The Fest 14

This upcoming weekend Gainesville, Florida will have their fourteenth annual punk rock festival, The Fest. The Fest is from October 30th till November 1st and features a mix of punk, hardcore, ska, emo, and pop-punk bands. The festival is sacred among the city in tiny bars. There are shows starting at noon and ending at two in the morning. To everyone that will attending this festival- be safe and enjoy your time there.

Friday October 30^th Day One

The Wooly: Restorations, Timeshares, Annabel, Cayetana, Tiny Moving Parts, The So So Glos, Sidekicks, Crucial Dudes

Holiday Inn Pool Party (3^rd Floor): Murphy’s Law (Soul Jamz), We Are The Union (Blink-182 Enema of The State), Beach Slang (Jawbreaker Cover Set), Murphy’s Kids (Misfruits)

High Dive: Captain We’re Sinking, Laura Palmer, Awkward Age, The World’s Scariest Police Chases, Arms Aloft, Worship This!, Boardroom Heroes, Counterpunch, Safety, Wolf-Face

The Atlantic: Mystery Band, Crocodiles, Turbo Fruits, Pujoi, Steve Adamyk Band, Shellshag, UV-TV, Midnight Reruns, Purple 7, The Scavuzzos

Whiskey House: Joe Macmahon, Billy Liar, Lenny Lashley’s Gang of One, Sinners & Saints, Ducking Punches, Strung Like A Horse, Everymen, Wax Wings

Market Street Pub:  Set and Setting, Kinding, Black Tower, Army of Porch, Thunderclap, Wailian Storms, The Yams, Widow and Children, Wilderness Dream, Station Cases

Boca Fiesta: Such Gold, Direct Hit, Choke Up, Northbound

Mother’s Pub: Dead Bars, OC45, Loose Bearings, Blacklist Royals, Jenarchy

Civic Media Center: Koji, Mystery Jamz, Chris Farren, Grey Gorden, Billy The Kid, Jon Creeden, Jesse Lebourdais, Living Room (Acoustic)

Lot 10: Desaparecidos, The Menzingers, Title Fight, mewithoutYou, Pianos Become The Teeth

Cowboys: Off With Their Heads, Riverboat Gamblers, Tim Barry, BIGWIG, Mustard Plug, Nothington, Shallow Cuts

Rockey’s: Sunshine State, sea of Storms, Long Knives, No Weather Talks, Worriers, Roger Harvey & The Wild Life, Wet Nurse, New Strange, The New Lows, The Weaks

Durty Nelly’s: The Battery Electric, Flat Stanley, Coffiends, The Resonants, Stymie, Dollar Signs, Powernap, Jake and the Jellyfish, Pompo & The Community College Rejects, The Bertos

Loosey’s: Gameday Regulars, Gentlemen Prefer Blood, Pale Angels, Mockingbird Wish Me Luck, Dead Bars, Broken Gold, Dingus, Oh My Snare!, Sharkanoid, Dog & Wait

Palomino: Firestarter, Sleep In, Just Friends, Karashi Boy, I’m Glad it’s You

Saturday October 31^st Day Two

Lot 10: Lagwagon, Teenage Bottlerocket, Banner Pilot, Smoke or Fire, Masked Intruder, Night Birds, Bad Cop Bad Cop

The Wooly: Modern Life is War, Government Issue, As Friends Rust, Iron Reagan, Loma Prieta, Young Windows, Drug Church, Frameworks, Xerxes, Old Lines, Gatherers, Old Wounds, Cult Leader, KDC

The Atlantic: The Felix Culpa, Foreign Tongues, Reverse The Curse, Strange Wilds, In Between, Fossil Youth, Aviator, You’ll Live, Everybody Row, Estates, Our Lady, Alaska, Typesetter, Daiseyhead, Choir Vandals, Whenskiesaregray

Market Street Pub: Moonbeard, Hatrabbits, Cleanup, Echo Base, Buffalo Buffalo, Woozy, Del Paxton, La Querelle, Hodera, Bandit, Blis, The Winter Passing, Trialthalon, Hikes

Civic Media Center: Sunshine State (Descendents/All Cover Acoustic Set), Jon Creeden, War on Women (Acoustic), Boyfriend Material, Joe Blake, Elway (Tim Acoustic), Dan Potthast, Mikey Erg, Kepi  Ghoulie, KJ Chixdiggit (Acoustic), James Alex, Coffee Project, Shaun The Revelator

Durty Nelly’s: Rebuilder (Blink 182 Dude Ranch Cover Set), Rebuilder (Own Set), The Scandals, Karbomb, Sic Waiting, Nowhere Fast, Wasted Potential, TBD, Binary Heart, Bad Accent, Birthday Candles, You Vandals, Protagonist, The Traditional, Heartless Breakers

Rockey’s: The Creeps, The Raging Nothans, Western Settings, Basement Benders, The Tim Version, Titlwheel, Worthwile Ways, Too Many Daves, Deforesters

Loosey’s: Teen Agers (The Get Up Kids Cover Set), Teen Agers, Not Scientists, Hospital Job, The Red Owls, Braver, Caskitt, The Scutches, Dudes Night, Podacter, Goddamnit, Not Half Band, Two Houses, The Penske File, The Bennies (Operation Ivy Cover Set), Joey Cape, Brian Wahlstorm, Jason Guy Smiley

