-familiar with the scenes found therein. Pitsch offers new perspectives on the holidays with tracks like the lonely "Empty Box to Hold" and "Shiny Things to Stop Your Tears."<br />
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<b>CAPITALIST KIDS - BRAND DAMAGE (<a href="https://www.eccentricpop.com/" target="_blank">ECCENTRIC POP</a>)</b><br />
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Austin's <a href="https://capitalistkids.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Capitalist Kids</a> is back with its brand of political-driven, hook-on-hook satire blended with honest, heart-on-its sleeve pop punk in over three years. This time around, the Cap Kids hit us with unexpected time changes, infectious hooks and unabashed left-leaning themes that yell what most of us never muster the guts to verbalize. They're unique in the sense that they capture old school '90s Lookout!-style pop punk fans as well as bring in new, youthful fans, not relying too heavy on nostalgic chord progressions or song structures. The Cap Kids are spot-on with its harmonies, and this summer, they ambitiously toured this record as a three-piece. I was thankful to have opened for them.<br />
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<b>LEMURIA - RECREATIONAL HATE (<a href="https://www.lemuriapop.com/" target="_blank">TURBO WORLDWIDE</a>)</b><br />
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Buffalo sweethearts <a href="https://www.lemuriapop.com/" target="_blank">Lemuria</a> surprised us this month by concomitantly launching its own record label with its first album in four years. This one sets itself apart by focusing on self-improving and finding your niche, yet still offers the familiar and sometimes-dissonant trading-off of tremendous vocals between singer Sheena Ozzella and drummer Alex Kerns. On this release, the trio worked with Chris Shaw (Weezer, Bob Dylan, Wilco) and recorded with J. Robbins (Jawbox), and the quality shows. <i>Recreational Hate</i> is equal parts evocative, sweet, sentimental and warm. The only thing more interesting than Max, Kerns and Ozzella's musicianship is the sum of its parts.<br />
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<b>THE LILLINGTONS - STELLA SAPIENTE (<a href="http://www.fatwreck.com/" target="_blank">FAT WRECK</a>)</b><br />
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<a href="https://thelillingtons.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">The Lillingtons</a> is by far the longest-running band on this list. Much like Lemuria, the band recorded this new album mostly in secret, minimally hinting on social media. This album marked the band's reinvention from sci-fi-themed pogo-punk to occult-themed post punk, sprinkled with heavy metal riffs. The band still doesn't stray too far from its roots, however. On the band's first new album in 11 years, they've solidified themselves into a darker disposition. They've evolved to be more complex songwriters and the average song length has stretched out from albums prior. The Lillingtons continue to cultivate wonder through mystery by way of secret societies and the haunting unknown.<br />
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<b>MEAT WAVE - THE INCESSANT (<a href="https://sideonedummy.com/home" target="_blank">SIDEONEDUMMY</a>)</b><br />
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<a href="https://meatwavechicago.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Meat Wave</a> lays it on thick from start to finish on <i>The Incessant</i>. Singer/guitarist Chris Sutter's frenetic energy and unsettled angst is in full bloom. The album builds upon itself, and there is a driving sense of urgency throughout, cultivated by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Albini" target="_blank">Steve Albini</a> (Nirvana, The Pixies), who recorded and engineered the album, lending to its hilly soundscape. Yet, the album remains ambiguous, contributing largely to its mystery. <i>The Incessant </i>is continuously breaking out of itself, with buildups and breakdowns; polishing its anxiety and dissonance as it goes on. The album is dark and at times abrasive, but its song's vulnerable themes crescendo into catharsis that is an uncomfortably comforting release.<br />
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<b>THE OBLEEKS - THE OBLEEKS (<a href="http://goodlandrecords.com/" target="_blank">GOOD LAND</a>)</b><br />
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This modern classic was one of the most-anticipated and still-underrated on this list. All three musicians in this power-pop trio hail from Chicago, and all three contribute in songwriting duties. With song structures reminiscent of Alex Chilton, <a href="https://theobleeks.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">The Obleeks</a> can harmonize like a three-piece Beach Boys and write as well as tried-and-true pop groups like Teenage Fanclub. Recorded by Amos Pitsch at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/crutchofmemory/" target="_blank">Crutch of Memory</a>, this album also features some of the Crutch crew: Pitsch on percussion, Blair on viola and Colin Wilde (<a href="https://blackthumbdeath.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Black Thumb</a>) on backing vocals. Brothers Andy and Lee Ketch (frontman of <a href="http://music.moonerband.com/album/masterpiece" target="_blank">Mooner</a>) lock in with each other and bassist Nick Harris to deliver flawless melodies and smooth arrangements.<br />
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<b>OLD WIVES - THREE (<a href="https://littlerocketrecords.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">LITTLE ROCKET</a>)</b><br />
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The <a href="https://theoldwives.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Old Wives</a> have been working on this album since 2015, signed to Little Rocket Records in 2016 and this year, <i>Three</i> saw its much-anticipated release. Sharing a drummer with Teenage Bottlerocket, Old Wives delivers pop punk akin to Capitalist Kids and The Lillingtons' older material. The first song, just over one minute long, has three key changes in it, starting the album off strong and interesting. Many of the band's previous themes ring true on this one; drinking, heartache and loneliness. Three is also Old Wives' first release as a three-piece; its first since 2013 EP, <i>Here We Go Again</i>.<br />
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<b>RATBOYS - GN (<a href="http://www.topshelfrecords.com/" target="_blank">TOPSHELF</a>)</b><br />
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Chicago's <a href="https://ratboys.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Ratboys</a> delivers its second album on Topshelf Records. It's equal parts witty and rough around the edges. Vocalist/guitarist Julia Steiner aches when she croons over her dead cat in the freezer, Elvis, which has the perfect amount of humor to offset the sadness of the situation. She makes it so easy to empathize and visualize scenarios with her inflections that I feel like I know what it's like to be heartbroken in the middle of an ice rink without having ever been there. The album is inventive, tender and soft but underlying the slacker-y nostalgic feel is a poignant attention to detail and quality. This album doesn't stray too far off the tracks and raises the bar for Ratboys quite high.<br />
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<b>SINCERE ENGINEER - RHOMBITHIAN (<a href="http://redscare.net/" target="_blank">RED SCARE</a>)</b><br />
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<a href="https://sincereengineer.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Deanna Belos</a> is a close friend whom I've shared the stage with many times, both solo and full-band. Since 2014, I've been regularly attending her shows, watching her grow as a musician, a writer and most recently, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CxqANZOo_8" target="_blank">a frontwoman to her own quartet</a>. On her debut album via Red Scare, Belos is raw, angsty and honest. On the surface, her nervousness and vulnerability is blinding and it is endearing because underneath, she's tough and holds her own with conviction. There isn't a weak song on the entire record and she literally invented a word for the title, making it even more hers. She is a <i>Rhombithian</i> - someone who frequents three points in the Chicago locale, with the fourth point being Lake Michigan.<br />
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<b>YOUR PEST BAND - OLD SPRINGHEAD (<a href="http://www.deadbrokerecords.com/news.php" target="_blank">DEAD BROKE</a>/<a href="http://brassneckrecords.bigcartel.com/category/snuffy-smiles" target="_blank">BRASSNECK</a>/<a href="http://diskunion.net/sp/punk/list/0/0/7188" target="_blank">SNUFFY SMILES</a>)</b><br />
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<a href="https://deadbrokerekerds.bandcamp.com/album/old-springhead" target="_blank">Your Pest Band</a> is one of the most wild Japanese garage-punk bands. They have an energy that ebbs and flows on this 17-song double album, co-released by three different labels on three different continents. I watched them play in a Chicago basement on this tour, and they never let up. They bring the urgent energy of the Marked Men and the chainsaw down-stroking of Johnny Ramone to deliver this eclectic album which is at times catchy power pop, classic punk a la Husker Du and rock 'n' roll by way of The Zombies and The Kinks. Your Pest Band continues to be one of the most prolific and eclectic Japanese punk bands out there. Watch a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI9F3lKftFU" target="_blank">live set</a> by them from a basement in Chicago.squidproquohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01228612367022448701noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412519219394976577.post-5479236941725477432017-12-31T19:00:00.001-06:002017-12-31T19:27:26.330-06:00Top Five EPs of 2017<div>
<b>EXMAID - NEUROTIC FANTASIES</b><br />
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<b>SUPERCRUSH - I'VE BEEN AROUND B/W BRUTAL HONESTY</b></div>
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Seattle's <a href="https://supercrush.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Supercrush</a> released its third in a string of 7''s this year, "I've Been Around"/"Brutal Honesty," officially out in January 2018 on <a href="http://debtoffensiverecs.bigcartel.com/" target="_blank">Debt Offensive</a> and <a href="http://paintermanrecords.bigcartel.com/" target="_blank">Painter Man Records</a>. In keeping consistent with its previous releases, this one echoes the band's signature shoegaze/dream pop sensibilities. The band released a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYpv3zJDYo0" target="_blank">video</a> for this single, reminiscent of early '90s skate videos. As with its prior singles, the band leaves its small-but-loyal fan base starving for a full length. Supercrush blends indie/slacker-rock sounds of '90s bands like The Lemonheads, Teenage Fanclub and Smudge, while maintaining a driving awareness to its many catchy pop/rock hooks.</div>
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This year, Superchunk stealthily released a 7'' of a brand new song with a cover by the Tom Robinson Band. "<a href="https://superchunk.bandcamp.com/album/i-got-cut-b-w-up-against-the-wall" target="_blank">I Got Cut</a>," which will be featured on its upcoming full length, 'What a Time To Be Alive,' was released as a benefit for the Southern Poverty Law Center and Planned Parenthood. The title track is a driving blend of indie and pop-punk that's over and done with in less than three minutes. Superchunk breathes new life into "Up Against the Wall," a song by late-'70s British punks, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ9qR7CMCvo" target="_blank">The Tom Robinson Band</a>. Taking on a political disposition, this cover touches on fascists, rebellion and panic and reminds us of what we're still fighting against.</div>
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<b>THE MITES - ASPHALT OCEAN</b></div>
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San Antonio's <a href="https://themites.bandcamp.com/album/asphalt-ocean-2017" target="_blank">The Mites</a> released its first 7'' single since 2014 earlier this year. Drenched in lo-fi shoegaze, The Mites released this three-song slab of dreamy power pop alongside labelmates Supercrush on <a href="http://paintermanrecords.bigcartel.com/product/the-mites-asphalt-ocean-7-single" target="_blank">Painter Man Records</a>. "Brianna" is a pop-laden track of melancholic reflection. The songs on this most recent release buzz with fuzzy guitars, swooning vocals and a type of grit that's surprisingly smooth, all-too-easily palatable and reminiscent of bands like The Juliana Hatfield Three and Ride.</div>
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<b>TEENAGE BOTTLEROCKET - GOIN' BACK TO WYO B/W WALKING THE YARD</b></div>
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This 7'' via Fat Wreck is the band's <a href="https://teenagebottlerocket.bandcamp.com/album/goin-back-to-wyo" target="_blank">first release</a> of new material with drummer Darren Chewka (<a href="https://theoldwives.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Old Wives</a>). Released in tandem with its latest LP, '<a href="https://www.fatwreck.com/record/detail/982" target="_blank">Stealing the Covers</a>,' this two-song pop-punk slab features one new song from each of its lead vocalists, Kody Templeman and Ray Carlisle. The title track is Carlisle's homage to his home state of Wyoming, not leaving out nods to the cold weather and drug addicts. "<a href="https://teenagebottlerocket.bandcamp.com/track/walking-the-yard" target="_blank">Walking the Yard</a>" by Templeman is a Ramones-core ripper about a convict missing his lover. This release doesn't take itself too seriously, and does a great job of holding its fans over until a much-anticipated release of full-length material.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Somewhere inside of my head is the perfect soliloquy describing this album. I'll mutter pieces of it to myself while in the shower on a cold weekend morning with the water running as hot as I can stand it, drawing the oil from my skin and leaving it red and tender. More words will come to me between dreams, when I systematically wake up between 4 and 5 a.m. every morning without reason.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The music is the dark startling truth dancing between the half-confident verbal advances one makes on a first date. It's the sound a supernova makes, but is never heard. It's mostly energy, ebbing and flowing through obstacles in space. 'Can You Keep Me Out of Hell' is catchy in very much its own way. It embodies elements of shoegaze, pop, punk and experimental music, creating something unique to itself and not coincidentally, strangely beautiful. The band features Amos Pitsch of <a href="http://tenement.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Tenement</a> on drums. This album will be sold exclusively on the Technicolor Teeth's spring tour, via cassette. See the tour dates <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/714180391960477/" target="_blank">here</a> and below:<br /><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Stream the album below:</span><iframe frameborder="no" height="450" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/playlists/20987104&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=true" width="100%"></iframe>squidproquohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01228612367022448701noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412519219394976577.post-12407435067507287742013-12-29T13:07:00.002-06:002013-12-31T01:20:56.329-06:00TOP RELEASES OF 2013Greetings and welcome to Squid Pro Quo's sixth annual BEST OF list. 2013 saw a lot of great releases. We've chosen the 10 best full-lengths, 10 best 7''s/EPs/compilations and 10 best splits of the year. Love it, love to hate it or check it out if you don't know it.<br />
