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Anti-Flag: For Blood and Empire

Posted:5/31/2006 11:13:00 AM by Valentine
RCA, as in a major label? That was kind of weird to see on an Anti-Flag CD, but whatever. Read the full review >>>

Sweet Wednesday: Wherever You Go

Posted:5/29/2006 4:17:00 PM by Joel Edelman
Occasionally goofy lyrics are the big surprise on Wherever You Go. Read the full review >>>

Nire: We All Shine On

Posted:5/29/2006 4:00:00 PM by Joel Edelman
With haunting vocals and bite-size tracks, Nire do an excellent job with crafting efficient songs that you really ought to love, if you know what's good for you. Read the full review >>>

Julia Lau: In the Wildflowers and Weeds

Posted:5/29/2006 3:02:00 PM by Joel Edelman
Listening to this album crashed my broswer, but why should you care? Julia Lau does an excellent Paula Cole impression on In the Wildflowers and Weeds, but what does it all mean?

Well, there's plenty of low- and midtempo tunes on the album, and some of them run together a bit, but her voice is so even-keeled that it's not a problem. Read the full review >>>

Jolenes: Get It to Go

Posted:5/29/2006 12:43:00 PM by Joel Edelman
It's amazing how things have changed since 2003. Read the full review >>>

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Latest news from punknews.org

Dave Grohl, Ashton Kutcher, and Fred Armisen SNL skit on middle aged punks

Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters/Nirvana/Them Crooked Vultures joined Ashton Kutcher and Fred Armisen in a Saturday Night Live sketch that had a group of middle aged fathers reliving their glory days in a punk band and performing a song called "Fist Fight in the Parking Lot" which some may recognize as some sort of hybrid of Black Flag's "TV Party" and Suicidal Tendencies' "Institutionalized."


PJ Bond / Billy Wallace

PJ Bond PJ Bond and Billy Wallace and currently on tour together.

Bond continues to support 2009's You Didn't Know I Was Alphabetical in 2009, while Wallace released The Road Spit Me Out last year.

Mixtapes post album for free download

Cincinnati, OH/Detroit, MI outfit Mixtapes have posted their debut, Maps, as a free download. The band notably features Fireworks drummer Tymm Rengers and cites The Promise Ring, Dillinger Four, Superchunk and Rivethead as influences.

The link to download the record can be found at the band's MySpace page. Those having trouble with that link may want to try this one.

Spring Heeled Jack USA: "Waiting, Watching"

Spring Heeled Jack USA To coincide with the band's recently announced reunion after nearly eight years of inaction, we've got a rare song from Spring Heeled Jack's out-of-print album Songs from Suburbia. . The band featured future members of The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Reel Big Fish, Less Than Jake, Pilfers and other notable acts of the late 90s third wave ska movement. This year the group will also be reissuing their long out of print albums Static World View and Songs From Suburbia on vinyl via Asbestos Records.

You can check out the song on their Punknews.org Profile

Monikers: 'Men'

Monikers Our stream today comes from Orlando, FL/Brooklyn, NY-based Monikers. We've got a stream of the band's new 7", Men.

You can check it out on their Punknews.org page.

 

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