Boca Fiesta: Math the Band the Band, Rozwell Kid, Meat Wave

Palomino: Big Dick, Left and Right, Chotto Ghetto, Teen Death, Pope, The Spirits of The Beehive, Address, Cicado Radio, Slates, Lions, Lady Bones

Cowboys: Beach Slang, The City on Film (Full Band), The Hotelier, Dikembe, Signals Midwest, Superheaven, The World is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die, Foxing, Pet Symmetry, Prawn

Hive Dive: The Smiths Cover set (Chris Gethard, Mikey Erg, and Friends), Kepi Ghoulie (Rock Band), PEARS, The Dirty Nil, Banquets, After The Fall, War on Women, Heartsounds, The Bennies, The Murderburgers, Astpai, Late Bloomer, Success, Devon Kay and The Solutions, Modern Baseball (The Killers Cover Set)

The Midnight: Davey Tilt, Nato Coles and the Blue Diamond Band (Acoustic), Dead Bars (Acoustic), Jon Creeden, Jesse LeBouradais, Jake and the Jellyfish, Greg Rekus

Whiskey House: Hard Luck Society, Blood on the Harp, Mutts, Rachel Kate, Jeff Shepherd

First Magnitude Brewery: The Thin Skins, Sinner & Saints, Everymen, Wax Wings, Rachel Kate, Jeff Shepherd, Lenny Lashley’s Gang of One, Sand Fleas, Freddy Fudd Pucker

8-Bit Bar:  Survay Says! (Dance Hall Crashers Cover Set), Kill Lincoln (Rancid Cover Set), Station Cross (Against All Authority Cover Set), The City On Film (Jets to Brazil Cover Set), The Foxery (Cursive Cover Set), Ex-Breathers (Fugazi Cover Set)

Tall Paul’s: The Snails (The Jam’s In This City), Just Friends (Red Hot Chili Peppers Cover Set), Reservoir (Gin Blossoms Cover Set), Pickle Back, Boardroom Heroes (Bad Religion Cover Set), Jobber (Josie and the Pussycats Cover Set)

Sunday November 1^st Day Three 

Lot 10: Andrew W.K., Into It Over It, Modern Baseball, PUP, Jeff Rosenstock, Underground Railroad to Candyland, Defiance, Ohio

The Wooly: Chumped, Antarctigo Vespucci, Donovan Wolfington, Elway, The Gamits, Look Mexico, Broadcaster, Old Flings, Sundials, Caves

The Atlantic: Dead Broke, Post Teens, Swain, Empty Vessels, Gouge Away, Night Witch, Coma Club, La Armada, Ex-Breathers, Dredger, Ordinary Lives

Market Street Pub: Assassinate the Scientist, Cut It Out, Nothing In The Dark, Dolores, Home Movies, The Moms, Edmonton, The Howl, Divorce, Living Room, The Foxery, Trespassers, Reservoir, Henrietta, Joliette

Civic Media Center: Sinai Vessel (Acoustic), Henrietta (Acoustic), Dave Dondero, The Lion and the Wolf, Toby Foster, Will Staler (Defiance, Ohio), Bob Nonna, Options, Edmonton (Kiiks Acoustic), Greg Rekus, Ty Vaughn of Broadway Calls, Everymen

Durty Nelly’s: Whiskey & Co., Arliss Nancy, Blacklist Royals, Two Cow Garage, Mutts, Lee Brains Three and The Glory Fires, Nato Coles and The Blue Diamond Band, Ninja Gun, Brian Wahlstorm, Waylon Thorton & The Heavy Hands, Rivernecks, The Ones To Blame, Those Crosstown Rivals, The Record Collection

Loosey’s: FUCK! (It’s Pronounced SHIT!), Guerilla Poubelle, Ducking Punches, Empty Lungs, The Priceduifkes, Uberyou, Kamikaze Girls, The Decline, Red Car Burns, The Helltons, Irish Handcuffs, Wank Unit, Personal Best, Have/Hold, Zeta, Woohnows

 Rockey’s: Kill Lincoln, Murphy’s Kids, The Snails, The Duppies, D-Cent Jerks, Survay Says, We Are The Union, Eli Whitney & The Sound Machine, Still Alive

Boca Fiesta: The Unlovables, Jobber, The Girls!

Palomino: Rational Anthem, City Mouse, Boys, No More, The Dollyrots, Hiccup, Carb on Carb, Looming, Alright

Cowboys: Weston, The Copyrights, Mean Jeans, Toys That Kill, The Beltones, Radon, Crusades

Hive Dive: Christian from The Hotelier Supergroup, The Pauses (Play The Breeders), Astpai (Tegan and Sara Cover Set), High Dive, Football etc, Cumulus, Free Throw, Runaway Brother, Oso Oso, Meridian, The Color and Sound, Great Cynics, Sundressed

Big Lou’s: Zack Astpai, Jan (The Shell Corporation), Laura Palmer, Shaun the Revelator, Coffee Project, Chris Snelgrove, Jake and the Jellyfish

Tall Paul’s: Brian Wahlstorm, Rachel Kate, Jeff Shepherd, Lenny Lashley’s Gang of One, Sand Fleas, Freddy Fudd Pucker, Mutts (Acoustic), Mike Llerena

Big Pre-Fest in Little YBOR 3

This upcoming week ,Tampa Bay will be hosting the Big Pre-Fest in Little YBOR 3. This is the festival that is before the annual Gainesville, Florida punk festival, The Fest. This is the third year of the pre-fest and will be taking place on October 28th and October 29th. Most of the bands playing are punk, hardcore, emo, ska, and pop punk. Also, most of these bands will be playing the Fest the following weekend. Most the venues are bars will also be the same case for the fest. For everyone that is going, have a great time and stay safe.