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<b>The Top 10 Albums of 2013</b><br />
<i>By Jason Duarte</i><br />
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10. <b>Swearin'</b> - <i>Surfing Strange</i> (<a href="http://www.salinasrecords.com/" target="_blank">Salinas</a>)<br />
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9. <b>Laura Stevenson</b> - <i>Wheel</i> (<a href="http://dongiovannirecords.com/" target="_blank">Don Giovanni</a>)<br />
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Laura Stevenson has a unique way of getting your mind and heart's attention. Her lyrics and inflection are unrivaled. Laura can sing about taking out the garbage, and somehow make it into a beautifully heartfelt experience. She doesn't sing about taking out garbage. She sings about life, death and the trials and tribulations therein. She hits you with her wild and raw emotions in a way that stuns at first, but then it's welcomed. I am proud to say I own everything she's released as Laura Stevenson & the Cans, and more recently, just as Laura Stevenson. She's growing further from her punk roots and more into the pop folk/Americana genre, and it's incredible. She sings and you really listen.<br />
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8. <b>Night Birds</b> - <i>Born To Die In Suburbia</i> (<a href="http://gravemistakerecords.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Grave Mistake</a>)<br />
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Night Birds are my favorite current hardcore band. Like, hands down. It doesn't get better than them. This is their first release since founding guitarist Mike Hunchback left, so being I've been following this band since buying their demo and seeing one of their first shows and every one I could since, I was super excited to hear change in sound. Mike Hunchback is an intense, powerful dude. His licks are just insane. The way he plays, crawling on his knees, almost abusing himself and his guitar while hitting every note is still unmatched, but PJ is amazing in a different way. This album's not as dark as <i>The Other Side of Darkness </i>or the <i>Fresh Kill Vol. 1</i> collection, but it's so so good.<br />
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7. <b>RVIVR</b> - <i>The Beauty Between</i> (<a href="http://www.rumbletowne.com/" target="_blank">Rumbletowne</a>)<br />
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<i>The Beauty Between</i> is RVIVR's strongest release to date. So catchy. So powerful. So much angst and momentum drives this record - it's impossible to stop once you start it. This band has never let me down, and just gets better. I like the album art, too. A lot of people collect records just for sound but right up there with it for me is the large art, and getting to examine it, turn it over in my hands...I look at my record jackets as limited prints from the artist who created them, not just houses for records. I'm just saying the art rules.<br />
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6. <b>Lemuria</b> - <i>The Distance Is So Big </i>(<a href="http://www.bridge9.com/" target="_blank">Bridge 9</a>)<br />
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5. <b>Sundowner</b> - <i>Neon Fiction</i> (<a href="http://www.fatwreck.com/record/detail/918" target="_blank">Fat Wreck</a>)<br />
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Chris McCaughan and Neil Hennessy of the Lawrence Arms cannot disappoint. Chris's voice has gotten a lot smoother and on key. Sundowner keeps getting better. The songs are not just him and an acoustic guitar, as they were in the past. The album is phenomenal. I'm from Chicago as well and hearing Chris sing songs about the city as his own and his connections to it strike a personal note, as I've got my own history and love/hate relationship with it. The album art is amazing too. Earlier this year, I was on tour and we were in San Francisco coincidentally on the day they opened the Fat Wreck store and there was Chris, singing a solo set. It was great to see him, hang out a bit and pick up a couple of records. I wish him the best in Portland and can't wait to see him in Chicago again. His melodies and lyrics have a lingering effect. I highly recommend it.<br />
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4. <b>Lipstick Homicide</b> - <i>Out Utero</i> (<a href="http://bloatedkat.storenvy.com/" target="_blank">Bloated Kat</a>)<br />
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The pop punk gods convened and willed three mortals from Iowa into making one of the best pop punk albums of the year. The title, an obvious play on Nirvana's <i>In Utero</i>, is an attention-grabber. The album is awesome from start to finish, and features a song called "Vampire Club Pt. 2," a sequel to "Vampire Club," off LipHo's<i> Brainhole</i> EP. This album is so strong. I was lucky enough to play three shows with these dudes this autumn between California and Iowa, and their live performances are nothing short of amazing, either. Rachel Feldmann sings and plays bass like an unstoppable force. Kate Kane plays guitar and sings like a wild woman and Luke Ferguson plays drums with precision and finesse. I can't wait to see these dudes again.<br />
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3. <b>Iron Chic</b> - <i>The Constant One</i> (<a href="http://www.bridge9.com/" target="_blank">Bridge 9</a>)<br />
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When <i>Not Like This</i> came out in 2010, it was my #1 of that year. It was a lot of peoples' #1. They took the pop punk world by storm, and signed to a hardcore label just before releasing<i> The Constant One</i>. The band has done a lot of touring and released a few EPs/splits/singles between these two full-lengths and everything I've read or heard has been positive feedback. This album had massive shoes to fill, and it did it. It features a song off one of their EPs, "Spooky Action From a Distance," and the rest is new. Like labelmates, Lemuria, they have an instrumental intro track. My favorite track is "(Castle) Numbskull." This release solidified this band, and now I believe that they can do no wrong. Thanks for keeping things in perspective and shining a light on the dark or scary things every once in a while.<br />
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2. <b>Great Apes</b> - <i>Thread</i> (<a href="http://asianmanrecords.com/" target="_blank">Asian Man</a>)<br />
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Great Apes is hands-down my favorite Brian Moss band to date. I like The Ghost, Hanalei and Olehole was great. But Great Apes is perfect mix of his intellectually insightful lyrics paired with punk rock. This is actually pretty pop punk, despite the gruff air that surrounds it. "San Quentin" sounds like it was an Olehole song. Not a bad thing. Songs about feelings and life are sung loud and clear on this. <i>Thread</i>, for me, was the much-needed follow-up to the split 7''s and singles Great Apes had released in the year prior. This album struck a chord with me, and is amazing from start to finish. Check out a review I did for <a href="http://www.jadedinchicago.com/" target="_blank">Jaded In Chicago</a> of their self-titled 7'' <a href="http://www.jadedinchicago.com/2012/07/great-apes-self-titled-7/" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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1. <b>Plow United</b> - <i>Marching Band </i>(<a href="http://www.jumpstartrecords.com/" target="_blank">Jump Start</a>)<br />
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Plow United is a punk band that started in 1992 and broke up in 1997 at the pinnacle of its popularity. I'd never heard of them because they disbanded before I started going to shows and they were still too obscure to have ever come across my radar. Then in 2012, they recorded new material, releasing two songs on a 7'' via Kiss of Death Records and THIS MASTERPIECE on Jump Start Records this year. Being on the constant lookout for new music, that 7'' busted my Plow United cherry and then this album came out and made me realize that you <i>can</i> walk away from music for 15 years and then come back and kick more ass than ever before. Then I saw them at Pouzza Fest in May and rarely do I watch a band and just zone out on their drummer. Sean Rule is an animal, and his chemistry with Joel and Brian is just perfect. I can't wait to hear/see more by Plow United.<br />
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10. <b>Your Pest Band</b> -<i> Smash Hits! (2008-2011)</i> (<a href="http://www.deadbrokerecords.com/news.php" target="_blank">Dead Broke</a>)<br />
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This 26-track collection of songs from singles is some of the best, fastest and intense punk out there today. This four-piece from Japan rips. I was lucky enough to catch them in Brooklyn last February. There are NOFX and Carpenters covers on this thing. They aren't rewriting the punk genre, but they're really fun.<br />
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9. <b>The Replacements</b> - <i>Songs For Slim </i>12'' (<a href="http://www.newwestrecords.com/" target="_blank">New West</a>)<br />
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Hearing that The Replacements were to release a commercially-affordable version of their Songs For Slim EP thrilled me and I bought it the second I saw it. Then hearing that they were going to reunite and play my city in September made me jump with glee. I got to see them. It was incredible. This EP is also incredible. Slim Dunlap was The Replacements' replacement guitar player for Bob Stinson in 1987. He also released two solo albums in the '90s. In February 2012, he suffered from a stroke. The proceeds from all these album sales go toward his hospital bills. Side A features two songs written by Slim Dunlap. Side B features three covers: "I'm Not Saying" by Gordon Lightfoot, "Lost Highway" by Leon Payne and "Everything's Coming Up Roses" by Stephen Sondheim/Jule Styne.<br />
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8. <b>Skinny Genes</b> - <i>Meh</i> 7'' (<a href="http://bloatedkat.storenvy.com/" target="_blank">Bloated Kat</a>)<br />
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Skinny Genes aka Azeem Sajid aka ACE OF BASS from The Steinways/House Boat Mikey Erg-ed on us this year. And it rules, just like Mikey's solo stuff. His throat is coated in golden PBR. The themes are the same. Pretty bleak, rough stuff here. I'm waiting to hear an Ace song that's like, "hey, my life's good now." But then it'd also probably suck cause that's obviously not the catalyst to his creativity. I love this man. I got to play the last two Steinways shows with them in September out in California and that made my life. I always want to give Ace a hug. His music will make you want to give him a hug. Just listen to it and then look at that face of his. It's like he wants to be adopted and hugged all day. Buy this 7'' and adopt your own Azeem Frehley.<br />
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7. <b>Night Birds</b> - <i>Maimed For the Masses</i> 7'' (<a href="http://www.fatwreck.com/" target="_blank">Fat Wreck</a>)<br />
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I think this is the first release with PJ on guitar, post-Mike Hunchback. Hearing that Fat Wreck was going to release a Night Birds single got me giddy. It also made me like Fat Wreck more. The title track (and album art) is about former wrestler Mick Foley. The injuries list on that man will send shivers down your spine. There are four tracks total on this one. Only the title track appears on <i>Born To Die In Suburbia</i>. The other three are exclusive to this EP. A limited 70-gram version was released by Fat on black vinyl with the regular EP.<br />
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6. <b><i>The Songs of Tony Sly: A Tribute</i></b> 12'' (<a href="http://www.fatwreck.com/" target="_blank">Fat Wreck</a>)<br />
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Tony Sly's death last year was a shock to us all. Such a profoundly talented singer and songwriter. I remember my first time seeing No Use For A Name was in 2002 when I was a sophomore in high school and absolutely loving every second of it. Life is not always fair, but all the artists on this tribute album did him and his songs beautiful homage. He'll live forever as long as there are his recordings and a medium to play them. RIP, Tony. You're missed and loved, and this album is nice proof.<br />
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5. <b><i>Our Lips Are Sealed: A Tribute To the Go-Gos</i></b> 12'' (<a href="http://www.solidarityrecordings.com/" target="_blank">Solidarity</a>)<br />
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I was never a huge Go-Gos fan, but they're one of those bands where I still somehow knew their songs. After buying this, then going back to really listen to the Go-Gos, it made me a fan. A lot of my favorite current bands are on here. My favorite covers are by Dan Vapid & the Cheats, Masked Intruder, Great Apes and Vacation Bible School.<br />
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4. <b>All Dogs</b> - <i>All Dogs</i> 7'' (<a href="http://www.salinasrecords.com/" target="_blank">Salinas</a>)<br />
