The Adicts – Life Goes On
The Adicts – Life Goes On CD People Like You Records The Adicts is one of those rare bands that not only has managed to have a three decade career and counting, but one that still has the original lineup. I can’t think of many bands that can claim that, especially ones that never stopped [...]
Burning Sons EP
Burning Sons – 7″ EP Mystic Records Milwaukee’s Burning Sons have the distinction of having this, their debut EP, be the first new 7″ released on Mystic Records in 20 years. With such a huge history of bands that rank from legendary to virtually unknown, being the first band to have something out in so [...]
Wednesday Night Heroes/For the Worse split
Wednesday Night Heroes/For the Worse – Split 7″ Patac Records The Wednesday Night Heroes prove Canada still has it when it comes to hardcore. They play classic-styled hardcore. The music is fast and metal-free. Their singer has a great voice for the genre and despite the speed they have an accessibility to their sound in [...]
Van’s Warped Tour 2010 7/31 at First Midwest Bank Amphitheater part two
As the afternoon progressed out there in Tinley Park, Pierce the Veil played on one of the stages and attracted a large group of teens and pre-teen boys and mostly girls. They played some rather weak emo-pop that would fit in on the soundtrack to any show on the CW network. It’s bands like these [...]
Van’s Warped Tour 2010 7/31 at First Midwest Bank Amphitheater part one
The crew at the First Midwest Bank Amphitheater must have been putting in a lot of overtime last weekend because the very next day after hosting the Rockstar Mayhem Festival, they held the annual Vans Warped Tour. It must have taken a huge crew to tear down the first show, clean up and then set [...]
Thursday enter the studio to record sixth album
New Jersey’s Thursday have entered the studio to record their sixth studio album and follow-up to 2009′s critically acclaimed release, Common Existence. The band will spend the next few months recording at Tarbox Road Studios in Fredonia, NY with Common Existence and A City by the Light Divided producer Dave Fridmann (MGMT, The Flaming Lips, Mogwai) and plan [...]
Naked Raygun 7″ Series Volume 2
Naked Raygun – 7″ Series Volume 2 Riot Fest Records Naked Raygun return with the second installment of their 7″ series. Just like the first one, this features two brand new studio songs. “Growing Away” is the catchiest Raygun track yet of their new material. It has Buzzcocks influenced guitar with a bit of a [...]
Mouth of the Architect 5/28 at Reggie’s
Reggie’s over in the South Loop got the holiday weekend off to a heavy start with a four band bill on Friday night headlined by the returning Mouth of the Architect. The lineup on paper looked pretty solid going in and looked to be a fine way to start a fun weekend. Chicago’s own, The [...]
Adolescents LP orange vinyl
The Adolescents first LP, commonly referred to as the “blue album” is one of those rare “perfect albums” in which every song on it is a classic. This is one of those albums that is an amazing listen from start to finish and one that you will likely never skip songs while playing it on [...]
Hopeless Records 15 Year Anniversary CD set
Various Artists – Hopeless Records 15 Year Anniversary 2CD/Book Hopeless Records It’s hard to believe Hopeless Records has been around for 15 years. It seems like just a few years ago they were a fairly new label sending their releases for review in my zine, Spontaneous Combustion, but since I stopped doing that zine almost [...]
Public Image Limited 5/2 at House of Blues
Sunday night, Public Image Limited (PiL for short) made their long awaited return to Chicago to play a pair of shows at the House of Blues (this being the second night). The band had been inactive for around 18 years and until the beginning of this year the future of the band was uncertain and [...]
J.F.A. – To All Our Friends
J.F.A. – To All Our Friends LP DC Jam Records I think the first JFA 7″, Blatant Localism, was the first hardcore 7″ I ever heard, if not the second (a Black Flag 7″ may have been the first, I’m getting too old to remember), regardless, that band of skate punks from the desert of [...]
Black Cobra – Chronomega
Black Cobra – Chronomega Southern Lord Black Cobra is a two man band from the Bay Area in California comprised of former members of Acid King and Cavity. The band released two albums prior to this one for At a Loss Recordings but for this new album they have found a new home with Southern [...]
History On My Arms with Dee Dee Ramone
History On My Arms with Dee Dee Ramone DVD MVD Visual If you aren’t familiar with The Ramones and know who Dee Dee Ramone is, promptly ground yourself to your room and don’t come out until you figure it out because The Ramones contribution to the world of punk rock, and music in general is [...]
Devo 11/12 at The Vic
When Devo released their first album in 1978 I was nearing the end of my run in grade school and would be a couple years away from discovering punk rock, that didn’t prevent me from discovering Devo though thanks to their single, “Whip It” which I spent my $1 allowance on one week to buy [...]
The Gears – Rockin’ at Ground Zero Deluxe Edition
The Gears – Rockin’ At Ground Zero Deluxe Edition 2xCD Hep Cat Records The Gears were a surf punk band from the Los Angeles area who were around during the first wave of punk rock to emerge out of Southern California. They put out a 7″ and an album and then broke up. Their records [...]
Riot Fest 2009 Day Five
Sunday was the fifth and final day of the biggest Riot Fest yet, and it was being held simultaneously at two different venues. I choose to return to the Congress Theater for the show being held there and the chance to see a couple bands that I’d never seen before. She Likes Todd She Likes [...]
Riot Fest 2009 Day Four
Saturday’s Riot Fest show (well one of the them) had me back to the venue where Riot Fest all began, the Congress Theater. I’m quite fond of that venue and it’s nice big stage and good lighting so I pretty much figured I’d be in for a good time and of course a good time [...]
Revolting Cocks 10/6 at House of Blues
Tuesday night brought the return of what was once a Chicago institution; the Revolting Cocks. For those of you who aren’t familiar with them, Revolting Cocks is a band that was started over 20 years ago as a collaboration between members of Ministry, Front 242, and other bands. Over the years the band has had [...]
The Accused – The Curse of Martha Splatterhead
The Accused – The Curse of Martha Splatterhead CD Southern Lord Recordings In the mid to late 1980s, The Accused were one of the premier “crossover” bands and probably played a large part in forming that style of music that became so popular back then, and later went on to influence such genres as grindcore. [...]
Riot Fest secret show w/ 88 Fingers Louie
As the countdown to Riot Fest begins (it is in October), the fine folks behind the annual punk rock goodness decided they were going to host a few secret shows here and the first one was last week. People who bought tickets in advance for the Riot Fest shows were randomly invited to a secret [...]
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