Wednesday October 28 Day 1

New World Brewery: Arms Aloft, Protagonist, Teen Agers, Awkward Ages, Pale Angels, Ducking Punches, Irish Handcuffs, Personal Best, The Priceduifkes, Guerilla Poubelle.

The Orpheum: Desaparecidos, The Menzingers, mewithoutYou, Into It. Over It, Sidekicks, Restorations, The So So Glos, Daisyhead.

Crowbar: Pianos Become The Teeth, Loma Prieta, Drug Church, Swain, Frameworks, Old Wounds, Xerxes, Gatherers, Black Tower.

Tequila’s: Mean Jeans, Toys That Kill, Crusades (The Sun is Down and The Night is Riding in LP set), Hospital Job, Tiltwheel, The Tim Version, Too Many Daves, Wolf-Face (Screeching Werewolf Set).

Thursday October 29 Day 2

Tequila’s (Inside): Underground Railroad to Candyland, Beach Slang, Meat Waves, Riverboat Gamblers, The Creeps, Tim Barry, Timeshares, Old Flings, Mikey Erg, PEARS, Nato Coles and The Blue Diamond band.

Crowbar: The City On Film (Full Band), Signals Midwest, Wet Nurse, Prawn, Cayetana, Great Cynics, Annabel, Cumulus, Free Throw, Blis, The Color and Sound, Caves, Worriers, Roger Harvey & The Wild Life.

New World Brewery:  Broken Gold, Oh My Snare!, Sharkanoid, Gatorface, Bad Cop Bad Cop, Shallow Cuts, The Murderburgers, Astpai, Not Scientists, Boys, The Girls!, Dead Bars, Laura Palmer, World’s Scariest Police Chases, Rational Anthem, Ian Douglas Terry, Zachary Reinert, Matt Monroe.

The Orpheum: Lagwagon, Teenage Bottlerocket, Masked Intruder (B-sides and Rarities), Heartsounds, Mustard Plug, The Copyrights (Mutiny Pop LP Set), Off With Their Heads, Banner Pilot, The Bennies.

Tequila’s (Outside): Chris Farren, Kepi Ghoulie, Dan Potthast, Meridian, Billy The Kid, Jon Creeden (Beards LP set).   

    

  

'Plini - The End of Everything' Album Review

https://plini.bandcamp.com/album/the-end-of-everything

Plini is a project from Sydney, Australia with very new taste to the progressive music scene. This EP sways you into a melodic delusion, grabbing you with the heartfelt emotion the three songs thrive off of. It's like jazz was recreated and modernized with more of a punch of delightful melodies and modernized processed electric guitar EQ's. 

This EP has many features of great artists, such as featuring Marco Minnemann on drums, Simon Grove from The Helix Nebula on bass guitar and Luke Martin on Piano. (Many more names are on the contents of the album) 

This little three song EP is powerful to the ears and will keep you attached. If you are a fan of Polyphia, Intervals, Animals As Leaders, and the new uprising band Chon and if you haven't listened to Plini yet, go do your ears for massive favor because you will not be disappointed. 

(Fun Fact) Plini used to go by the name HALYCON, releasing an EP called Pastures under that name.

Go follow Plini on their social media sites:

 https://www.facebook.com/Plini

www.Twitter.com/plinirh  

http://plini.bigcartel.com/ 

9/10

REVIEW: loverboy EP by oldsoul

Not long ago, Massachusetts band oldsoul released a four track EP titled loverboy.

The best way to describe the first track on the EP, "Becoming Conscious Of..." can best be described as something TWIABP would release, but with Hayley Williams' voice. That combination is pretty awesome, but otherwise this introductory track sounds like generic emo shoegaze. The good news is, it sounds like good generic emo shoegaze. 7/10

The second track, coincidentally titled "Show Me Something New", definitely sounds more distinguished than the first track, and probably should have been the first track. This song is not only a duet, but has much more passion in it, much more emotion, and truly shows this band's potential. 8/10

"Hurry Up, Loverboy", essentially the title track, does not contain vocals (minus a bridge of some "oh's" and "ah's") but is certainly not unpleasant; in fact, rather enjoyable, coming from someone who doesn't particularly enjoy songs with no vocals. And just like most good instrumentals, it's a relatively brief song, and has enough going on in it (that still goes together well) that it doesn't get too boring. 8/10

"Dean Park", the last and longest track on the EP, brings us back to the somewhat generic, ambient emo sound, but with a splash of new wave; again, something TWIABP or Pity Sex would come up with, but again, it's not bad. This song has vocals, the woman who sounds like Hayley Williams, and it absolutely makes the track. Both well-written, meaningful lyrics and a powerful, passionate voice is my weakness, as it is with many people. It's undeniably worth the seven minutes. 9/10

Total rating: 8/10

loverboy is available on Bandcamp for name your own price, I would recommend typing in a few digits and downloading it.