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This is the freshest band to my ears on this entire list. All Dogs comes from Ohio and writes some amazing tunes. They remind me of The Muffs crossed with Lemuria crossed with Brick Mower. The set of pipes on the singer are amazing. I love this 7'' and you should check out this band.<br />
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3. <b>Technicolor Teeth</b> - <i>Blood Pool</i> <i>b/w Drips </i>7'' (<a href="http://accidentalguest.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Accidental Guest</a>)<br />
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Technicolor Teeth is a band from Wisconsin that features Amos from the aforementioned Tenement among its lineup. This band grew on me this year, and for a long time, was the only thing I listened to. They take shoegaze, make it darker and experiment with sound. This band would be written off as "weird" but your typical punk rocker, but I urge anyone reading this to really listen to them. Listen to the music. It'll pull you in too.<br />
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2. <b>Tenement</b> - <i>Sick Club Vol. 3</i> 7'' (<a href="http://www.cowabungarecords.com/" target="_blank">Cowabunga</a>)<br />
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These guys are one of my favorite bands. I consider myself lucky that I not only get to hear the musical stylings of Amos Pitsch, Jesse Ponkamo and Eric Meyer, but get to see this band live. Amos is a musical genius and if you don't believe me, you're wrong. I don't know how to properly explain it, because my name's not Pitchfork, but Tenement's songs are infectiously good and well-put-together. Jesse wrote "Freak Cast In Iron" on this one. Grab this single if you can.<br />
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1.<b> Supercrush</b> - <i>Lifted b/w Melt Into You (Drift Away) </i>7'' (<a href="http://www.bedsiderecords.ca/" target="_blank">Bedside</a>)<br />
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Supercrush is a new band out of Vancouver. This 7'' has been on repeat since I discovered it. It's insanely well put-together and takes the very best elements of grunge, shoegaze, rock and a little punk and creates something perfect. Check out a review I did of the single <a href="http://squidproquo1.blogspot.com/2013/10/supercrush-liftedmelt-into-you-drift.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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10. <b>Mean Jeans / Underground Railroad To Candyland</b> 7'' (<a href="http://www.itsaliverecords.com/" target="_blank">It's Alive</a>)<br />
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Two of my favorite bands that I would not have expected to collaborate totally did on this. The Mean Jeans songs are party punk staples. They're really good, raw, fast, full of energy and fueled by booze. The URTC songs are good low-fi, garage-y ones. This record is a party on the Mean Jeans side and chillin' the morning after on the URTC side.<br />
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This shit is so rare, it's just plain dumb. 13 floppy discs were made with the songs on them as MP3s. How the hell someone even has a floppy drive anymore is beyond me, but hey, points for creativity and obscurity. Oh, and they were only sold in Japan. So I don't have one, but I do have the MP3s, and they're really good. Mikey Erg's was made with his phone and Grath's was probably made with GarageBand or something. The songs are great. I'm hoping Mikey does a solo full-length or something of the like. Grath's song is like an acoustic Steinways song with an electric guitar dubbed over it in a part. It's funny, but it makes you feel bad. Buy it on Bandcamp and support these guys.<br />
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8. <b>Vacation Bible School / The Brokedowns</b> 7'' (<a href="http://www.itsaliverecords.com/" target="_blank">It's Alive</a>)<br />
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Two of my favorite local-turned-global-ish bands FINALLY have a split together. So appropriate. I think it rules that a label in California put out a split by two bands from Elgin, IL, a place I called home for a couple of years. VBS offers up some fast, heavy, gritty pop punk. Catchy and aggressive. The Brokedowns have done a lot of splits, and their creepy, heavy sound is big on this one. They have pop punk choruses with deep, gruff vocals and sometimes border hardcore. This is a heavy-hitter. Lots of low end on the bass. Lots of emotion. I don't really understand the cover art, but I like it. It's a little deceiving but it works.<br />
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7. <b>The Capitalist Kids / Tight Bros</b> 7'' (<a href="http://www.toxicpoprecords.com/" target="_blank">Toxic Pop</a>)<br />
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The Capitalist Kids are from Austin and released an album last year titled "Lessons On Love, Sharing and Hygeine" that reinstilled my faith in good pop punk. This split is pretty straight-up pop punk, with short songs all around. The Capitalist Kids cover "Claustrophobia" by the Bee Gees and it's AWESOME. Seriously. Didn't anticipate that coming. Tight Bros from Ohio offer up three originals. They have a little Mean Jeans likeness to them, and a little Be My Doppelganger in there. They're good pop punk. I was lucky enough to play with both these bands this past autumn in Austin and in L.A. They rip live. Especially the Cap Kids. I want to see them again so bad.<br />
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6. <b>Lipstick Homicide / The Turkletons</b> - <i>We're Gonna Need a Bigger Coat</i> 7'' (<a href="http://www.itsaliverecords.com/" target="_blank">It's Alive</a>)<br />
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Pop punk gold. Lipstick Homicide and The Turkletons compliment each other so well on this. Their songs are shorts and packed full of fun, catchy hooks. I love the title's play on Jaws. I love this split.<br />
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5. <b>Brick Mower / Black Wine</b> 7'' (<a href="http://vikingoncampus.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Viking On Campus</a>)<br />
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Two of my favorite New Jersey bands ever collaborate on this very appropriate split 7''. They were tour buddies on more than one occasion (one of the best tours I've ever seen), and they fit so well together musically. Each band on this offers an original and a cover. Brick Mower covers "Jim Motherfucker" by Gaunt. Black Wine covers "Freedom of Choice" by Devo, which was a staple in their live sets for a little while. They do an awesome version. The originals are the highlights. I love these bands, and all of the people in them. They fit so well with each other, I want to hear more new stuff.<br />
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4. <b>Masked Intruder / Dan Vapid & the Cheats</b> <i>The Wedding </i>7'' (<a href="http://www.solidarityrecordings.com/" target="_blank">Solidarity</a>)<br />
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Two of the best pop punk bands out there today. Veterans Dan Vapid & the Cheats, and newer-ish band, Masked Intruder. They collaborated on this 7'' commemorating Solidarity Records owner Randy and his wife, Valerie's marriage. The Masked Intruder song is beautifully done. The intro sounds like an intro to an '80s ballad. Their tune is called "Valerie Is Getting Married." It's pretty funny, since it's about him being sad that Valerie is marrying someone that isn't him. Poor blue. The Cheats' song is called "Randy Is Getting Married." It's so catchy and happy. This split is loaded with positive vibes, and I love it.<br />
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3. <b>All Dogs / Slouch</b> tape (<a href="http://discounthorse.limitedrun.com/categories/discount-horse-releases" target="_blank">Discount Horse</a>)<br />
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All Dogs and Slouch are two bands from Ohio. Slouch is a cool, dreamy Dinosaur Jr.-esque band minus all the crazy J. Mascis leads. All Dogs is awesome garage pop punk. They cover The Muffs tune, "Every Single Thing." All Dogs so does it for me. I want them to make a full-length record really bad. Their four-track self-titled EP that came out on Salinas Records this year made it to #4 on my Top 10 7''s/EPs/collections list. Check these bands out.<br />
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2. <b>Tenement / Screaming Females</b> 7'' (<a href="http://www.recessrecords.com/_/Recess_Records.html" target="_blank">Recess</a>)<br />
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Tenement and the Screaming Females recently went on tour together as part of the Don Giovanni Records tour. I consider this split Tenement's big, deserved break. Screaming Females has a crazy loyal and huge fan base, and their track is amazing. There isn't an insane amount of screaming or shredding on it, but it's a solid jam. Tenement's song, to me, steals the show. I'm biased. Deal with it. They have such an unconventional, unique way of making pop. It's completely their own. This split is some of the best of what two amazing bands have to offer. Not just some mashed-up B-sides single of each band's. Do yourself a favor and get this.<br />
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1. <b>The Old Wives / The Blendours</b> 12'' (<a href="http://eccentricpop.com/" target="_blank">Eccentric Pop</a>)<br />
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The Old Wives from Edmonton are one of my favorite pop punk bands. I was lucky to see them in May at Pouzza Fest in Montreal, and see some of the new songs played live. This split is the third release on a great new-ish label called Eccentric Pop Records, based out of South Carolina. I can't get over how catchy this split is. The Old Wives kill it on their side and The Blendours from Iowa on the other side are also amazing. I love how funny but good they are. They remind me of The Steinways. This split is all around fun. Just get it.squidproquohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01228612367022448701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412519219394976577.post-76693621198583193182013-12-18T11:39:00.002-06:002013-12-18T11:43:00.902-06:00'Industrial Park' 7'' by Industrial Park<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJfFKFe1nb7tbIRZgXM1Y7OpcJMVePmPI-iWw-vVvs6gQIrknXyU2q_gkrBocDED2E9vmDDmgWK6_2kr77njua49PvPFXlhxoAS3Ph-Lx9m479xEk9BN8aubTsGdyJyJ111BuwmBLsf74U/s1600/ip.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJfFKFe1nb7tbIRZgXM1Y7OpcJMVePmPI-iWw-vVvs6gQIrknXyU2q_gkrBocDED2E9vmDDmgWK6_2kr77njua49PvPFXlhxoAS3Ph-Lx9m479xEk9BN8aubTsGdyJyJ111BuwmBLsf74U/s1600/ip.jpg" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><i>By Jason Duarte</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">The first thing that came to mind when I opened this single up was, 'Joy Division.' The minimalist monochrome photograph doesn't beg for attention, but leaves a bit to be wondered. Not coincidentally, so does the music.<br /><br />"Echoes" on side A has a steady, but dark, shoegaze progression from start to finish. There's a nice reverb effect on the vocals, which seem to intentionally not have much range, but without being uninteresting. Like the art, there's something that's left to wonder. Industrial Park could be a child between The Smiths, a less-bass-driven Sisters of Mercy, Joy Division and Sick Sick Birds.<br /><br />Side B offers up a track titled, "May." It's an introspective minimalist and somewhat sorrowful jam. The lyrics are spaced out throughout the song, "</span><span style="line-height: 18px;">I can see you deep inside/I can hear you deep inside/And I'm broken deep inside/In pieces deep inside."</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><br />Both tracks on this 7'' defy time and typical song progressions. The songs go by very quickly, yet they're upwards of 3 minutes a piece. I'm interested in hearing the band's full-length. This is the type of music I can saunter pleasantly in, and these 6 minutes leave a good taste in my ears.</span><br />
<iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/52857304" width="100%"></iframe>squidproquohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01228612367022448701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412519219394976577.post-73984549862329076642013-11-08T17:29:00.002-06:002013-11-08T17:44:59.208-06:00Pale Angels - 'Primal Play'<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4F1ic-48DjObY5yQ0dR5dOMniN9kIj4r6ttN3-bg83H_B1vo2qmwCKUqdwEeYiQGNKuk39VFKSA1Cb0Uo8A2MYHuFYhZHwnT7Wn3UxwejAE_cKj8LkqQv2nKRdMYYkRQU-bTuvGTE0BjI/s1600/pa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4F1ic-48DjObY5yQ0dR5dOMniN9kIj4r6ttN3-bg83H_B1vo2qmwCKUqdwEeYiQGNKuk39VFKSA1Cb0Uo8A2MYHuFYhZHwnT7Wn3UxwejAE_cKj8LkqQv2nKRdMYYkRQU-bTuvGTE0BjI/s320/pa.jpg" width="315" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><i>By Jason Duarte</i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><i>12'' / <a href="http://paleangelsband.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">digital download</a>: <a href="http://kissofdeath.limitedrun.com/products/517661" target="_blank">Kiss of Death Records</a><br />Rating: 5/5</i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><i><br /></i></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Imagine if you will, drummer Mike Yannich (</span></span><a href="http://www.dorkrockcorkrod.com/" style="color: #666666; line-height: 18px;" target="_blank">The Ergs!</a><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">, etc.) and guitarist/vocalist Mike Santostefano (</span></span><a href="http://staticradionj.bandcamp.com/" style="color: #666666; line-height: 18px;" target="_blank">Static Radio NJ</a><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">) standing on their home turf of New Jersey, on the shore, facing northeast behind their instruments. Across the pond, bassist Jamie Morrison (<a href="http://thearteries.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">The Arteries</a>) stands on his home turf of Wales, facing southwest. They start playing at exactly the same time. You're floating out in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean when suddenly, two separate channels of sound waves smack into either side of your head at 340.29 meters per second. You forget about the sun burning your skin as a smile creeps across your face.