Is this a cover? God knows...but you can't deny that this is one slice of tasty punk. Nice touch too, with the slotting in of The Misfits' "Skulls" & The Vapors' "Turning Japanese"...This comes courtesy of Mc Drunk. Thanks buddy...
It's a shame that pop punk only went downhill after Jawbreaker. It seems like they shouldn't have been the peak of what used to be a really cool style of music. Since Jawbreaker came onto the scene nobody has really done anything that neat or exciting with pop punk. But maybe I'm wrong. Someone please tell me if they know a really good pop punk band that's around. I miss it.
Friends' band Smokey the Giant played their last set with the original drummer last night. He's headed off to Alaska, I'm pretty sure. So if anyone knows of a drummer in on the Central California cost, drop me a comment, but in the meantime check out their adhoc video one of their girlfriends made with some extra footage. The attached song is a regular cover, from the San Fran punk group Jawbre...
In no particular order:1. Jawbreaker / Jawbox2. Drive Like Jehu / 3 Mile Pilot3. Nomeansno / Trans Am4. Secret Chiefs 3 / Estradasphere5. Belle & Sebastian6. Portishead7. Fishwife 8. The (fucking) Champs / Last of the Juanitas9. High on Fire / Big Business / The Bronx10. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
a. Old roommate of a friend and great artist Dalek has an art opening, check it HERE .b. NEW MUSIC, the soft black, think of MYSPACE HERE .c. Swedish music, at its…. worst?? HERE . (thanks H)d. Blake from Jawbreaker performs acoustic in Brooklyn below. e. Feb. 5th in NYC has Anthrax, free and live HERE .f. Omar Rodriguez has streamed his new album HERE >g. Great Pictures from the plan.