REVIEW: Deforesters S/T

Just the other day, a Toronto band by the name of Deforesters put out a self titled with four tracks on it. I came across this release by doing my daily search through bandcamp's new releases and overall, I was pleasantly surprised by how good this release is. Deforesters is a four piece act, and totally for fans of The Bouncing Souls, Beach Slang and even Bruce Springsteen. I also pick up alot of vibes from bands like Living With Lions and Polar Bear Club at least vocally.
 Sonically this release is totally, as one of my staff put it, Bouncing Souls worship and I can't say that is a bad thing at all for this band. The riffs are phenomenal, with some really catchy leads and solos. The basstone is nice, and also follows up really well with the rest of the accompaniment. The drums are solid, with a really catchy beat and overall.
 Vocally, this release is strong, coming in with some very raspy punk rock vocals, in the light of bands like Bouncing Souls, Living with Lions ect. It's a style I personally really dig, especially when it's done right. The whole sound put together is something you can totally get energetic to, and I could imagine people stage diving and getting up in the vocalist's face to shout the words to. I could also totally see this release as a great drinking anthem if you are into that, or even just a great soundtrack for a party.
 I think, that overall this is a really great release, and you should totally pick it up off of bandcamp if you get the chance because you certainly won't regret it.

8/10

Pick up the release for free on bandcamp!

Upcoming Shows 10/23/15-10/29/15

Here's another week of upcoming shows we would like you to check out. These shows are in the Tri-State Area.
October 23
1. The Acheron- Cult Leader, The Banner, Secret Cutter, Thera Roya.
2. Saint Vitus Bar- Babes In Toyland, Kittens Forever, Ageist.
3. The Space at Westbury- Garbage, Torres.
4. The Grand Victory- Mad Conductor, Dirty Kid Discount, Abs in the Rose, Out of System Transfer.
5. Tromaville- Mauler, Garage Brain, Spewing Cum, dream Crusher, Led Paint.
6. Shea Stadium- Infinity Girl, Slonk Donkerson, Suburban Living, Coaches, Jonathan Sibhes.
7. The Bowery Electric- Adrenalin O.D., 76 % Uncertain, Mental Abuse, Point Blank NYHC.
8. Monty Hall- The Ex with Ken Vandermark, 75 Dollar Bill.
9. Palisades- Terry & Louie, Daddy Long Legs, Fletcher C. Johnson.
10. Alphaville- EX-Cult, Squad Car, Surfboat.
11. PlayStation Theatre- Circa Survive, RX Bandits, Citizen.  
12. Funhouse 32- Lip Action, Coy Kids, Fortunate Ones, Desir Decir.
October 24
1. The Gramercy Theatre- Stray From The Path, Comeback Kid, Being As An Ocean, Major League, Deez Nuts.
2. Irving Plaza- Peaches, Deep Valley.
3. The Studio at Webster Hall- Masked Intruder, The Copyright, Not Scientist, House Boat.
4. Saint Vitus Bar- Teen, Ava Luna, Jo Firestone.
5. ABC No Rio- So Hideous, Black Table, Planning For a Burial, Barbarian.
6. El Sancho Bar- Demencia Alkoholika, Sweet Lucy, Skasos Rearsos, Inconciencia Hamana.
7. The Acheron- White Mystery, Turbo Fruits, 1-800 Band.
8. PlayStation Theater- New Found Glory, Yellowcard, Tiger's Jaw.
9. Blackthorn 51- Michael Graves, Darrow Chemical Company, Kore Rozzik, Nox Cult, Black Dawn, Rebels Over Flames, Imblog, Unholy Dispute.
10. The Grand Victory- The Bloody Muffs, Choking Susan, Skum City, Tuts and The Dollface.
11. Pulaski Club- Laid 2 Rest, Aftermath, Forced Out, Mass Decay, Cut Short, Special Guest.
12. Mr. Beerys- Greensleep, Fall85, Carlos Danger, Yankee Longstraw.
October 25 
1. Revolution Bar- Samurai Pizza Cats, The Offshore Regulars, The Shipwrecks, Crisis Crayons.
2. Saint Vitus Bar- Acid King, Kings Destroy, Sanhedrin.
3. Music Hall of Williamsburg- They Might Be Giants, Horntoberfest, Dial-a-song.
4. Even Flow Bar and Grill- Michael Graves of the Misfits, Haunted Hacienda, Bad Mary, Yum Yuckers, Bending Over Backwards.
6. SportsxJock Arena- Chrysalis, Nobody's Babe, Cat Like, Langoster, TBA
7. The Grand Victory- The Star Spangles, Dancer, PMS & The Mood Swings.
8. Trick Shot Billiards- Today Is The Day, Hellkeeper, Circuit of Suns, Isavari, Apastron, Djentlemen and A Scholar.
October 26
1. Heirloom Arts Theatre- Citizen, Pinegrove, Take One Car, Tri State Era.
2. The Grand Victory- Old Man Rinken, Lord Youth, The Revel Switch, Selsbak.
October 27
1. PlayStation Theater- Misfits, She Devils.
2. Irving Plaza- The Darkness, These Raven Skies.
3. Shea Stadium- Laced, The Men, The Funs, Wall.
October 28
1. Starland Ballroom- New Found Glory, Yellowcard, Tiger's Jaw.
October 29
1. Saint Vitus Bar- Beyond, Nuclear Age, TBA.
2. SportsxJock Arena- Death Dealer, Prize The Doubt, Heist.
3. Palisades- Glue, Strutter, JJ Doll, Slav.