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 18px;">That's the recipe. No stuffiness. No filler. Just three guys make this transatlantic trio a bare-bones wall of sound with a pop foundation. Thus, t</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 18px;">he album is</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"> catchier than stereotypical grunge. The songs are also shorter, which shines a light on the punk influence that the band members embody.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 18px;">Musicians in every respective generation find a way to pay homage to the music that's shaped them, but may have also been just out of reach. For example, I was eight years old <a href="http://kurtcobainssuicidenote.com/kurt_cobains_suicide_note_scan.html" target="_blank">in 1994 when Kurt Cobain killed himself</a>, have no memory of the event, yet I grew up listening to Nirvana and their music molded my taste and playing style quite a bit. Thanks to alternative radio in the '90s carrying the torch of grunge, the seed was planted in me, well before I knew it would blossom into a love for the genre. I can't help but think the same torch of escaped nostalgia burns in others.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 18px;">Yannich embraces a Dave Grohl-esque style of playing, which drives the Nirvana likeness home. But </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 18px;">Pale Angels is not a Nirvana clone or a simple homage-to-grunge band, despite how much they channel their influential predecessors. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 18px;">The distorted, fast, fuzzy grunge/punk flows though <i>Primal Play</i> at a steady pace, only slowing down on the appropriately-titled track, "</span><a href="http://paleangelsband.bandcamp.com/track/slow-jangle" style="line-height: 18px;" target="_blank">Slow Jangle</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 18px;">." The album builds up, peaks and fades out on the last of nine songs, "<a href="http://paleangelsband.bandcamp.com/track/bed-bugs" target="_blank">Bed Bugs</a>," which lasts an enjoyable 14 minutes before its feedback-riddled finish.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br />Earlier this year, I stumbled across a new band out of Vancouver called <a href="http://supercrush.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Supercrush</a>, featuring Mark Palm of <a href="http://moderncharms.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Modern Charms</a> on vocals and guitars. I listened to their debut song, "Lifted," and was immediately lost in shoegaze fuzz pop by way of the early- to mid-'90s. The heavy distortion on the guitars open the tune, which is kicked in by two powerful snare and bass drum hits. The entire song is built on a foundation of the catchy opening verse, keeping it moving, yet cyclical; like actually being in a fuzzy dream sequence. Lead guitar and guest female vocals are woven into the dreamscape to give the song beautiful depth before it's over.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br />"Melt Into You (Drift Away)" is the B side. This one is driving from the start and it's laden with consistent pop leads that swell throughout most of the track. Dual guitar leads lay it on thick after 1:00 and then the song peaks. At the breakdown 2/3 of the way through, the song rides a wave of overlapping guitar and vocals until the song fades to close. This release holds appeal to a broad audience and is a candidate for the top single of 2013. Keep an eye on these guys and stream the single below.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It's time for the fifth-annual Squid Pro Quo "Top Releases" list! It goes without saying that there were a lot of incredible releases this year. The world WOULD'VE ended on a strong note. First up is the top albums, then the top EPs/7''s/collections/demos and finally, the top splits. There'll be a brief write-up with a review (if I wrote one), the album art and then the streaming album. I shot a handful of videos this year too, now that I'm finally a smartphone user, so there's that too. Enjoy!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666; line-height: 18px;">A friend/old bandmate introduced me to Swearin' earlier this year. The band features members of P.S. Eliot, Big Soda, Bad Blood and Radiator Hospital. While I never listened to the aforementioned bands, Swearin' really impressed me and proved how good '90s-influenced </span><span style="color: #666666; line-height: 18px;">indie/punk can be. They also received notable recognition this year by landing an opening spot on a large stretch on Japandroids' fall tour after the release of its debut self-titled album.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Earlier this year, <a href="http://www.jadedinchicago.com/" target="_blank">Jaded In Chicago</a> asked me to review the new Sundials album. I was torn because I had already bought it from Mike Park over at Asian Man, and was afraid I'd write too-biased of a review, but I did it anyway, as honestly as I could. It's really good, and heavily recommended if you like Swearin', Braid, Harvey Danger and Chisel. </span></span><span style="color: #666666; line-height: 18px;">Check out a more detailed review of this album </span><a href="http://www.jadedinchicago.com/2012/11/sundials-when-i-couldnt-breathe/" style="line-height: 18px;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="color: #666666; line-height: 18px;">. </span></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-jEi5aDF_n3uaYUWyzXBZWXxh1wOZ-LGSCwk8NPVT0YnWlunyPfEK_caMSuh3K1YabMljSibRnO-KlBPIN-xYl9DmeRYooSw4C34AkYIiFO-wgQAmkaKtzOihf_7nYeg109kLIWdK50eA/s1600/blackwine111.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-jEi5aDF_n3uaYUWyzXBZWXxh1wOZ-LGSCwk8NPVT0YnWlunyPfEK_caMSuh3K1YabMljSibRnO-KlBPIN-xYl9DmeRYooSw4C34AkYIiFO-wgQAmkaKtzOihf_7nYeg109kLIWdK50eA/s200/blackwine111.jpg" width="200" /></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Black Wine explores more haunting and eerie land in its third full-length release,<i> Hollow Earth</i>. All three members share lead vocal duties, making this album quite unique in its arrangement. The band showcases its talent beautifully on this record and best of all, the songs make you take a second look at things. Check out our glowing review from earlier this year <a href="http://squidproquo1.blogspot.com/2012/07/hollow-earth-by-black-wine.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Teenage Bottlerocket released <i>Freak Out!</i>, its fifth studio album this year. The band keeps its fast, signature pogo-punk style and continues to dabble in skate/thrash territory. They maintain their sense of humor in songs like "Maverick," "Necrocomicon" and "Headbanger" (which was actually a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nO57_wFpsa0" target="_blank">Sack</a> song first), making for a really, really fun album. This one also features two songs previously released on the <i>Mutilate Me</i> 7''. Read our write-up anticipating the release of this record <a href="http://squidproquo1.blogspot.com/2012/04/teenage-bottlerocket-to-release-freak.html" target="_blank">here</a> and check out an interview I did with Miguel Chen (bass) earlier this year <a href="http://squidproquo1.blogspot.com/2012/09/interview-with-miguel-chen-teenage.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666; line-height: 18px;">Treasure Fleet is a Chicago supergroup, and one of the best new bands in the city. The band features Neil Hennessy (Lawrence Arms), Eli Caterer (Smoking Popes), Isaac Thotz (Arrivals), Dave Merriman (Arrivals) and Mike Oberlin (Sass Dragons) (and sometimes others). I can't call it stoner music. I can't call it psych. I can't call it punk. It's Treasure Fleet. And it rules. I haven't gotten </span><i style="color: #666666; line-height: 18px;">Future Ways</i><span style="color: #666666; line-height: 18px;"> in the mail yet...otherwise I suspect that'd make the list too. But that'd be unfair since I haven't heard it.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666; line-height: 18px;">One of my favorite songwriters formed a band and released an album of new material after quitting his bands, Screeching Weasel and The Riverdales. If you don't know him from the aforementioned groups, you know him from Sludgeworth, The Mopes, The Queers, Noise By Numbers and The Methadones. This album is like a sampler platter of Dan Vapid songwriting. Some are Riverdales-esque, and some even take on '50s doo-wop influence. Check out our review and set list from the Cheats' first show last year </span><a href="http://squidproquo1.blogspot.com/2011/05/dan-vapid-cheats-show-review-52711.html" style="line-height: 18px;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="color: #666666; line-height: 18px;">. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Cory Branan stole my heart this year, seven years after I saw him play for the first time. He's a natural at guitar, telling a story and making you feel. At times, it's haunting, it's funny, it's true and it's sad. It's very much a Human Experience sort of folky-bluegrass/country/alt-indie album and I recommend it to everyone. More than anything, this album contains a good dose of reality. Check out <i>Mutt</i> <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Cory+Branan/Mutt" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Chris Wollard is one of my all-time favorite songwriters, and I love hearing both his and Chuck Ragan's solo material, outside of Hot Water Music. I fell in love with his first album, and I fell hard for this one too. Wollard shines, and so does the rest of his band. Stream "Dream In My Head" <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2012/09/10/chris-wollard-and-the-ship-thieves-dream-in-my-head/" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This was one of the best things I've heard this year. A lot of my favorite bands graced it, and I was introduced to some new ones too. Props, Larry Livermore and Adeline Records and Billie Joe Armstrong for doing this. It's so good. Stream <a href="http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/stream_the_thing_that_ate_larry_livermore" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">3. <b>Masked Intruder </b>- <i>First Offense 7''</i> (<a href="http://hanguprecords.com/" target="_blank">Hang Up</a>)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">I was camping in Macomb, IL on Record Store Day this year, and was really bummed I couldn't get my dirty hands on this and the Joey Ramone 7''. But thanks to certain websites defeating the entire purpose of Record Store Day, I got them both! These two songs are some of the best Lemuria songs ever recorded, and knowing they are in the process of making a new record kinda gives me a chubby just thinking about how good this shit is going to be. This 7'' Rules. Listen to "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P30-u3LrojA" target="_blank">Varoom Allure</a>" and "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRJ-rLEIIvU" target="_blank">Cannonballs To Hurt</a>."</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Great Apes is Brian Moss's (Olehole/Hanalei/Jahbreaker) new band. I am a huge fan of his voice, his lyrics and his music, and Great Apes seems to take a more pop punk direction to his post-hardcore style, and I'm all over it. Check out a review I did for Jaded In Chicago <a href="http://www.jadedinchicago.com/2012/07/great-apes-self-titled-7/" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Fuck yeah! More post-Steinways Grath songs! Whenever I want to feel better about myself, I listen to Grath sing. Kidding of course, but this is so good. It's not too self-depreciating. Features Marissa Bergquist of Ergquist/The Chandeliers/The Besties on keys/vocals and Grivet and Chris Pierce and other pop punk (message board) celebrities. This EP kicks ass and I hope this band gets signed if they haven't already.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">NEW DANNY BAILEY BAND! This is best new all-female band, period (see what I did there?) Seriously, holy shit. Please tour. Please release more music. Pop punk. Spelling Babes with a V on your fridge. Fun hooks. Catchy melodies. You're gonna want to get on this if you haven't yet.</span><br />
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<b style="color: #666666; line-height: 18px;">TOP TRACKS</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 18px;">: "Maybe Next Year," "Talk To You" and "Girlfriend"</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Merg wears many hats. Indiscernible vocals with no lyrics sheet pisses me off, and the music makes me pissed too. MAKES ME WANNA LIFT WEIGHTS. AND THEN THROW THEM THROUGH DOUBLE-PLATED GLASS. Merg is a sweetheart, but even sweethearts fill with rage and pent-up anger. This pain-in-the-dick flexi disc is the captured pressure from his release of anger. Dude's all, "I didn't go tot he studio with lyrics, but I knew who I was pissed at." Pretty hardcore. I am still trying to figure out if "Chicago Pussy" is about a city full of windy meat curtains or...? P.S. This EP rules. I even bought the matching shirt. The longest song is 0:53. Deal with it.</span></span><b style="color: #666666; line-height: 18px;"><br /></b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Only 200 of these were pressed, so if you have one, you're smart. And lucky. These songs were recorded in 2010, according to Eric (I think). This 7'' has demos of "Cheap Gasoline," which was re-recorded and put on <i>My Hateable Face</i> and "Instant Rectification," which was re-recorded and put on <i>Under the Sink</i>. The other two songs weren't released anywhere else, far'z I know and they're a bit different than everything else Brick Mower's done. I love this 7'' and these people. Fun fact: Kristen's (bass) mom is in this photo. Can you guess which one she is?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 18px;">1.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 18px;"> <b>Tenement/Cheeky</b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 18px;"><i> </i></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 18px;">(<a href="http://www.nobreaksrecords.com/fr_welcome.cfm" target="_blank">No Breaks</a>/<a href="http://www.letspretendrecords.com/" target="_blank">Let's Pretend</a>)</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 18px;">3.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 18px;"> <b>Masked Intruder/The Turkletons</b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 18px;"> (Hang Up</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 18px;">)</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Pop punk as fuck! This 7'' rules. I heard the full-length album by Masked Intruder before hearing this one, and noticed the difference in recording, but Masked Intruder still rules on this one, even though it seems a little lighter. The Turkletons are great. I have a demo of theirs from a few years ago, and recognized some of the songs, and I'm glad they re-recorded them and put them out on this amazing split.