The ‘Punk Rock’ Category:
Music Tip – Noise By Numbers
July 19th, 2010 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young
New week and tons of new music – getting it started off this week is the band Noise By Numbers – here’s some basic info about the band from Jim DeRogatis before you get to dive in and let your ears enjoy the vibrations:
“Though two of its members have much higher-profile pedigrees — Dan “Vapid” Schafer has played in Screeching Weasel and the Riverdales, as well as leading the Methadones, and Jeff Dean is in the Bomb — their new collaboration, Nosie By Numbers, with bassist Rick Uncapher (Textbook) and drummer Jimmy Lucido could easily be overlooked outside the punk underground, and that would be a shame. Noise By Numbers draws inspiration from the fertile ’80s indie-rock scene of Husker Du, the Replacements, Dinosaur Jr. and their ilk as well as classic Chicago punk sounds like Naked Raygun and the Effigies to inject a heaping dose of sing-along melody into every propulsive and hard-hitting groove, making for an instantly familiar yet somehow distinctive and fresh-sounding formula.”
Dead Mechanical-Europeskate Music Tip
June 21st, 2010 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young
Pretty hard to find any information about Dead Mechanical out of Baltimore, Maryland but they have just brought out their second full-length album entitled “Addict Rhythms”, 12 song record which takes a few spins to get in your head the right way and then you just want to keep listening. Let us know what you think and maybe they’ll find a way to make it over the Atlantic to play in Europe!
Tracklist for Addict Rhythms:
01. Addict Rhythm (2:19)
02. Sidewalks (2:13)
03. Baltimore Calling (3:27)
04. Feathered Creatures (1:05)
05. Film At Forever (2:53)
06. Watchpost (3:04)
07. Last Show (2:03)
08. A World Of Mistakes (2:03)
09. All These Weathermen (2:19)
10. Binghamton Calling (2:57)
11. Pictures In The Hall (2:45)
12. Under The Leaves (3:18)
» Keep up with Dead Mechanicals on their MySpace site
Disaster Strikes – Europeskate Music Tip
June 10th, 2010 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young
I have another great band for you today – Disaster Strikes! Boston’s most politically-active and inspirational hardcore punk band is back with a scorching vinyl 7″ record preachin against corporate greed and imperial politics!
Forged in collaboration with two East Coast underground legends – Producer Richard Marr (Toxic Narcotic, A Global Threat) and Engineer Jeff Lipton (Dropkick Murphys, Dead Milkmen, Sebadoh) – “The Interrogation Sessions EP” by Disaster Strikes also features new Disaster Strikes guitarist and Boston transplant Josh Sawhill, formerly of SoCal hardcore heavyweights All or Nothing HC.
» Check out the Disaster Strikes website
Music Tip – The Real Danger
May 24th, 2010 / 1 Comment » / by Jonathan Young
Rainy outside today and I have a day off (yeah, another German holiday) so I’m checking out bands I haven’t heard of much before like I do once and a while. Today I seem to be in a melodic punk mood as the guys from “The Real Danger” out of Rotterdam, The Netherlands have really made it into my skull while I’m typing away on my laptop. Easy going music, no frills, just straight forward easy listening music with some good vocals and a band that backs it up well. Listen in to some of their latest efforts right here and I’ve thrown in a video clip as well. Read more…
Music Tip – The Insurgence
May 4th, 2010 / 1 Comment » / by Jonathan Young
Jumping back into the world of music and I came up with a gem of a band I haven’t heard of before – The Insurgence out of Seattle, Washington and man – they have that “punk” gene in their music, nothing like the thousands of bullshit-punk-wannabie bands flooding in on us nowadays. Click in to listen in and find out more. Read more…
Music Tip – Cancer Bats Release ‘Bears, Mayors, Scraps and Bones’
April 15th, 2010 / 1 Comment » / by Jonathan Young
Cancer Bats are back on a mission with their latest full release entitled “Bears, Mayors, Scraps and Bones“. Read more…
Europeskate Band Check-Outs – January 20th 2010
January 20th, 2010 / 3 Comments » / by Jonathan Young
A various selection of bands I found, rediscovered and which made me remember them… Read more…
Music Check – Dear Landlord
January 13th, 2010 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young
Dear Landlord out of Carbondale, Illinois, USA with some straight froward punk! Read more…
Music Check-Out: Strung Out – Agents Of The Underground
December 11th, 2009 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young
For those of you who are into punk music Strung Out is a band to know that has been around since 1992. Sure, it’s not like we are expecting something amazingly new with this latest full length release (seventh studio album and 13th release on the Fat Wreck Chords label) “Agents Of The Underground” but they continue to put together a strong mix of fast drums, gripping melodies and the always present guitars which will get me to the next show here in Hamburg. Here and there it gets a bit close to the so-called pop-punk type of sound but still, good work guys!
This record has already been out since the end of September 2009 so yeah, I’m behind on this check-out but whatever – go listen in yourself!
Music Checkout – Over Stars And Gutters
December 8th, 2009 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young
Took a bit to get back to putting some new music on the site but good things take a while sometimes. As I have a bunch of time on my hands, I’ve been finding a bunch of new sites and bands which has been making these wintery days just that little bit better. One great site I came across is Bandcamp which offers a platform for bands to offer their music to the public for free listening (no 30 second songs, the whole thing here!) and a simple payment program is also offered.
The band that really caught my attention is “Over Stars and Gutters” which just joined the “Black Numbers” label and their latest recording which is due out on January 12th, 2010 was recorded by Stephen Egerton (who recorded the Static Radio EP but is better known for his time in Descendents and ALL), Over Stars and Gutters debut full length reissue for fans of gritty punk rock ala Hot Water Music. Great sound, honest punk rock with no extras – get your ears over to their digital shop, listen in and even buy the record at the price you want!
August 27, 2010: Ricardo Batista
August 22, 2010: Jonas Wedelstädt
August 21, 2010: bill Danforth