Not Dead Yet Fest 2015

This upcoming weekend is the annual Punk festival Not Dead Yet in Toronto, Canada. Four days of the best America, Canada, European, and other nationality bands come together to play downtown Toronto in multiple venues. Also the Atlanta straight edge band Foundation will play their final Canada show so be sure to catch that. If you are going have a good time and kill someone during Foundation. Also stage dive for Title Fight

Thursday 10/22/15 Day 1  

The Silver Dollar- DIAT, Impalers, Sadicos, Face The Rail, Triage, Dilettantes.

Double Double Land- No Outros.

Friday 10/23/15 Day 2

D-Beatstro- Blank Spell, Strutter, Desgraciados, The Boys.

The Comfort Zone- Power Trip, No Tolerance, Build & Destroy, Hounds of Hate, Dress Code, Concealed Blade, Chlorine.

The Silver Door-  UNA Bestia Incontrollable, GLUE, No Problem, Leather Daddy, The Dark, Gaucho.

The Garrison- Destruction Unit, Rodger Stella, Yellow Tears, Fake Palms, Ligature, Latisha’s Skull Drawing, Mercury Girls.

Coalition- Lumpy & The Dumpers, DAME, Nandas, Q, The Strap, Fathers.

Soybomb- CCTV, Exit Order, VCR, Special Guest.

Double Double Land- Threshold.

Saturday 10/24/15 Day 3

Coalition- Stick Together, Pure Disgust, Protester. I.C.E., Scalped, New Vision.

D-Beatstro- Leather Daddy, OAF, Preskool Dropouts, Gazm, TBA.

Comfort Zone- Rixe, Boston Strangler, Night Birds, Vanity, Peacebreakers, Aggression Pact, Hired Goons.

The Silver Dollar- Orden Mundial, Ajax, Aspects of War, Blood Pressure, Absolut, Malokio, Cretins.

The Horseshoe Tavern- Title Fight, Alex G, Angel Dust, GIVE, Fiddlehead, Demolition.

The Garrison-  Helm, Marie Davidson, Pelada, TBA.

Coalition- Full of Hell, Gas Chamber, Vile Intent, Black Iron Prison, TBA.

Soybomb- Mommy, DAME, Farang, TBA.

Double Double Land- Threshold.

Sunday 10/25/15 Day 4

Parts & Labour- Foundation, Freedom, King Nine, Red Death, Blistered, Wild Side.

The Silver Dollar- Career Suicide, Blazing Eye, ZOTZ, Nervosas, Strangled, Great Death.

Upcoming Tours

Perfect Pussy & The Big Ups

12/15/2015 Easthampton, MA / Flywheel with Honeysuck
12/16/2015 Cambridge, MA / Middle East (Upstairs)
12/17/2015 Pawtucket, RI / The Met
12/18/2015 Brooklyn, NY / Music Hall of Williamsburg
12/19/2015 Washington, DC / Black Cat with Birth (Defects)
12/20/2015 Philadelphia, PA / Second Empire with The Spirit of The Beehive

Topshelf Records 2015 CMJ Showcase

            Last Thursday, Topshelf Records hosted their CMJ showcase at the Brooklyn venue Shea Stadium. The showcase featured some of the bands from label. In total there was seven bands playing and this was a fun show. I was mostly there for Nai Harvest and Donovan Wolfington but a good portion of the bands were great. Plus I never saw any of these bands that were playing that night. Also this was my first ever CMJ event and this was also for free.

            The opening band of the night was Lizard Kisses. Lizard Kisses are from Brooklyn, NY and they were a slow opener. As I mention many times before in my reviews I’m not fan of slow openers. Lizard Kisses was not for me but I really liked the instrumentals of the band. The guitars in the band sounded so good and the band kind of had this Post-Rock feel to them. Also they had violin in the band which was crazy because he was also playing with foot pedals. I thought that was wild. Overall I was not really into them but if you love Indie Rock with some Post Rock influences then check them out.

            Infinity Girl was up next. This Noise Rock/Shoegaze band from Brooklyn was incredible. They were totally unreal and I loved them just by hearing their first note. Once they were about to play the first note I knew they would be insane. Shoegaze is becoming a big thing again but this band I felt like wasn’t shoegaze they only took the influences. They prove that they can be different and were not trying to copy everyone else today. If you like My Bloody Valentine, Sonic Youth, and Punk Rock this band would totally be for you. I’m 100% seeing Infinity Girl the next time they are playing in NYC.

            Clique took the stage and brought it down a level. This band is from Philly and they brought a mild form of Emo. It was very lad back and also very catchy. The band reminded me of chilled out Joyce Manor. I notice people who were up front were singing along and this was the first band of the night that people were going off. Overall Clique was a cool band and I really like their sound.

            Solids return the noise to this show with their set. Solids are a two piece band from Montreal, Canada that features a guitarist and a drummer. Also on stage with them were two small spot lights. At first I thought this was going to be so crazy metal band because bands like Cult Leader and Meek is Murder only play with one small spot light on stage. Back to Solids set, they blew me away with the Noise Rock and Punk Rock influences. Solids was something else and it’s really cool them all the way from Canada to play this show. Solids put on a great set and everybody who reads should listen to them.