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 18px;">4.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 18px;"> <b>Mikey Erg/Alex Kerns</b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 18px;"> (<a href="http://www.asianmanrecords.com/" target="_blank">Asian Man</a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 18px;">)</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 18px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Two of my favorite dudes from one million of my favorite bands. Alex Kerns of Lemuria contributes two originals, and Mikey Erg does a Down By Law cover of "Flower Tattoo" and an electric full-band version of "Song Against Ian Raymond" (inspired from the movie High Fidelity). I would have loved some never-before-heard-from-the-depths Mikey Erg stuff, but this is great. The "Flower Tattoo" cover is one of the best covers I've ever heard. Listen <a href="http://www.myspace.com/alexkernsmikeyerg/music" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 18px;">6.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 18px;"> <b>Noise By Numbers/The Magnificent</b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 18px;"> (<a href="http://www.solidarityrecordings.com/products/12898" target="_blank">Solidarity</a>/<a href="http://www.drunkensailorrecords.co.uk/" target="_blank">Drunken Sailor</a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 18px;">)</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 18px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Dan Schafer makes multiple appearances on this list, as he's been a busy dude releasing killer stuff, and this split is no exception. The Cheats offer up an original and cover "Part of the Noise" by Pointed Sticks, while the Jetty Boys throw on an original and cover "Jimmy" by The Roman Line. This split is saturated with fun pop punk. Stream <a href="http://www.ampmagazine.com/34552/featured-stream-dan-vapid-and-the-cheats-jetty-boys-split/" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 18px;">This release features two of my all-time favorite musicians, put out by a great dude in my hometown. Dan Andriano of Alkaline Trio and Brendan Kelly of The Lawrence Arms each offer an original tune on this split. I used to always wish for an Alkaline Trio/Larry Arms split, but this is pretty damn close. I am all over it. Check out <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tc5yq4boFlg" target="_blank">Dan's track</a>.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b style="color: #666666; line-height: 18px;">TOP TRACKS</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 18px;">: "Assailant" and "Socialism In America"</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://squidproquo1.blogspot.com/2009/01/best-releases-of-2008.html" target="_blank">Best of 2008</a></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://squidproquo1.blogspot.com/2011/12/top-albums-eps-7s-splits-and-demos-of.html" target="_blank">Best of 2011</a></span></div>
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<i style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">By Jason Duarte (originally published in <a href="http://www.jadedinchicago.com/2012/11/sundials-when-i-couldnt-breathe/" target="_blank">Jaded In Chicago</a>)</i><br />
<i style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Release date: September 25, 2012</i><br />
<i style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">12'': <a href="http://asianmanrecords.com/basket/wicb.html" target="_blank">Asian Man Records</a></i><br />
<i style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Rating: 5/5</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 23.933332443237305px;"><a href="http://sundials.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Sundials</a> cranks the gain and treads more emotional terrain on its latest album, </span><em style="background-color: white; line-height: 23.933332443237305px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">When I Couldn’t Breathe</em><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 23.933332443237305px;">. Sundials is heavier, more introspective and frankly, a bit sadder this time around. If this album were among the Billboard-ranking, <a href="http://sundials.bandcamp.com/track/completely-broken" target="_blank">“Completely Broken”</a> would be its single. Singer/guitarist Harris Mendell sings seemingly bittersweet about a breakup, summing up the details in just over two minutes. He doesn’t get too personal but repeats, “I don’t mind, cause I know I’ve gotta be completely broken” for most of the song. It’s as if he’s trying to convince himself of something rather than tell it. <a href="http://sundials.bandcamp.com/track/untitled" target="_blank">“Untitled”</a> is unique for its progression, and for being one of the shortest songs on the album, at 1:31. Musically, it walks a fine line between slight sonic dissonance and melody. An earnest acoustic love song, <a href="http://sundials.bandcamp.com/track/strange" target="_blank">“Strange,”</a> closes the album. Mendell appeals to a woman despite obstacles within and without. His romantically ideal vision about the two of them falling in love is endearing and willful. “We can fall in love, wouldn’t that be strange?/Let’s talk about the things we’d never change,” Mendell sings. He sings as if he’s talking to her half serious, half speculative. Take ‘90s college rock bands like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chisel_(band)" target="_blank">Chisel</a>, <a href="http://braid.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Braid</a> and <a href="http://www.harveydanger.com/downloads/" target="_blank">Harvey Danger</a>, and inject more lovesick, unsettled pop punk angst into them. </span><em style="background-color: white; line-height: 23.933332443237305px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">When I Couldn’t Breathe</em><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 23.933332443237305px;"> carries the torch of its genre’s predecessors, is laced with emotion and riddled with introspection, with happiness and contentment just out of reach.</span></span><br />
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squidproquohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01228612367022448701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412519219394976577.post-2634888584876388052012-09-24T14:39:00.001-05:002012-11-19T14:56:56.310-06:00Interview with Miguel Chen (Teenage Bottlerocket/That Guy/Rad Bradleys) on his new side project, Stat Dad<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOGV_wc1DbaQFU3UGjZRxv8lfrxRstG0z1YKsUb5qTB1yazpHlhjUZAcqqUq6K02oSMH1v0dVQjsXPjqHiP-lGCCGtyF4Vfuk-qP1o-GiLC0fUeOq8TddFkyumk0x0uF4K2I1fH_bwWpFs/s1600/statdad7''.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOGV_wc1DbaQFU3UGjZRxv8lfrxRstG0z1YKsUb5qTB1yazpHlhjUZAcqqUq6K02oSMH1v0dVQjsXPjqHiP-lGCCGtyF4Vfuk-qP1o-GiLC0fUeOq8TddFkyumk0x0uF4K2I1fH_bwWpFs/s320/statdad7''.gif" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I recently spoke with the bass player of <a href="http://teenagebottlerocket.com/" target="_blank">Teenage Bottlerocket</a>, Miguel Chen, to discuss his new band, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/statdad" target="_blank">Stat Dad</a> and its debut 7'' EP titled, <i><a href="http://sexybabyrecords.storenvy.com/products/474269-stat-dad-mominatrix-7-w-download-card" target="_blank">Mominatrix</a></i>, out on <a href="http://sexybabyrecords.storenvy.com/products/474269-stat-dad-mominatrix-7-w-download-card" target="_blank">Sexy Baby Records</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b>Squid Pro Quo</b>: Who and what is Stat Dad?</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Miguel Chen</b>: "Stat Dad is a side project band I (bass/vocals) started with my friends, J.D. (guitar/<a href="http://www.myspace.com/redbushlaramie" target="_blank">Redbush</a>) and Ferg (drums/<a href="http://www.myspace.com/thatguysucks" target="_blank">That Guy</a>). Clint (guitar) is in the band too, but he sucks. By definition, a stat dad is a father who keeps statistics of his kid's little league games. We just thought it sounded cool, but then later came to terms with it being a pretty dumb band name. I'll go ahead and publicly blame Clint."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>MC</b>: "(Laughs) I mean, I've hung out with doms who are also moms, but mostly I thought it was a clever song name slash record title. Plus, moms are hot and so are dominatrixes, so it worked out."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>MC</b>: "The whole band is sort of built around that stuff. I think anyone who knows me or has heard Teenage Bottlerocket's song, "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrfiIfXM3Zw" target="_blank">Mutilate Me</a>," which Ray (Carlisle/Teenage Bottlerocket) wrote about me, is aware that I am a little fucking pervert. I like drinking pee and being tied up and hurt. When I was developing Stat Dad, I knew I wanted it to be raw, sort of crusty punk songs. The BDSM aspect just came naturally."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>MC</b>: "Yes and it gave me a boner. We have a couple of wigs, some makeup and some panties at my house just for when my girlfriend decides I need to be a pretty girl."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>SPQ</b>: The song, "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TJgoZv9kPc" target="_blank">Church of Shit</a>" reminds me of <a href="http://www.myspace.com/rudimentarypeniofficial" target="_blank">Rudimentary Peni</a> crossed with <a href="http://www.nofxofficialwebsite.com/" target="_blank">NOFX</a>. Regarding musical influences, what inspired you to write these tunes - bands and otherwise?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>MC</b>: "When I started the band, I was listening to a lot of Rudimentary Peni and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subhumans_(British_band)" target="_blank">Subhumans</a>. As far as "Church of Shit," I think the whole band is sort of focused on the idea that everything is shit and we should all have weird sex. So some of the songs are about the kinky side of that spectrum, and some are about how other things are shit."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>MC</b>: "The plan is to do a full length eventually, but again, I'm really busy with my main gig, Teenage Bottlerocket, so it'll probably be a while."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /><b>SPQ</b>: Is <a href="http://www.myspace.com/radbradleys/music/songs/incognito-benito-26773322" target="_blank">Benito still incognito</a>? Are the <a href="http://www.myspace.com/radbradleys" target="_blank">Rad Bradleys</a> dead?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>MC</b>: "Benito is ruling in Texas. Radleys are long dead."<br /><br /><b>SPQ</b>: Is That Guy still doing stuff?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>MC</b>: "That Guy comes out of the wood works once every year or two to play a show, but not very often."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>SPQ</b>: One final question: is Stat Dad really <a href="http://maskedintruder.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Masked Intruder</a>? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>MC</b>: "I wish."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />Stream "Mominatrix:"</span></div>
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squidproquohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01228612367022448701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412519219394976577.post-40365423749891818822012-09-12T11:49:00.000-05:002012-09-14T10:25:00.720-05:00'So Steady' EP by In Between<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">By Kevin Toomey</i><br />
<i style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Release date: August 7, 2012</i><br />
<i style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">7'': <a href="http://www.firestarterrecords.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21&products_id=1099" target="_blank">Toxic Pop</a>/Photobooth Records</i><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />I didn’t know melodic hardcore was still a thing in 2012. Apparently it is and Baltimore’s In Between are championing its survival or rebirth or whatever stage that scene is in right now. The five songs on their second 7” </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So Steady</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> are pretty run of the mill mid-2000s pop punk, for lack of a better term, taking cues from bands like Lifetime and Texas is the Reason. There’s nothing groundbreaking on </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So Steady</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> which isn’t a bad thing, but I’ve heard this band 100 times before and it’s not something I think there’s a huge demand for right now. Musically speaking, the five of them are decent, with the standout being the vocalist who has definitely found his voice since their 2011 demo. The other member that really stuck out to me was the drummer. His annoying, flapping double-bass style really overpowers the melodic aspect of the music. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">T</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">he drumming overwhelms each song and makes it hard to focus on anything else. It sounds like someone repeatedly hitting a shoe against a brick wall and it doesn’t help that it accentuates the handful of times that the band doesn’t seem to be in time with each other at all. Hopefully that’s just a production issue and not a band issue, but there is a spot or two that sounds off time in every song. I’d pass on </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So Steady</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> unless you’re a really big fan of the genre.</span><br />
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squidproquohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01228612367022448701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412519219394976577.post-91318307771319592782012-09-07T13:57:00.005-05:002012-09-07T13:57:49.272-05:00'American Despair b/w The Coming' by Run Down<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">By Jason Duarte</i><br />
<i style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Release date: July 25, 2012</i><br />
<i style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">7'': <a href="http://www.firestarterrecords.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21&products_id=1123" target="_blank">Firestarter Records</a></i><br />
