Category: Punk/HC

2-tone ska from Umbrella Bed

Tonight I’m gonna introduce you to the sound of Minnesota 2Tone ska band Umbrella Bed. Despite the fact that they were created right in the peak of the thirdwave wave ska UB decided to turn into the genre’s easy-going 2Tone…

Review of The Astrobastards’ “Die Nameless”

The Astrobastards are three guys based out of Bridgewater, Ma. With a name like The Astrobastards there really is no telling what to expect, although the Bridgewater, Ma part didn’t have me bracing for bone crunching riffs and gargling-with-gravel vocals…

Samantha

I met Samantha on their show at Brooklyn’s Cameo Gallery, where I ended up because I was way too late for the other show I planned to attend. However, these guys are really catchy. Punk rock to the bone, the…

Interview with Metz at the CMJ marathon

Metz were definitely the band that we all came to hear on the Oh My Rockness show at Cameo Gallery on Tuesday night – the first night of the four-day CMJ marathon. The Canadian trio quickly gained popularity after their…

Minutemen – The punch line

The 1981 debut album of the cult hardcore-punks Minutemen has one of the best covers ever.     Only 15 minutes long with most of the songs even under a minute this album is a true rebel. Listen to the…

Lydia Lunch – Queen of Siam

  Definitely Lydia Lunch’s best and most listenable work “Queen of Siam”, also her debut solo record, kicks straight in the balls. Queer lolita vocals, jazz, cabaret, avant-garde, depraved lyrics, dirty 80s guitars and sax, tension and tease… you got…

To wake up to The Idiot

Ok, I agree, no one wants to wake up next to an idiot, but actually waking up with “The idiot” of Iggy Pop is a great idea! And that’s exactly what I did today. This album, written in a close…