            Up next was Wildhoney a band from Baltimore, Maryland and just by looking at this band I didn’t know what to expect at all. The lead singer looked like the lead singer of Jefferson Airplane, the guitar players look straight out of 1980’s Manchester, and I was like thinking this has to be good. First song I was like wow there so many influences in this band. The lead singer voice was really good and she used a lot of reverb. The Guitars sounded really good and drums were great. I thought I was going to dislike this band they proved me wrong. Wildhoney is a band you don’t want to sleep on.

            Donovan Wolfington came on and I was in awe. This Indie-Punk band is from NOLA and they were a lot of fun. Someone try to start a pit but that failed. I felt not a lot of people were going off for them. I know I was and I thought they had the best set of the night. Donovan Wolfington was great. I just recently got into this band over the summer and seeing them really amazed me. Their style is great and their looks are great. The new album that came out this year How to Treat the Ones you Love is a great album and everybody should go get it. This is another band that will rule the underground so you better go to see this band and support this band.

            The final band of the night Nai Harvest came across the pond from Sheffield, UK. This band is a two piece like Solids but a different style of music. Nai Harvest is extremely influenced by the 90’s both American and British rock. Nai Harvest was great because their songs are catchy and just flow all together. The only band bad part of this set was after each song people left which sucked because they really are a good band. Overall is this miss show you mess up because this was probably one of the best free shows I ever been and a lot of these bands that played were good.  

Nai Harvest- 9/10

Donovan Wolfington- 10/10

Wildhoney- 8.75/10

Solids- 9/10

Clique- 7.75/10

Infinity Girl- 9.5/10

Liard Kisses- 7/10

 

      

    

Edge Day

This upcoming weekend in Cambridge, MA is the annual Edge day festival. This festival is the celebration of National Edge day which is October 17. This festival is the entire weekend and features the best Straight Edge bands in this country. The fest is taking place at two venues which are The Hardcore Stadium and The Middle East.

October 16 Day 1

Hardcore Stadium: Clear, Violence To Fade, Caught in A Crowd, Direct Impact, Todd’s War, Free Will.

October 17 Day 2  

The Middle East: No Tolerance, Waste Management, Hounds of Hate, Protester, Breakaway.

Hardcore Stadium: Stop and Think, Mindset, Invasion, Iron Edge, Spirit of Youth, Stick Together, Disengage.

October 18 Day 3

The Middle East: Ancient Heads, True Love, Death Injection, Take Control, Burst of Rage. New Vision, BYBO. 