<i style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Rating: 3.5/5</i><br />
<i style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></i><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17px;">Run Down recorded this two-song 7'' in 2007 and since then, the band adopted a new moniker - Voight-Kampff. "American Despair" is a classic-style punk tune with hints of haunting surf influence reminiscent of the <a href="http://www.deadkennedys.com/" target="_blank">Dead Kennedys</a>, but it embodies the darkness of <a href="http://www.deathrock.com/rudimentarypeni/rpeni.html" target="_blank">Rudimentary Peni</a> and nihilistic lyrical tendencies of <a href="http://www.myspace.com/officialpegboy" target="_blank">Pegboy</a> as well.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17px;">After a minute-long creeping intro, much like a less melodic "</span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtzbNC4Da0E" style="line-height: 17px;" target="_blank">Smash It Up Pt. 1</a><span style="line-height: 17px;">" (The Damned), "The Coming" reveals its meaty innards as a faster, early-style hardcore tune by way of </span><a href="http://www.myspace.com/blackflag80shardcore" style="line-height: 17px;" target="_blank">Black Flag</a><span style="line-height: 17px;">. I would recommend this 7'' if you're a fan of any of the aforementioned bands. Not many go for this sound in punk rock world 2k12, though</span> <a href="http://night-birds.bandcamp.com/" style="line-height: 17px;" target="_blank">Night Birds</a><span style="line-height: 17px;"> and </span><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/C%C3%BClo" style="line-height: 17px;" target="_blank">Culo</a><span style="line-height: 17px;"> are two current bands that share it. These two very well-written songs are a refreshing throwback and the only bummer is that it's a posthumous release.<br /><br />This piece of wax is limited to 300 copies on white vinyl via </span><a href="http://www.firestarterrecords.com/FR12.htm" style="line-height: 17px;" target="_blank">Firestarter Records</a><span style="line-height: 17px;">.</span><br /><br /><span style="line-height: 17px;">Listen for yourself:</span></span>
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squidproquohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01228612367022448701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412519219394976577.post-29527549164063437372012-07-27T12:30:00.001-05:002012-07-27T12:35:39.998-05:00'Hollow Earth' by Black Wine<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">By Jason Duarte</i><br />
<i style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Release date: July 3, 2012</i><br />
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<a href="http://blackwine.bandcamp.com/" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; text-align: left;" target="_blank">Black Wine</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; text-align: left;">, hailing from the Matawan, NJ area, released its third full-length, </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; text-align: left;">Hollow Earth</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; text-align: left;">, earlier month via </span><a href="http://www.dongiovannirecords.com/" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; text-align: left;" target="_blank">Don Giovanni Records</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; text-align: left;">.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; text-align: left;">On<i> Hollow Earth</i>, the band continues to take steps outside its comfort zone, thus maturing its sound. The band's haunting and sometimes eerie tones linger in songs like "<a href="http://blackwine.bandcamp.com/track/blurry" target="_blank">Blurry</a>" and "<a href="http://blackwine.bandcamp.com/track/naysayer" target="_blank">Naysayer</a>." Singer/guitarist Jeff Schroeck (<a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CGEQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftheergs.bandcamp.com%2F&ei=is8SUMqQIoGk8ASW1IBQ&usg=AFQjCNE1P44HQH-nmnwv63Vnuju6k6IWLA" target="_blank">The Ergs!</a>/<a href="http://www.last.fm/music/The+Hamiltons" target="_blank">The Hamiltons</a>) and Miranda Taylor (<a href="http://fulloffancy.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Full of Fancy</a>/<a href="http://www.myspace.com/hunchback/music" target="_blank">Hunchback</a>/<a href="http://nounmusic.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Noun</a>) offer four songs each, while Jay Nixon (Hunchback/<a href="http://www.myspace.com/psychedtodie/music" target="_blank">Psyched To Die</a>) offers two.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17px;">Black Wine instills an inquisitive mentality on its listeners. The concept of <i>Hollow Earth</i> deals much with perception and how we relate to each other and everything around us.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17px;">"The architect has plans/His bricks and expression/Tricks are paint to the magician/I am always searchin' for an alteration or a clever iteration," Schroeck sings on "<a href="http://blackwine.bandcamp.com/track/heavy-veil" target="_blank">Heavy Veil</a>."</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17px;">I highly recommend <i>Hollow Earth</i> not just because the lyrics and music top everything they've ever done as a band, but the minds behind it weave some of the best sonic tapestries I've ever heard. Listen hard enough and you might look inside yourself and around you in a different way.</span></span></div>
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; text-align: left;"><i>Hollow Earth</i>, as well as the rest of Black Wine's catalog, is available <a href="http://www.dongiovannirecords.com/store/" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><br />
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Black Wine playing "Burlap" at Township in Chicago on 7/1/12:
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Black Wine playing "Flatland" at the Empty Bottle in Chicago, on 6/30/12:
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Black Wine's music video for "Burlap:"
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<i style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">By <a href="https://www.facebook.com/jerrycola" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">K</a>evin Toomey</i><br />
<i style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Release date: April 14, 2012</i><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Sore Subjects is back with four new songs on its second 7'', </span><i style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Missing Link</i><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">, released earlier this year. It’s obvious on <i>Missing Link</i> and from the band's recent live shows, that the Sore Subjects is really finding their own sound and style. </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">The band is playing tighter than ever and somehow managed to pull off an even more lo-fi sound than last year's self-titled 7''. A-side tracks, “Obscene Calls” and “Wearing You Down,” are both reminiscent of the Marked Men and the Busy Signals, and have made their way onto my summer party playlists. </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">The last two songs continue in the same vein, although they lose some of the momentum from the first side. But, this 7'' still good enough to earn 4/5 stars. P</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">urchase the </span><i style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Missing Link</i><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> 7'' on Sore Subjects' <a href="http://soresubjects.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Bandcamp page</a>, and stream it here:</span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 17px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">*DISCLAIMER*<br />[This review was strung together from a thread of Facebook comments].<br /><br />Here is possibly the worst album of 2012.</span></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 17px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It's hilarious how The Offspring is blatantly writing songs already written by other bands. "The Future Is Now" sounds like "Prayer For the Refugee" by Rise Against, "Days Go By" sounds like a pale imitation of Foo Fighters' "Times Like These" and "Turning Into You" sounds like "Ready To Fall" by Rise Against. Then there's all this horrible pop shit like "Bumpin' In My Trunk" and "O.C. Guns" that sound like they could be Weird Al Yankovic-style parodies.<br />"All I Have Left Is You" is a horrible rock ballad. "Secret Family With You" is also terrible. It's like Dexter Holland (vocals/guitar) keeps trying to outdo himself in writing the worst song ever.<br />And why the fuck is a re-recording of "Dirty Magic" sandwiched between "O.C. Guns" and "Secret Family With You?" It's like Holland personally wanted to remind people that his band at one point was actually a really good punk band, but now is writing songs that will give you ear-AIDS and insult your intelligence at the same time. Of course the re-recording of "Dirty Magic" has no fucking soul or real emotion behind it like the original did.</span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 17px;">Imagine how much better life would be if The Offspring would have stopped making albums after <i>Americana</i>. Then the only embarrassing songs you'd have to deal with would be "Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)" and "Why Don't You Get a Job."</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 17px;">There are really no major redeeming qualities to <i>Days Go By</i>. The songs that aren't blatant ripoffs or terrible pop songs are just average, run-of-the-mill punk rock songs. They're only boosted in musical quality due to the fact that there's so much shit on the album.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 17px;">Stream <i>Days Go By</i> <a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/album-premiere-the-offspring-stretch-out-on-days-go-by-20120619" target="_blank">here</a>. Or don't.</span></div>squidproquohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01228612367022448701noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412519219394976577.post-43215475627947629842012-06-04T15:09:00.001-05:002012-06-05T11:14:52.269-05:00'21st Century Breakroom' by House Boat<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlDmmzeHjYmc1DGDp2yr0LvvWxS0CbJt74UtSJoPldXfmVsOEDQCx-loLCeHdTH7l2c-87T40exYpBlu6Y3ELgIbrrzIqp6yhQBr2mZc0jtMgOD1lMtgxLHZ1qvSSD9StdsFvz-Lko0UHw/s1600/2ibf7n5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlDmmzeHjYmc1DGDp2yr0LvvWxS0CbJt74UtSJoPldXfmVsOEDQCx-loLCeHdTH7l2c-87T40exYpBlu6Y3ELgIbrrzIqp6yhQBr2mZc0jtMgOD1lMtgxLHZ1qvSSD9StdsFvz-Lko0UHw/s320/2ibf7n5.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />
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<i>By Jason Duarte</i><br />
<i>Release date: June 1, 2012</i><br />
<i>LP: <a href="http://johnwilkesboothrecs.storenvy.com/products/381935-house-boat-21st-century-breakroom-12" target="_blank">Bloated Kat Records</a></i><br />
<i>Rating: 5/5</i><br />
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I know what you're thinking: "sweet! Another lyrically self-depreciating batch of House Boat songs in which Grath cries about stuff. I already own that in too many analog formats." Well guess what, buddy?! Never before have you felt sorry for Mr. Madden for 9:25 straight. As in, with no breaks. This isn't the kind of pity you feel for 2 minutes and then it's emotional break time. Oh no. House Boat fucks your heart and fingers your emotions while they're sleeping on this one. Haus Butt is re-paving the pop punk world. It's the 21st century and that means we get pop punk songs longer than the album version of "Free Bird" by Lynyrd Skynyrd now (current pop punk bands, take note).<br />
The incredibly entertaining comic book-style album art accompanies the title track, "21st Century Breakroom." So in case you can't imagine what's going on in the lyrics, you've got cartoon drawings of cum rags, a brain in a cage, a bloody volcano head, the 5-0 and a guy with a basketball for a head smoking a d00b. All of which happen in the song and leave you feeling pretty dirty actually. The album art is a parody of Big Brother & the Holding Company's album art from <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9e/Cheapthrills.jpeg" target="_blank"><i>Cheap Thrills</i></a>, which was done by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Crumb" target="_blank">Robert Crumb</a>. So that's side A. And it's all right, but side B is where House Boat really shines.<br />
Side B features a song titled, "Suburban Grit;" the best song on the record, in my opinion. In this one, Grath spills his heart about how he gave said heart to a girl (I'm assuming), and she left it on the floor in the basement for a solid century. Then she returns to him (having not aged a day), puts her hand on his and it's ice cold. Nothing triggers empathy, pain and letdown like "Suburban Grit." This song could be the plot of a movie; it's that good.<br />
The LP is available through Servo at Bloated Kat Records <a href="http://johnwilkesboothrecs.storenvy.com/products/381935-house-boat-21st-century-breakroom-12" target="_blank">here</a>. The MP3s are available from Grath via Bandcamp <a href="http://houseboat.bandcamp.com/album/21st-century-breakroom" target="_blank">here</a>. And if you're a cheap son of a bitch, you can still be a House Boat fan by listening to the entire record below.<br />
Read a review of <i>Thorns of Life </i><a href="http://squidproquo1.blogspot.com/2011/08/thorns-of-life-by-house-boat.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
Read a review/see pics and video of their performance at the Don Giovanni Records Showcase 2012 <a href="http://squidproquo1.blogspot.com/2012/02/don-giovanni-records-showcase-2012.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
Read a review of <i>The Delaware Octopus</i> <a href="http://squidproquo1.blogspot.com/2009/11/house-boat-delaware-octopus-review.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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I love it when two members of two of my favorite bands go head-to-head on a split. In this case, it's Mikey Erg (The Ergs!) and Alex Kerns (Lemuria) joining forces with <a href="http://asianmanrecords.com/basket/kernserg.html" target="_blank">Asian Man Records</a>, and they created one of the most cohesive splits I've ever heard. Plus, both tracks by both dudes are full-band, by the way, so it's not any of that hippie-dippy, namby-pamby flower business (just kidding, hippies (not really)).<br />
