Showing posts with label Punk. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Punk. Show all posts
Saturday, March 16, 2013
Thursday, July 5, 2012
Sneeze - I'm Going to Kill Myself
Genre: punk, pop-punk, garage
Sounds like: Weezer, Everclear
Even if the music wasn't awesome I would be tempted to post this album because of the title alone. So good. Anyways I don't often compare bands favorably to Everclear (I tend not to think about Everclear that much, actually) but I think it fits here. I saw Sneeze play a crappy little venue in Fresno last summer and they basically have perfectly crunchy guitar tone that reminds me immediately of the Blue Album or Pinkerton. Nothing too complicated here it's mostly just really solid songwriting and really catchy chord progressions. The singing is pretty good and you can tell that the band knows how to write good pop songs while also adding some punk sneer for good measure. Did I mention the crunchy guitar? I think I did. Fifteen songs in thirty minutes = awesome summer jams. I recommend listening to this in a car with a horrible stereo system.
Listen/download/buy on their Bandcamp.
Monday, December 26, 2011
Black Eyes - Cough
Genre: Noise, Punk
Sounds like: Mi Ami, maybe Q and Not U?
No more half-hearted apologies about not posting. All two of you who read this blog are just going to have to get what you deserve, which is an uneven posting schedule. As pretty much anybody who ever talks to me about music says: Max I want to hear more noise. And why the hell not? Here it is babies. The second Black Eyes record starts where their first one left off, incorporating two bass players, two drummers and lots of falsetto screaming and putting a nice glossy layer of guitar wreckage on top. This album adds some ugly Ornette Coleman-style saxophone shrill too. Black Eyes is so awesome. They are so good. Black Eyes is so good.
Monday, November 7, 2011
The Max Levine Ensemble - mr. gikokovich 2000-2005: a retrospective
Genre: Punk, Pop Punk, DIY
Sounds like: Good Luck, GOOD Blink-182
This band is insanely catchy. I pretty much associate them with riding in a car by yourself with blown out speakers dimed and screaming along with the lyrics, overwhelmed with internal energy and wanting to jump around and mosh while they play. They've been around awhile (10 years?!??!) and have some pretty cool stuff in their back catalog, all conveniently download-able from their Bandcamp/website for whatever you feel like paying. This album, specifically, collects some of their older songs rerecorded for the uninitiated and is a great starting point. Apparently their old incarnations included trumpets and stuff but AFAIK they're basically a three piece nowadays, which is my favorite amount of people for a punk band. No frills, nothing too complicated, just straight up pop-punk energy in packaged in accessible <3 minute songs. All their stuff is good, check out OK Smartypants which is another one of their completely solid albums.
Friday, November 4, 2011
Zona Mexicana - Eponymous 10"
Genre: Math Rock, Hardcore, Screamo
Sounds like: Algernon, Kidcrash, Ape Up!
So I'm going to try really hard not to just repost everything that Circling the Drain puts up but this will have to be an exception because I've been waiting for it FOREVER and it doesn't disappoint - besides that it's not longer. Zona Mexicana are a great mathy hardcore band from Purchase, New York with tons of raw energy and musical chops. They've released some sporadic splits and an EP which really just tease because of their length. This is really no different but I guess sometimes the fun is in the buildup. Every song on this thing is great - Watershed rips, Rain Therapy and Theme pack more riffs into <2 minutes than any band should reasonably allow, and Waking up with Dedication shows them going for the big choruses. Their drummer is a guy named Cameron Wisch who'll I'll affectionately describe as being a punk-rock version of Zach Hill (he's got some really good solo stuff too). I love Zona Mexicana.
Monday, October 31, 2011
Ted Nguyent - Pizza & Regret
Genre: Punk, Pop Punk, Math Rock
Sounds like: Algernon Cadwallader, Glocca Morra
Here's something pretty new that's easy to shout along too. I'm not sure if I think their band name is clever or stupid, sometimes bands like this really toe that line. I guess it's not supposed to be that serious. Anyways there's a lot of shout-y singing, sing-along choruses and good riffs to be had here so I would check it out.
Friday, October 21, 2011
A-Frames - 333
Genre: Robot Punk
Sounds Like: The Intelligence, Mclusky without the yelling
Whenever the Rapture happens (wasn't it supposed to be a few days ago?) I'm going to spend my last moments sitting on the beach, staring directly into the sun and listening to this band.
The A-Frames were a really great band that put out a couple awesome albums about 10 years ago. Their whole schtick involved monotonous vocals laid over gross, distorted basslines. Add some detuned apocalyptic guitar, a little noise, and serve chilled. I would recommend all of their albums (especially Black Forest) but the one I'm posting is actually just a compilation of a bunch of singles and demos. It's as good a place as any to start (although it's a little long and drags on in parts). Standout songs include Shadows and Satellite Around You (linked below).
Big Soda
Genre: 90's Indie, catchy punk
Sounds like: Dinosaur Jr. with more hooks, that band that did the Pete & Pete theme song (what were they called?)
Ok so I told myself that I would post one thing a day and now it's 1:00 in the morning so technically it's been more than 24 hours. Whatever. So this is pretty cool. I went to go see New Creases last spring and this band opened. They KILLED it. Super catchy indie rock in sort of a 90's vein - great songwriting, cool basslines, overall a lot of songs that get stuck in your head. You can sing along to everything and each song is short enough that you can just listen it over and over again like 20 times in a row (I mean...if you're that type of person). I put on some serious miles this last summer while listening to their ep/demo/whatever.
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