Posts tagged punk

Confession time: I never used to like emo music. In fact, “never liked” is a charitable way to put it — the way some people say they …

A Diarrhea Planet concert could be described as the platonic ideal of fan-pleasing pop punk. The energy is unrelenting, guitarists rock out in all sorts …

The Nameless are back with a new bassist and a new EP, Out Of Sight. I first came across this young band last winter and …

Punk super group Transplants third album In A Warzone has finally arrive; it’s been set for release since 2010. Transplants are Rancid’s Tim Armstrong, Blink-182’s Travis Barker and Death …

Stockton, California. Late 70’s, early 80’s. Four friends: Curtis Clyde Hall, Graham Johnston, Iain Ross, and Evan Stewart. A kind of rock & roll  filled their …

Talking about The NerveBreakers involves placing ourselves in the mythical 70’s and 80’s American punk panorama. And it involves reminding that this band has supported …

Currently we are living a revival of the Garage-Rock wave. That genre, which developed in America in the middle of the 1960’s, reemerged in the 80’s …

I’ve thought about this a fair bit, and the first thing that came to my mind as quintessentially local was definitely hardcore and its development …

So Quintessentially Local? Fun idea when its someone else that’s writing it. You have more time to muse over which ones you would write about. …

Genre: hardcore/punk Fucked Up are a band of such rebellion, it’s hard to believe they were only formed just over 10 years ago. The almost-screaming vocals …