On his side, Mikey Erg first re-recorded "<a href="http://www.ifyoumakeit.com/video/mikey-erg/song-against-ian-raymond/" target="_blank">Song Against Ian Raymond</a>" in an electric, full-band fashion. It's much more well-rounded-sounding than the original recording (off <i>42,069 Seconds With...Ergquist</i> by Ergquist). He told me the song is about three years old, so I'm super glad it's seeing the light of day in a shiny, new way. Mikey Erg also covered "Flower Tattoo" by Down By Law. That's Down By Law's best song in my opinion, and his homage is quite enjoyable. He sings and plays all the instruments on his half, which clocks in at just over three and a half minutes.<br />
Alex Kerns contributes two originals; "Responsibility of the Doll" and "Criminal To Be Alone." I dig Kerns' unconventional-yet-strangely-catchy songwriting technique. The intro to "Responsibility of the Doll" is just over a minute long and then suddenly it switches into the song. As a big fan of Kerns' past solo material, this 7'' shows how he's progressed on his own since the release of his demo his self-released Art of the Underground 7''. "Criminal To Be Alone" is faster and sounds more like a Lemuria track than a solo one.<br />
Both songs by both guys are fun ones. This is a great release, and I think it'll be especially enjoyed if you're already an Ergs! or Lemuria fan.</div>squidproquohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01228612367022448701noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412519219394976577.post-35539258736988941252012-05-14T12:50:00.001-05:002012-05-14T12:50:05.883-05:00'Gates of Home' by Sick Sick Birds<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<i>LP: <a href="http://www.firestarterrecords.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=1076&osCsid=4998d68f2d23fc59a25cd5a045c05389" target="_blank">Toxic Pop Records</a></i></div>
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If you're reading this, chances are you're familiar with the annual Insubordination Fest in Baltimore and if you've been, you've probably eaten <a href="http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.411335989322.180130.6165804322&type=3" target="_blank">Sick Sick Burgers</a> in the alley at some point. My hungry, wandering belly was how I first heard about these guys, and now they grace my turntable with their second full-length, <i><a href="http://www.firestarterrecords.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=1076&osCsid=141bf1607c75c91c4d5d9ad9eac93b6d" target="_blank">Gates of Home</a></i>.<br />
"Pick and Choose" is a strong opener. Immediately, there's recognizable influence by Joe Strummer. The song is particularly catchy, and sticks out like a sore thumb on the album as one of its best tracks.<br />
A little deeper into the album, "Marietta" speeds its vibe. It's reminiscent of early Cure songs (as is the bass line of "New Shoe Leather"), particularly when it comes to the clean bass and vocal tracks.<br />
Sick Sick Birds take the melancholy, slightly-gothy and progressive characteristics of bands like The Cure and The Smiths and add a punk rock/garage touch, making something new.<br />
The songs on this album tease the listener a bit, keeping the vibe steady and bringing it up in the chorus with catchy leads, but they don't let it go on too long, thus creating an awesome ebb and flow effect.<br />
This is a strong album that brings new stuff to the scene, and I can feel it's already rooting itself into "Best of 2012" lists.<br />
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Tuesday night, <a href="http://lipreader.bandcamp.com/">Lipreader</a>, <a href="http://tpaty.bandcamp.com/">The Please & Thank Yous</a> and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/MEAT-WAVE/190235284389034">Meat Wave</a> joined forces with New Brunswick, NJ's <a href="http://brickmower.bandcamp.com/">Brick Mower</a>, for a fun night of pop punk tuneage.<div style="font-style: normal; ">This was my first introduction to Meat Wave, which features local recording dude, Joe Gac. Their drummer was mesmerizing, and their hooks were memorable. The vocals and guitar reminded me of the Marked Men, but more electrified and gritty.</div><div style="font-style: normal; ">The Please & Thank Yous played next and belted out some new songs. According to singer/guitarist Geoffrey Schott, there's a finished new record, so keep your eyes peeled for that. Those dudes are always a good time live.<br />Brick Mower took the stage next, and killed it. They too, played some new songs, and existing favorites such as "Slow Too Fast." They were selling a tour-exclusive demo tape limited to 30, which has three of my new favorite Brick Mower songs. Much love was shown and their Chicago fanbase grew that night - just in time for their return on June 30 with Black Wine.</div><div>Lipreader closed out the night, playing songs off their <a href="http://squidproquo1.blogspot.com/2011/06/broken-heart-attack-by-lipreader.html"><i>Broken Heart Attack</i> 7''</a> and some others I hadn't heard before. It's always cool seeing a drummer who's also the lead singer. The Ergs!, Phil Collins/Genesis come to mind. And The Eagles. And Black Wine actually. They played a solid set to their hometown friends and fans, and when the music was done, everyone was hanging out and mingling; buying merch, shaking hands and drinking beers. A damn good way to throw some fun into the workweek. Plus, BRICK MOWER SLUMBER PARTY!</div><div><br /></div><div>Here's a dark video I shot of "Slow Too Fast," the last song of Brick Mower's set Tuesday night. Enjoy!</div><div><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Vbkn9TehvEQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div></div></div>squidproquohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01228612367022448701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412519219394976577.post-64889526314048230542012-04-16T10:11:00.007-05:002012-04-25T12:07:17.244-05:00Matt Skiba and the Sekrets announces summer tour<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6BMyAUbRKQ366C-Mjsz6_c9RMtu5iVfkMvzsQR-2iI0pTFvYEjrC189iNEFPQp2JoqioWUYTAX4SI5CZWhyphenhyphentv2RxIXKQaFFhdX3ZrcAKwc1mRcdUxj2qmGSjHshxSYYOme7nLGkuywZKD/s1600/sekret.png" style="font-style: normal;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5732017800693365762" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6BMyAUbRKQ366C-Mjsz6_c9RMtu5iVfkMvzsQR-2iI0pTFvYEjrC189iNEFPQp2JoqioWUYTAX4SI5CZWhyphenhyphentv2RxIXKQaFFhdX3ZrcAKwc1mRcdUxj2qmGSjHshxSYYOme7nLGkuywZKD/s320/sekret.png" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; height: 212px; width: 320px;" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-style: normal;">Looks like <a href="http://squidproquo1.blogspot.com/2012/03/matt-skiba-and-sekrets-debut-first-song.html">Matt Skiba and the Sekrets</a> is kicking off its first tour on June 7 in Chicago at the Metro in support of its brand new debut album </span><i>Babylon</i>, out on Superball Records May 8.<br />
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June 7, 2012 Chicago, IL Metro<br />
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June 8, 2012 Cleveland Heights, OH Grog Shop</div>
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June 9, 2012 Philadelphia, PA Theatre of the Living Arts</div>
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June 10, 2012 Washington, DC The Black Cat</div>
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June 12, 2012 Cambridge, MA Middle East</div>
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June 13, 2012 Brooklyn, NY The Bell House</div>
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June 20, 2012 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill</div>
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June 22, 2012 West Hollywood, CA Troubadour</div>
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June 23, 2012 San Diego, CA House of Blues</div>
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June 24, 2012 Pomona, CA The Glass House</div>
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Presale tickets can be purchased through Front Gate Tickets <a href="http://mattskiba-sekrets.frontgatetickets.com/">here</a>.</div>
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Listen to "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySPGhOKe6s0" style="font-style: normal;">All Fall Down</a>" and "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQxghIPguxA" style="font-style: normal;">Voices</a>" off <i>Babylon</i>.</div>squidproquohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01228612367022448701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412519219394976577.post-14377440253012294042012-04-16T09:37:00.004-05:002012-04-16T09:40:03.555-05:00Review: Screaming Females @ Subterranean, Thursday, 4/12/2012<p style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 24px; "><span >By Jason Duarte</span></p><p style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 24px; "><span >Originally published by <a href="http://gapersblock.com/transmission/2012/04/15/review_screaming_females_subterranean_41212/">Gaper's Block</a></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 24px; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span >New Brunswick, NJ's <a href="http://screamingfemales.com/" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; ">Screaming Females</a> are not just another three-piece punk band. It would be unfair and inaccurate to pigeonhole their sound as simply punk, garage or indie because it's all too vague. If you threw indie, garage, punk, noise, pop and a dash of darkness into a blender and set it to high, walked out of the kitchen, forgot about the blender, then came back an hour later, you'd come back to a huge mess, blended to perfection. Soak it up, wring it into a glass, introduce some radiation from your microwave and then you have Screaming Females.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 24px; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span >Screamales, as the band's fans refer to them, played the <a href="http://subt.net/" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; ">Subterranean</a> in Wicker Park Thursday night in support of its new fifth studio full length; the Steve Albini-engineered<em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><a href="http://dongiovannirecords.com/store/release.php?r=469" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; ">Ugly</a></em>, out on Don Giovanni Records. Screaming Females' vocalist/guitarist Marissa Paternoster has a voice that carries the Riot Grrl torch. It isn't "pretty;" actually, it's quite an acquired taste, but once the taste graces the palate, a Screamales song to a fan is the bell to Pavlov's dog.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 24px; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span >The Females played fan favorites like "Laura and Marty" and the ever-melodic, "I Don't Mind It" off its 2010 full length, <em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Castle Talk</em>. Paternoster's patented screaming plays a more dominant role on the Screamales' earlier songs like "Theme Song" or "The Real Mothers" off <em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">What If Someone Is Watching Their T.V.?</em> To watch her transition from singing to screaming is to watch Lon Chaney Jr. turn into the Wolfman just for a few seconds before turning back. It appears she unhinges her jaw and flips a switch into her alter ego, engulfing the microphone with her mouth and letting loose a barrage of sound, bellowing from the depths of some seemingly faraway hollow place.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 24px; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span >The Screamales added some new ones to their set; their first single and the first track on <em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Ugly</em>, "It All Means Nothing" as well as "Rotten Apples," which much of the crowd already knew. Fans were eagerly pogo-ing, singing along to Paternoster's urgent lyrics and moving their bodies to her gritty guitar solos, which were orchestrated well with bassist Mike Abbate's driving, progressive bass chords. The Screamales inspired camaraderie between fans last night. The total stranger next to me who was losing his mind noticed I knew the words to some tunes, so he proceeded to grab my shoulder several times throughout the set as if to say, "How about that one!?"</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 24px; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span >The band had an interesting stage presence — Paternoster is short and fiesty-looking, whereas Abbate is tall, silent and has a gentle demeanor, and drummer Jarrett Dougherty falls somewhere between the two, and always wears what looks like a Polynesian kukui nut necklace. The band isn't one for stage banter and when Paternoster does speak, she sounds apathetic and complacent — but in a cool way. She'll say, "Here's another song." A female audience member yelled, "Marissa, my boyfriend loves you!" to which Marissa, looking unimpressed replied, "That's nice." The flattery kept coming, which seemed to make things just a little awkward, since it wasn't reciprocated. They blazed through some more tunes before closing the night strong and without an encore.</span></p>squidproquohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01228612367022448701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412519219394976577.post-41686035138928332992012-04-11T15:43:00.009-05:002012-04-11T15:59:55.470-05:00Teenage Bottlerocket to release 'Freak Out!' July 3 via Fat Wreck Chords<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe4En_dI8FmmFQNqmcdYBni0Jmt9Eh2g9XkxTYguw5mFn65CMIpumShvEi2D9gX-Y-YcHV6v04XQCKETdoQjrj8qe-NUxTZoA-q7kdXvwG8C7lqUYlzS0OhIH0V0SXFu9RFdZEMJ9jHBiq/s1600/FreakOut_cover_450.jpg" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; "><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe4En_dI8FmmFQNqmcdYBni0Jmt9Eh2g9XkxTYguw5mFn65CMIpumShvEi2D9gX-Y-YcHV6v04XQCKETdoQjrj8qe-NUxTZoA-q7kdXvwG8C7lqUYlzS0OhIH0V0SXFu9RFdZEMJ9jHBiq/s320/FreakOut_cover_450.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730246794747529618" /></a><br /><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><i>By Jason Duarte</i></div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span style="font-style: normal; ">Holy shit! It's been a few years since Teenage Bottlerocket's last full-length, 2009's </span><i>They Came From the Shadows</i>. On that record, TBR seemed to be moving in a more skate-punk/thrash-fueled direction. Judging by the title and song names of this new album, it looks like they're moving even futher in it.