So, it turns out that I got sick a-fucking-gain, hence the lack of posts here at the Housewives. To top it off, I'm going to be leaving for a wedding for a few days.... so you won't hear anything from me on Thurs, Fri, and Mon. There is a lot of solid shit that needs to be posted soon though: Sakes Alive newest jams, Philly's local Minor Disturbance to name another. I swear next week, I'll have
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Last night I headed out to Philly's North Star Bar to catch Off With Their Heads with The Casualties and Youth Brigade. Since The Casualties were playing, I was expecting the place to be packed, but there was surprisingly a really low turnout.Detournement:First up was Jersey's Detournement. The members of this band have a solid history, coming from bands such as Bigwig, Worthless United, and
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Ugh. So melodic hardcore band The Steal announced that their last show will be with Paint it Black and Ceremony on September 18th, at The Peel in Kingston. I was lucky enough to see these guys once open for Armalite in Philly, but at the time I wasn't familiar with any of their music. They completely stole the show that night.I was always hoping that they would come back to the US for another
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3 chord only down stroke punk rock: somewhere, Joey Ramone is feeling a strong sense of pride. Teenage Bottlerocket has proven once again with their latest release on Fat Wreck "They Came From The Shadows" that they' are the modern masters of 77 influenced punk rock.Being a huge fan of "Total", I was a bit underwhelmed by their "Warning Device" release last year. Sure it was a solid album, but it
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3 chord only down stroke punk rock: somewhere, Joey Ramone is feeling a strong sense of pride. Teenage Bottlerocket has proven once again with their latest release on Fat Wreck "They Came From The Shadows" that they' are the modern masters of 77 influenced punk rock.Being a huge fan of "Total", I was a bit underwhelmed by their "Warning Device" release last year. Sure it was a solid album, but it
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Well... unfortunately it is Monday again which mean that 90% of people (I verify that this statistic is made up) are back at work and/or school. Here's a miscellaneous assortment of tunes to help get you through the day.MP3:Bouncing Souls-The Freaks, The Nerds, And The Romantics Folly – BrokenSlackers - Everyday is SundayTotally Michael - Casual SatisfactionMC Chris - The TussinZero Down – The
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I seriously don't think I can see Paint it Black enough. So regardless of the fact that this would be the 3rd time seeing them this year... I headed out to the Philly's First Unitarian Church to catch them with the legendary Naked Raygun. Yes, you read that right, 80s Chicago punk band re-united and is currently on tour.Brain Handle:First band up was Pittsburg's Brain Handle, who definitely
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The Bouncing Souls have certainly changed their musical style over the years, but their latest digital release for September (entitled "Badass") made me nostalgic for their first ever studio release: The Good, The Bad, and The Argyle.A lot of fans often put this album on the back burner (or back on the shelf I guess), since they were still developing their sound at this point (evident with "Joe
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If you're employed, you likely had Monday off (and if you are unemployed... enjoy the copious amounts of free time while you can... lucky bastard). If you didn't have Monday off, it's definitely time to quit your job.Hope your labor day was full of non-labor-esque things.MP3:Atom and His Package - Mission #1: Avoid Job Working With AssholesBomb The Music Industry - Jobs SchmobsChixdiggit - Quit
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In about a month, Strike Anywhere's highly anticipated latest studio album "Iron Front" is due to hit the shelves with a release date of October 6th. I've been a Strike Anywhere fan for-freaking-ever now, and after hearing "Dead FM", I'm really stoked to hear what they're going to be putting out next. Luckily for us, they released an "Iron Front EP".The latest EP features four songs: "Failed
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When Paint It Black released their latest 7-inch "Surrender" 2 weeks ago on Fat Wreck, every hardcore kid's head collectively exploded: "Really? Fat Wreck? Doesn't that mean you'll have to start sounding like a stereotypical skate punk band?"Not exactly... and a huge resounding "hahaha fuck no". The first song on the 4 song "Surrender" entitled "Sacred" is pretty straight forward classic PIB:
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It's pretty rare for me these days to come across a new ska band (err... new to me at least) that I actually enjoy. I don't have this problem with any other genre I listen to: maybe it's the lack of ska bands still around, or maybe the ones that are around try too hard to sound like Reel Big Fish. Every once in a while though, a ska band comes around that I can't help but enjoy. Amrev II is one
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Lords of thrash Municipal Waste don't really need a proper introduction. These Richmond revivalists resurrected the previously thought dead genre of cross-over thrash back in 2003 with "Waste Em All", brought it to the limelight in 05 with "Hazardous Mutations", and nearly god-damn perfected it in 07 with "The Art of Partying".Two years later, the band finally released the long anticipated "
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The book is not as lame as this picture... I swear.I'm really late with jumping on the bandwagon with this one. Over the past week where I was sick... I've been struggling to find stuff to do (since I had no desire to move), and decided on reading. But I didn't have any new evolution books from the library to get into, and I already read all of my books previously (only so many times you can read
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Finally, a band that takes the ferocity of hardcore and successfully blends it with the raw energy of punk rock. Betrayed, who includes old members of Champion, Terror, and Carry On, released one hell of a debut album "Substance" back in 06.Unfortunately, the band and their release didn't get too much press, so it was easy to overlook. Shame, because it is one hell of a hard hitting album. It's
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Bane of My Fucking Existence Summer is my favorite season... actually, I think it's the only good season around. But at the end of August, since I was about 5 years old, I have always gotten a sinus infection (sick, hence the lack of a post yesterday).Scientists still don't even really know what the hell is the point of sinuses, besides provide misery in a lucky few of us (I get em at least 5
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Last Saturday night, I headed out to the sold out None More Black, 7 Seconds, and Bouncing Souls show at Philly's Trocadero. Since this was a lineup that I definitely did not want to miss, I made sure to get there damn early. After waiting in the torrential flood for a good 25 minutes, by the time doors opened, I (and the majority of the crowd) looked like we all decided to go deep sea diving
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I've noticed that a lot of you young'uns are huge fans of Bomb The Music Industry (and rightfully so, they are siiiick), but have no idea who The Arrogant Sons of Bitches are. Well in the words of one of the two rappers I regularly listen to: "You Must Learn!"Before Bomb the Music Industry, Jeff Rosenstock played in a little spastic high school band called "The Arrogant Sons of Bitches". After
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Hate5Six Productions have posted a bunch of full set videos from a bunch of bands over at http://vimeo.com/hate5six . Yours truly shows up in a few of them, and I'm sure the guy will post more bands as time goes on, as I saw him onstage with every band taping...Here's a few sets that I was there for:Ceremony:Ceremony (TIH 2009, Phase 1) from hate5six productions on Vimeo.Blacklisted:Blacklisted
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Picture by Joey O'Rourke Before they were Addicted to Bad Ideas and before they were bringing you the East Coast Super Sound Punk of Today, The World Inferno Friendship Society released an album entitled "The True Story of the Bridgewater Astral League". After they released the album, their unreleased demo known as "A Demonstrational Introduction to the Astral Plane" or simply "The Bridgewater
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