This may be the best punk rock record of the year. Newcomers Teenage Bottlerocket just released They Came From the Shadows on Fat Wreck and it's everything you want in punk rock today.The songs are all fast and aggressive, yet not so much to limit the understanding of the lyrics, plus 12 of the 14 songs are under 3 minutes in length (actually those 12 are under 2:30) They've also got attitude. ...
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Teenage Bottlerocket set tour datesTeenage Bottlerocket is streaming their new album, They Came From the Shadows, on AOL's Spinner and are set to tour the states in October & November.10/08/09 Englewood, CO at Moe's10/09/09 Kansas City, MO at Record Bar10/10/09 Chicago, IL at Metro Riot Fest10/12/09 Louisville, KY at Skull Alley10/13/09 Atlanta, GA at Masquerade- Hell (down)10/14/09 Tampa, FL a...
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Caught a fast, fun set by Teenage Bottlerocket last night at Chasers' in Scottsdale. Pics below. The band played great - tight, tuneful, fun. I sang along to "In the Basement" - great tune that. Like The Ramones, the band goes slam bang right into the next song, without stopping a beat. We were all pogoing at one point. Stayed a bit for The Lawrence Arms, but left a few songs in. I was too piss...
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Teenage Bottlerocket finally released their second album last year. I am very sad none of you saw fit to tell me this. I've been hoplessly in love with this band's sound since I first stumbled on full-length debut Total and hadn't really heard anything from them since they went on tour with The Epoxies a few years back. They're one of the few bands I hear consistently doign pop punk really, rea...
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Nobody plays 3 chord punk rock like Teenage Bottlerocket... NOBODY! While these Wyoming punk rockers exploded in the punk community with their manna-esque "Total", they actually have a full length before "Total" that is damn solid."Another Way" features the pop-punk sound we've come to love from Teenage Bottlerocket, but is much more raw in it's delivery. Songs such as "Be Stag" and "Patrick"
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Because I needed a bit of cheering up after that last one:I love this song so unspeakably much. It appeals to the silly romantic bitch that I am deep down inside and I refuse to apologize for this.And I also happen to be a sucker for any love song honest enough to admit that it's about as unrequited as it gets and doesn't care anyway.There you have it, I'm not a horrible, cruel, angry person. I...
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Ahhh yes, it's the weekend of non-stop shows. I got my "show extravaganza" started last night at Philly's Barbary with Higher Giant, Cobra Skulls, and Teenage Bottlerocket. One hell of a good start to an onslaught of moshing.Higher GiantFirst up was New York's Higher Giant. Sometimes referred to "Grey Area version 2", Higher Giant features members of prominent bands such as Grey Area, Kid
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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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Awesome to learn tonight that Teenage Bottlerocket is coming to Tempe's The Sets club to rock us out later this fall - I love this band's fast and loud anthems and melodic powerpunk. Their new CD "They Came From the Shadows" gets released in two weeks! Info below.[9/3/09 UPDATE: I read that The Sets has now closed. Rock casualty of the economy. Hopefully Teenage Bottlerocket will find another c...
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If you're going to write a song called 'Skate or Die' you better be living up to your words. 'Cause I'd hate to see someone be forced to die. Kody Templeman of Mid-Western pop-punk band Teenage Bottlerocket won't be getting killed anytime soon (hopefully), as he explains to SPIN: "I tried to skate. I wasn't any good, but I went for it."Teenage Bottlerocket's track Skate or Die premieres online ...
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Seeing Teenage Bottlerocket in a small (non-alcoholic) bar on a chilly Tuesday night? That means there won't be a lot of people... that means fuck yes. Let's get the one negative thing about the show out of the way right now: it was too loud. I don't mean it in an old person way, I mean people were covering their ears, asking the sound guy to lower it, stuffing paper towels in their ears...
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With ironic pop-punk mocking and earnest whining, Teenage Bottlerocket tries and fails to have it both ways.On They Came From the Shadows, Teenage Bottlerocket comes off as a group of smirking party animals. The band jokes its way through the bratty skate-park anthem "Skate or Die" and mock rock 'n' roll bravado on "Better Than Kiss". While those songs are infectious and obvious attempts at hum...
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See that poster at left? Well, it still holds good for Thursday night rock frolic with Teenage Bottlerocket and Lawrence Arms in greater PHX/Scottsdale. Except the show won't be at The Sets, cause The Sets closed down a few months ago when I first promoed this show. Anyway, I love Teenage Bottlerocket and plan to be rockin' this show at Chasers in Scottsdale. Rock. Look how the band rocked a t...
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