New Kayo Dot song available for free download
The Village Voice website has a feature on the upcoming Kayo Dot album, Coyote, on Hydra Head Records today and you can download a song from the album on the site for free. The song is called “Whisper Ineffable” and is the second track on the aforementioned album. Aside from the free mp3, the article [...]
Bomp 2 Born in the Garage
Bomp 2 Born in the Garage – Book Bomp!/UT Publishing While I knew that Greg Shaw, the man who started Bomp did a fanzine before it became a record label and mail order, I had no idea just how many fanzines he had done even before Who Put the Bomp! The man practically invented the [...]
Pennywise name new singer
South Bay punk pioneers Pennywise have announced that Zoli Teglas of Orange County’s Ignite, is the band’s new and permanent lead singer. After months of searching, the members of Pennywise announced that Ignite vocalist Zoli Teglas is now officially the new front man. Teglas, a longtime friend and tour mate, recently played a handful of [...]
R.I.P. Iain Burgess
Legendary producer, Iain Burgess (far right in this photo with members of Blatant Dissent) passed away today after losing his fight to pancreatic cancer. Iain Burgess was probably the man most responsible for the “Chicago sound” of 1980s punk rock. Iain recorded all the big bands in this city back in the day including Big [...]
DRI 2/9 at Reggie’s
Sunday night Reggie’s played host to a hardcore extravaganza which was headlined by the long awaited return of DRI! This was also a marathon show and a late one featuring five bands, which meant it was going to be a long night. Vicious Attack Vicious Attack Vicious Attack Vicious Attack, a local band, opened the [...]
Naked Raygun 7″ series #1
Naked Raygun – 7″ Series #1 7″ Riot Fest Records Naked Raygun are legends in the city of Chicago and some even view the band as super heroes! The story of this legendary band has been told in a documentary or two and I’ve written about them countless times on this site since they decided [...]
Suicidal Tendencies purple vinyl
Not to be outdone by its fellow classics, the first (and best) Suicidal Tendencies LP also got some new colored vinyl love recently as well courtesy of its only home, Frontier Records. The album that brought such classics as “I Saw Your Mommy” and what is perhaps the most famous punk rock song of all [...]
Jay Reatard death ruled an overdose
Not that this really comes as a big surprise but the autopsy report released yesterday on the death of musician Jay Reatard revealed that his untimely passing was due to “cocaine toxicity, and that alcohol was a contributing factor,” according to Shelby County Medical Examiner Dr. Karen E. Chancellor. Another talented musician gone from a [...]
Circle Jerks – Group Sex LP purple vinyl
In the same package as the purple Adolescents LP from the previous post was another one of Frontier Records‘ classic LPs on a matching color. Circle Jerks – Group Sex LP is now available on translucent purple vinyl. Just like its purple cousin, this too is one of the greatest punk rock albums of all [...]
Social Task 7″
Social Task – 7″ EP Artifix Records Orange County, CA in the early days of hardcore had a talent pool unlike any other scene that spawned some of the most legendary and influential hardcore bands of all time, some of whom are still around to this day in one form or another. I don’t know [...]
Arch Enemy 1/29 at House of Blues
Friday night the House of Blues played host to another big metal show, this time one being headlined by Arch Enemy, hailing all the way from Sweden! Last week was the week of overseas death metal first with Behemoth and now Arch Enemy, quite an exciting week for metal fans indeed! Mutiny Within Mutiny Within [...]