Upcoming Shows 10/16/15-10/22/15

Here's another week of upcoming shows in the Tri-State Are we would like you to check out.
October 16
1. Amvets Post 18- Shorebreak, Nice Shot Kid, Legend of You, Gone By Friday, Ladder Match, Best Regards.
2. Music Hall of Williamsburg- Shannon and The Clams, Sheer Mag, Shopping, PMS and The Moodswing.
3. Rough Trade NYC- Protomartyr, Omni, Lemon Twins, Drinks, Yoko and The Oh No's, Mothers, Car Seat Headrest, Modern Vices, Chances With Wolves.
4. Marlin Room at Webster Hall- Have Mercy, Transit, Somos, Microwave.
5. Dingbatz- Zire's War, Barren, Chained to The Dead, Robo is and Monsters.
6. Palisades- Palehound, Big Ups, The Spirit of The Beehive, Greys, Palm, Stove, Washer, Kal Marks, Dirty Dishes, Swings, Flagland, Leaping, LVL Up.
7. Black Bear Bar- Ringo Deathstarr, Oso Oso, Mumblr, Piract, Boosegumps, Soft Couch, Good Morning.
8. Obriens- Crisis Crayons, Mr. Oblivion, Samurai Pizza Cats, Chris Ruben.
9. The Meatlocker- Recycled Earth, Queensway, Vein, Facility, Hounds.
10. AMH- The Nightmare Police, The Cavalry is Us, Sexy Teenagers, Makeshift, Staleworth.
11. The Crunch House- Gator King, Separated, Mase, Pus, Slowburn.
12. The Chance- Cannibal Corpse, Cattle Decapitation, Soreption, Necrotic, Engorgement.
13. The Acheron- Black Crown Initiate, Black Fast, Tooth Grinder, Native Construct, Cryptodira.
14. Cake Shop- Ava Lava, The Album Leaf, Deradorian, Stealing Sheep, Nai Harvest, PWR BTTM, Makthavarskan.
15. Warsaw- Titus Andronicus, Ex Hex, Spider Bags.
16. The Wick- Frankie Cosmos, Phony PPL, Dent Mary, Fraser A Formen, Lazy Eyes, Stone Cold Fox, Sam Cohen, Acid Dad, The Birtanys, Pieds, Buffalo Rodeo.
17. Baby's All Right- The Men, Destruction Unit, Michael Rault, Celestial Shore, Dirty Ghosts, Beach Boy.
18. Baby's All Right- Palehound, Drinks, Stealing Sheep, Hotton Tennis Club.
19. Union Pool- PC Worship, Strange Wilds, Lushies.
20. Saint Vitus Bar- Broken Hope, Embalmer, Dr. Skrinker, Telochvovin, Hypoxiam Thorn Constellation.
21. Baby's All Right- Porches, Makthaverskah, Superheaven, Yuns,Car Seat Headrest, Ezra Fumen, The Album Leaf, Long Beard.
October 17
1. The Knitting Factory- Superheaven, The Dirty Nil, Pinegrove, Thin Lips, The Weaks.
2. The Bowery Ballroom- Kate Nash, Balthlzar.
3. Terminal 5- Overkill, Symphony X, Sanctuary.
4. Rough Trade NYC- Ringo Deathstarr, Shannon and The Clams, Drinks, Mild High Club, Whitney, Cheatahs, Stealing Sheep, Murals, Cloud Castle Lake, Residuels, Drippy Eye Projections.
5. Webster Hall- The Wonder Years, Motion City Soundtrack, StateChamps, You Blew It!
6. The Meatlocker- The Subcultures, Archie Alone, Sunflower, A Major Trial, Tula Vera, Matthew Howell.
7. Boon Tunes- The Planet You, Rachel, Pet Jail, Edel Weiss, Noot.
8. Hand & Detail Car Wash- Destruction Unit, Perfect Pussy, Porches, LVL Up, Downtown Boys, Pity Sex, Pottymouth, Protomartyr, Sheer Mag, Whitney.
9. Palisades- Pity Sex, MakthaverskaN Crying, Teen Suicide, LVL Up, Petal, Spencer Radcliff, Pinegrove.
10. The Studio at Webster Hall- Nai Harvest, Furness, Solids, Donovan Wolfington, Us & Us only, Alaska, Whitney.
11. The Acheron- Subhumans (UK), Dark Thoughts, Ache.
12. AMH- Have Mercy, Transit, Somos, Microwave, The Flats, Commonwealth.
13. Alphaville- Destruction Unit, Lathoha's Skull Drawing, Pawns, Horrscope.
14. Saint Vitus Bar- Razor, Morbid Saint, October 31, Thrash or Die, Iron Force, Sacrificial Blood, Paralysis.
15. Shea Stadium- Threma Cannon, Lithuania, The Superweaks, Twin Lips, Meat Wave, Cherry, Lowercase Roses, TBA.  
16. Shea Stadium- The So So Glos, Big Ups, Washer.
17. Fine Arts Room M201- Ladder Match, Shorebreak, Nice Shot Kid, Dryjacket.
October 18  
1. Revolution Bar- Doyle, The Family Ruin, Hatchet, Demon Boys, Red Tide.
2. The Acheron- Subhumans (UK), Orphans, 50 Positing Risins.
3. The Emporium- Crumbsuckers, Ludichrist, Zire's War, Deathcyle.
4. Saint Vitus Bar- Razor, Blood Feast, Resistance, Anvil Bitch, Darkside NYC, Sweetmagna.
5. Shea Stadium- Stove, Baked, Falgland, Wicked World.
6. Nauet Arcade- Ladder Match, I Can Dream, Nice Shot Kid, Shorebreak, Impossible Colors.
7. Webster Hall- The Wonder Years, Motion City Soundtrack, Statechamps, You Blew It!.
October 19
1. Playstation Theater- Streetlight Manifesto, Dan Potthaust, Sycamore Smith.
2. Hunt Union Ballroom- Transit, Somos, Rarity, Firestarter, Naughty.
3. Irving Plaza- Collective Soul, King Washington.
October 20
1. The Bowery Ballroom- Joywave, Mikaula Davis, Kops.
2. The Gramercy Theatre- Soulfly, Soil Work, Decapitated, Shattered Sun.
3. Saint Vitus Bar- Darkwing, Fruit and Flowers, Large Human, Vancouver Riots.
4. The Acheron- Hounds of Hate, Impact, TBA.
5. Shea Stadium- Teen Body, Knights Templar, Jacket Onasis, Tierstarter.
October 21
1. Irving Plaza- The Dear Hunter, Chon, Gates.
2. Playstation Theater- Danzig, Superjoint Ritual, Veil of Maya, Prong, Witch Mountain.
3. Don Pedro, Dolones De Huevos, Rebushcahos, CCTV, TBA.
4. Saint Vitus Bar- Kylesa, Inter Arma, Indian Hand Crafts, Irata.
October 22
1. The Space at Westbury- Modest Mouse, Hop Along.
2. Marlin Room- Rx Bandits.
3. The Wick- The Ex, Fen Landermark.
4. Saint Vitus Bar- Bongzilla, Blackout, Marching Teeth, Huss.
5. Baby's All Right- Braids, Tasseomancy.

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REVIEW- Rogue Taxidermy by Days N Daze

In the late August of 2013, one of the most entertaining albums in the folk punk genre was released.

Quite possibly one of the very few albums I will ever give a ten out of ten, Days N Daze's Rogue Taxidermy is absolute gold. The album artwork accurately represents what it sounds like; a mesh of different styles, sounds and influences sewn together into some kind of of odd, almost crude, but interesting piece. Rogue Taxidermy is classified as folk punk; but that is a misleading title. It's much angrier than what one thinks of when they hear the term "folk punk," and much more harsh. There's almost a hint of Descendent's in the content; a majority of the lyrics are about dissatisfaction with everyday life, anger towards a majority of society, disrespecting authority, and experiencing changes in life. 