</div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; font-family: Georgia, serif; ">Being a friend and fan of this band since 2005, I couldn't be more excited for this release. The dudes have come a long way in their 10 years of being a band and I can't wait to see what the future holds for Kody, Miggy, Brandon and Ray with this one. Here's something you may not know about this record: "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nO57_wFpsa0">Headbanger</a>" was written by Kody and Brandon's previous band called Sack. Listen to it <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nO57_wFpsa0">here</a>. They've been throwing it into their live set for years now, so I'm stoked they're re-recording it as a TBR song.<br />As a matter of fact, they're shooting a video for it at Brandon's house in Ft. Collins tonight at 5 p.m. So show up if you're in the area dressed as a metalhead and be in the upcoming TBR video, dummy!</div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; font-family: Georgia, serif; ">"Punk House of Horror" and "Mutilate Me" were released last year via Fat Wreck on the <i>Mutilate Me</i> 7''. I doubt the band would re-record them, but who knows. As far as I know, the rest of the tracks are brand new. </div><div style="font-weight: normal; "><span style="font-size: 100%; ">This is what bassist Miggy Chen has to say;<br />"</span><span>Friends! We are beyond excited to announce our new full length, </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, serif; ">Freak Out</i><span>! The record comes out in July on Fat Wreck Chords and we can't wait for everyone to hear it! These songs are some of our favorites we've ever done. We recorded it at the Blasting Room with out longtime friend and engineer Andrew Berlin and we're stoked on how everything turned out. It's been over 10 years since Teenage Bottlerocket began and a lot of amazing things have happened since then. We are so grateful to everyone who has helped make our life so awesome and we hope you enjoy the record as much as we enjoyed making it!!"</span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; "><span><br /></span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; "><span>Here's a studio update from drummer Brandon Carlisle, originally posted April 4:<br /><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/iJkbQDZen8o" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 100%; "><b>Track listing</b>:</span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; font-family: Georgia, serif; ">1. Freak Out!</div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; font-family: Georgia, serif; ">2. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nO57_wFpsa0">Headbanger</a></div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; font-family: Georgia, serif; ">3. Cruising For Chicks</div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; font-family: Georgia, serif; ">4. Necronomicon</div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; font-family: Georgia, serif; ">5. Maverick</div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; font-family: Georgia, serif; ">6. Done With Love</div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; font-family: Georgia, serif; ">7. Punk House of Horror</div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; font-family: Georgia, serif; ">8. Never Gonna Tell You</div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; font-family: Georgia, serif; ">9. In the Pit</div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; font-family: Georgia, serif; ">10. Mutilate Me</div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; font-family: Georgia, serif; ">11. Who Killed Sensei?</div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; font-family: Georgia, serif; ">12. Radical</div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; font-family: Georgia, serif; ">13. Summertime</div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; font-family: Georgia, serif; ">14. Go With the Flow</div>squidproquohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01228612367022448701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412519219394976577.post-82917480106209326752012-03-14T10:14:00.006-05:002012-03-14T16:32:20.645-05:00Dan Vapid & the Cheats release S/T albumDan Vapid & the Cheats made its self-released debut S/T full-length available yesterday. All 15 songs are originals by lead singer/guitarist Dan Schafer. The album was recorded in October 2011 by Justin Perkins at Mystery Room Studios in Milwaukee, WI.<div><br />The Cheats pressed up 1,000 copies of its album on CD, and are selling a limited-to-100 bundle, which includes an autographed copy of the CD, an instant download, a T-shirt and buttons, for $25 ppd. The six-panel jewel case is cool too, and includes full lyrics and more art.</div><div><br />Stream the album right down below, and if you like it, buy it <a href="http://danvapidandthecheats.bandcamp.com/">here</a>. <span style="font-size: 100%; ">The official release date of the album will be April 9.</span><div>The Cheats will be playing its record release show May 5 at Chicago's Cobra Lounge. Door time, opening bands and cover charge are all TBA.<br /><br /><iframe width="400" height="100" style="position: relative; display: block; width: 400px; height: 100px;" src="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/album=3059262110/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0">&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://danvapidandthecheats.bandcamp.com/album/dan-vapid-and-the-cheats"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Dan Vapid And The Cheats by Dan Vapid And The Cheats&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;</iframe><br /></div></div>squidproquohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01228612367022448701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412519219394976577.post-7244409820817788582012-03-13T14:40:00.035-05:002012-03-19T11:36:56.281-05:00Wax Nostalgic #3: Nirvana - 'Saturday Night Live' bootleg 7''<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg67le8utWePA-kuc5K_7lazpmfod9JMINKxb-ro2YLgHmHBIstR45kObDiLtUMF9aRF0pNYmDFjv7Rw9Vf_4DCjxwKiEVh6woJzOQxHJXcleghePh5NB2jGK6H2SM5nRuhjwdxh-IEqHN/s1600/nirv.jpeg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-style: normal; "><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 318px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg67le8utWePA-kuc5K_7lazpmfod9JMINKxb-ro2YLgHmHBIstR45kObDiLtUMF9aRF0pNYmDFjv7Rw9Vf_4DCjxwKiEVh6woJzOQxHJXcleghePh5NB2jGK6H2SM5nRuhjwdxh-IEqHN/s320/nirv.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721612993621314466" /></a><div style="font-style: normal; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><i>By Jason Duarte</i></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><i><br /></i></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><div style="line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><i><span>Artist: Nirvana</span></i><div><i><span>Title: Saturday Night Live</span></i></div><div><i><span>Inches: 7</span></i></div><div><i><span>Label: Unknown</span></i></div><div><i><span>Pressing: Unknown (Possibly/500)</span></i></div><div><i><span>Color: Swirly grey</span></i></div></div><i style="line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span>Release date: Unknown</span></i></div><div><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-style: normal; ">I don't own much bootleg vinyl (if any besides this one), but I couldn't pass this up when I saw it.<br />It was September 2009 and I was on tour with my old band, <a href="http://kobanes.bandcamp.com/album/japan-invasion">The Kobanes</a>, in Japan. We were trekking around Hiroshima for the day and visited <a href="http://www.dumbrecords.com/">Dumb! Records</a> - one of the labels (also a record store) that co-released our album (the other label being <a href="http://fixingahole.jpn.org/">Fixing a Hole Records</a>).<br />I'd already had the way common <a href="http://www.subpop.com/releases/nirvana/singles/sliver_dive">"Sliver" b/w "Dive" 7''</a> by Nirvana and thought this bootleg would be a nice addition to my budding Nirvana collection. It was 500 yen, which translates to about $6 USD. I picked this up with some other records (The Riverdales' S/T album, The Damned's</span><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">Music For Pleasure</span></i><span style="font-style: normal; "><span style="font-size: 100%;">, etc.) and neatly put them in my rolling suitcase.</span></span><div style="font-style: normal; "><span><span style="font-size: 100%;">I remember it was awesome hanging with Nass (owner of Dumb! Records/drummer for </span></span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/So-Cho-Pistons-fan-page/322592474445137" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">So-Cho Pistons</a><span><span style="font-size: 100%;">) and his girlfriend in the store. It was a small store with beer on tap and bottles of soda for sale. They had a pretty decent selection of vinyl, and a lot of CDs. They also had a Johnny Ramone signature guitar hanging on the wall, a signed Teenage Bottlerocket/Ergs! 7'', and other fun punk </span>memorabilia<span style="font-size: 100%;">. It also humbled me to see our CD, </span></span><i style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">Japan Invasion</i><span><span style="font-size: 100%;">, on display above the CD section. </span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">This 7'' features live versions of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BffyNovgRcY">"Rape Me"</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWGA4VIC8fU">"Heart-Shaped Box."</a> As you can see, the vinyl has blank labels, and was pressed on black, and a swirly grey (shown) color of vinyl. I did a little research and found the date of the Saturday Night Live episode where the tracks were recorded for this 7'' was September 25, 1993.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">Fun fact #1 - in 1993, Kurt Cobain called Pat Smear of The Germs, and asked if he'd be Nirvana's second guitarist. Pat thought it was a joke his friend Carlos Nunez was playing on him, but it wasn't. He accepted, and September 25, 1993 - this same SNL performance, was the first time Pat performed with Nirvana on second guitar (see links from the show above). He played with Nirvana till Cobain's death in 1994. That, to me, makes this 7'' go from pretty cool to incredible, and I'm fairly certain that's the reason it was bootlegged in the first place. As far as the pressing goes, one eBay lister claims there were 500 pressed on grey.</div></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span style="font-style: normal; ">Fun fact #2 - <a href="http://www.cobainiac.com/">Eric Cobain</a>, Kurt's cousin, did the artwork for our album, </span><i>Japan Invasion </i>(see below). Holy Nirvana twists and turns, Batman!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimusHgzPC6uuDEgtAM1AvtuA65MpKIEF9VdwhtJBRQwvp1ruLS2RI5wA48DuBl7tgHe3yRoFj9zI1s_5r9RPNi9PZE-mH07-YfUS0b7g-pk7jkk9RNoNEEPtqOmhMl2m9A30jRatHvegXs/s1600/kobanes2.jpeg" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimusHgzPC6uuDEgtAM1AvtuA65MpKIEF9VdwhtJBRQwvp1ruLS2RI5wA48DuBl7tgHe3yRoFj9zI1s_5r9RPNi9PZE-mH07-YfUS0b7g-pk7jkk9RNoNEEPtqOmhMl2m9A30jRatHvegXs/s320/kobanes2.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721644798155449794" style="cursor: pointer; width: 280px; height: 280px; " /></a></div>squidproquohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01228612367022448701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412519219394976577.post-70142920747899285002012-03-13T13:23:00.011-05:002012-03-13T14:39:33.026-05:00Hot Water Music debuts 'Exister' album art, track listing<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrUvhb6uOlWpuUFwm1vsqGxcfQ93MPOZXV0-BQfENqde5K6Bq8fQrPTf1yiGfIDOxZ9xdGFWFjq3TvD-Y-SoVhKNL7CC2imsGJdwG_gyvyk_oFO9QhHWQVSh7EV4Ogdpi-VuYOHhZOyQcg/s1600/Hot-Water-Music-existerg.jpg" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-style: normal; "><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrUvhb6uOlWpuUFwm1vsqGxcfQ93MPOZXV0-BQfENqde5K6Bq8fQrPTf1yiGfIDOxZ9xdGFWFjq3TvD-Y-SoVhKNL7CC2imsGJdwG_gyvyk_oFO9QhHWQVSh7EV4Ogdpi-VuYOHhZOyQcg/s320/Hot-Water-Music-existerg.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719449285948637650" /></a><br /><div style="font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-style: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">Gainesville, Florida's Hot Water Music returns this year with its eighth studio full-length, <i>Exciter</i>, via Rise Records on May 15. This will be HWM's first album since 2004's <i>The New What Next</i>.</div><div style="font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">The album was recorded at Fort Collins, CO's Blasting Room alongside producer/drummer Bill Stevenson of Descendents fame. HWM allegedly plans to announce a U.S. tour following this year's SXSW and Bamboozle festivals.<br />Check out HWM's most recent 7'' single featuring "The Fire, The Steel, The Tread" b/w "Up To Nothing," released on <a href="http://www.noidearecords.com/">No Idea Records</a> last year.</div><div style="font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="line-height: normal; "><b><i>Exister</i> track listing</b><span style="font-weight: normal; ">:</span></div><div><span style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">1. Mainline</span><br style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">2. Boy, You’re Gonna Hurt Someone</span><br style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">3. State of Grace</span><br style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">4. Drown In It</span></div><div><span style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">5. Drag My Body</span><br style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">6. Safety</span><br style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">7. Exister</span><br style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">8. Wrong Way</span><br style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">9. Take No Prisoners</span><br style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">10. Pledge Wore Thin</span><br style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">11. No End Left In Sight</span><br style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">12. The Traps</span><br style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">13. Paid In Full</span></div>squidproquohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01228612367022448701noreply@blogger.com0