If you are someone who enjoys clean, clear vocals, this album will not be for you. There are two vocalists- one female and one male. The female does have a lovely voice, but quite the juxtaposition when put next to the male vocals- high pitched, rugged, and harsh. When I heard the first track of this album, "Rockabilly Impending Deathfuture", I was not ready for what I was about to hear. What starts out as a few soft chords quickly turns into what can only be described as incredibly angry ska, with what almost sounds like mariachi music, and this man with a high pitched, cracking voice yelling- which then transitions into something that almost sounds bluesy. The album consists of sixteen similar tracks, but none that sound too alike to the point of repetition; again, there are songs featuring the female vocalist as well. Though this album is long, it is well worth the listen. It sounds like something you could dance to in a dive bar in a hipster part of Brooklyn or day drink on your couch to alone, and the lyrical content could fit either of those situations. Congratulations, Days N Daze. Ten out of ten.

Days N Daze is a DIY band from Texas. Rogue Taxidermy is available on Bandcamp for fifty cents and on various other streaming sites and online music stores.

REVIEW- Exitium EP by Castiel

Klagenfurt based downtempo band Castiel not too long ago, put out their 5 track EP entitled Exitium. Now I had found out about this band almost completely by accident. A few of my friends had known who they were but I found them I believe through a breakdown video compilation by hearing the breakdown in their song Phantom. I was absolutely blown the fuck away by how heavy this band is upon listening, and quite possibly the heaviest band we've reviewed to date on this publication.
 Sonically, this band is nothing short of the epitome of an assbeater, with some of the heaviest guitars I've heard since Black Tongue released their first EP. It's heavy as hell but at the same time incredibly atmospheric in the darkest possible way. It's not very complex in the way of guitars, or bass for that matter, the drums do get complex in some parts because of some very great slams, I happen to really enjoy the progressions and the drum patterns on this whole release. It's formulaic and I think it works incredibly well for this band, they clearly know what the hell they're doing and it shows on just how phenomenally heavy this record is.
 I wanted to touch more upon the vocals though, which are some of the best growled vocals I've heard in a very, VERY long time. On the titular track you can hear just how amazing he is, with a growl that lasts for almost 17 seconds, and on the track Phantom which is not on this release, it goes for almost 30.
 In short, this record earns a solid 8/10, its super heavy and ignorant, while still remaining enjoyable and shows the talent of the musicians playing.


8/10
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James Boss Backyard show feat. Daisychain, Table Talk, Nice Shot Kid, Depresant, Check Engine Light. 10/10/15

             Last Saturday I attended a back yard show in Deer Park, Long Island. The backyard show was presented by Babetalk and Terminally Trill. The head writer of James Boss had this show in his own backyard. This is not the first time he has backyard show in his but back in July he had an all day festival that was dedicated to his neighbors. Both shows are benefit shows and there were about forty people that showed up. Besides the headliner Daisychain every band was from Long Island. This was my second show of the weekend that was DIY. Everyone who had a part of this show thank you and helpfully we could do more. A little side not everyone in these bands are the coolest people so listen and support these bands.      

            The opening band was Check Engine Light. Check Engine Light are a local Pop-Punk trio. Two of the members are brothers in fact twins which this was a first for me seeing Twins playing together in a band. They were a good to start off this show. The songs sounded really good and they even covered Taylor Swift. I always love hearing Top 40 songs being covered and turn into a Punk song. Overall Check Engine Light was really good. Make sure you check them out and also they will be playing a festival in Pittsburg, PA on December 13 that features Yellowcard and Citizen.

            The second band of the show was Depressant. This band I felt like they really love Title Fight and put a lot of that style music into their music. Their music was something really cool and I’m glad I saw them. Depressant was really good and probably my favorite band of the day. This band should be big because the music sounded so great and I love the switch between two vocals. Also the pedals they had sounded so amazing. Everything about this band was great and they even performed a My Chemical Romance cover. Long Island is lucky to have this band to be from here.

            Up next was Nice Shot Kid. Nice Shot Kid is a Four Year Strong and Easycore worship band. This is my sixth time seeing this band and I love them every time I see them. I’m not really a big fan of Pop Punk bands playing breakdowns but their music flows so well. The mix of easycore riffs with the Pop Punk singers just goes perfect with them. I personally think this band is 100% times better than bands like A Day to Remember, Four Year Strong, Chunk No Captain Chunk. These guys got a good reaction from the crowd and people were singing along.  Like I said before if you like the band I mention you will love this band.

            Table Talk was up and I found out they used to be called Last Great Hero. I thought Table Talk was just a new band but I actually saw them last year. Table Talk was a cool band and they had a really good sound. They really had an Indie Punk sound but overall they were good. They had two singers, one of them I wasn’t a big fan of his vocals but he played well. Support this band because they were really good live and they have good songs.

            Daisychain was up next and they were great. I mention before they were the only band not from Long Island. The band is from Peekskill, NY. They were a lot fun. Daisychain brought this Rock n Roll experience to this show. They really loved to play live and they got a good reaction. I notice some people singing along and going off for them. Just like that I become a fan of this band and they were perfect to close out the day with. A lot of love for this band hopefully I get a chance to see this band again. If you get a chance you must see this band plus their debut LP came out last month. Overall Saturday was a great day; shout out to all of the bands, James Boss, and U A DUB CRUE.

Daisychain: 9.5/10

Table Talk: 8/10

Nice Shot Kid: 9/10

Depressant: 10/10

Check Engine Light: 8.5/10
Backyard: 10/10
Overall Concert: 9/10