| Friday, July 30 2010 | |||
Pre-Chinese Stars. Arab on Radar, from Providence (but originally from Connecticut), comprises singer Eric Paul, guitarists Steve and Jeff Schneider, and drummer Craig Kurek. On the early singles, Kangaroo (Heparin, 1997) and Swimming With a Hard-on (Load, 1998), they played an artsy brand of noise-rock that borrows evenly from new wave and beach-punk. Queen Hygiene II (Heparin, 1998 - 31G, 2003), their first album, continued on that war path with terrifying blasts of chaos. The band has reformed and will play their first CT show since 2002! Three One G Mp3s: http://www.myspace.com/arabonradar Brava Spectre Spazz Jazz / Art Grind / Noise-Metal Bebop quartet from New London CT. Mp3s: http://www.myspace.com/bravaspectre No Babies No Babies, is without question one of the most important bands in the bay area. This six piece punk band spew songs at you with incredible energy. Fueled by female vocals, two drummers, two guitarists, and an assortment of reed instruments. Mp3s: http://www.myspace.com/nobabies Orange Coax Noisy garage rock from Denton, Texas. Mp3s: http://www.myspace.com/orangecokes |
| Friday, August 6 2010 | |||
Earthride are a another incredible band from the Doom Capitol/ Maryland, the fertile breeding ground that has spawned Pentagram, Internal Void, Wretched, Iron Man, Unorthodox, and of course Spirit Caravan. In fact, there's connections to some of these bands, drummer Eric Little was in Internal Void, and singer Dave Sherman was in Wretched and also played bass in Spirit Caravan (along with sharing vocal duties with guitar god, Wino). Southern Lord Mp3s: http://www.myspace.com/earthridedoom Valkyrie Driven by brothers Jake and Pete Adams, Valkyrie draws from pre-metal style to create a rich and earthy heavy rock sound. They formed in summer 2002 in Rockbridge County, Va. Pete Adams is now also a guitarist for the band Baroness Meteor City Records Mp3s: http://www.myspace.com/valkyrie Black Pyramid Black Pyramid play doom with the rumbling down-tuned tones of stoner metal gods like Sleep, Electric Wizard, and High On Fire, but with the epic arrangements of old school metal and doom acts such as Black Sabbath, Pentagram, and The Obsessed. Add to the sonic brew perfectly executed forays into vintage psych and progressive rock, along with the apocalyptic lyrical ravings about war, the occult, and general alienation, and you've got an accurate picture of what the band is all about. Prepare to be crushed by the weight of the Black Pyramid... Meteor City Records Mp3s: http://www.myspace.com/blackpyramidkills Nightbitch Sleazy rock-n-roll from CT featuring members of Hour of 13, Ipsissimus, and De Omega. Mp3s: http://www.myspace.com/sexandforce |
| Tuesday, August 10 2010 | |||
Constants is a post-hardcore/post-rock/shoegaze band from Boston, MA. In 2005, the band released their second album “The Murder of Tom Fitzgerril” and toured the United States for ten months straight in 2006 in a 66 passenger school bus converted to run on waste vegetable oil, becoming strong proponents of sustainability. Jon Hassell (ex-Seneca) was added as a second guitar player, and stayed on as a full-time member for some time after. In early 2008, the group enlisted Rob Motes (ex-The Coma Recovery, The City is the Tower) and the band released a split 7” with fellow Boston post-rockers Caspian. Mp3s: http://www.myspace.com/constants City of Ships City of Ships is a three-piece progressive/post-rock influenced band from Pensacola, Florida. Translation Loss Records Mp3s: http://www.myspace.com/cityofships De Omega Experimental prog rock in the vein of Isis. Mp3s: http://www.myspace.com/deomega Aether Wave Loud guitar rock from New Britain, CT. They like to rip off bands like: Deep Purple, Hum, Electric Wizard, and Soundgarden. Mp3s: http://www.myspace.com/aetherwaveband |
| Tuesday, August 10 2010 - Ampeater Music and Manic Productions Presents: | |||
Twin Sister create the kind of buzzy hypnotic pop you’ve been dreaming about since Galaxie 500 fizzled, cut with Tusk-era Fleetwood Mac thump, and a shot of Lynchian weirdness for good measure. They’re slack yet focused, a spark in the dark distance on a desert highway where speed is relative. Formed in Long Island two years ago and since relocated to Brooklyn, the band has lately been wooing fans and critics alike, with glowing write ups in Chocolate Bobk, Pitchfork, Stereogum, Said the Gramophone, My Old Kentucky Blog, and dozens more, all on the strength of a free debut EP. Mp3s: http://www.myspace.com/twinsisterband Memoryhouse Amidst a haze of sepia-tinged delirium, the swirling reverb-cloaked concoctions of Toronto, Canada’s Memoryhouse exist to soundtrack the indelible moments residing in the obscure backrooms of memory. Translating songwriter Evan Abeele’s experience with classical modes and modern ambient composition, Memoryhouse create vivid depictions of surrealist beauty, unfolding with crystalline clarity and with a gentle vulnerability both lush and subtle. Accompanied by singer Denise Nouvion’s tender, nostalgic vocal delivery, Memoryhouse renders the blending of the contemporary with the forgotten, the traditional and the technological, the visual and the aural, forged within the sonographic landscapes of ‘dream pop’. Arcade Sound Ltd Mp3s: http://www.myspace.com/wearememoryhouse Ghost of Chance Ghost of Chance are an experimental rock band based in New Haven, Connecticut. The group’s distinctive style is characterized by subtle time signature changes and sonically open experimentation set to surrealist lyrics. Ghost of Chance’s sound takes its influence from 1960s psychedelica, math rock and post punk while maintaining the shimmer of classic pop sensibilities. February Records Mp3s: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ghost-of-Chance/283039401524 |
| Wednesday, August 11 2010 | |||
The Album Leaf officially began in 1998 as the solo project of Jimmy LaValle, guitarist for San Diego, California-based post-rock band Tristeza. LaValle has also performed in several other San Diego-area bands, including Swing Kids, The Locust, GoGoGo Airheart, and The Black Heart Procession as well as collaborating with Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Rós. The new Album Leaf album A Chorus of Storytellers, marks the first decade for the group. In those 10 years, LaValle has gone from initial improvised home recordings to now five complete studio albums, from opening slots to leading an incredible world-touring band to the stage at Red Rocks, headlining the Metamorphose festival in Japan and performing at the Hollywood Bowl with the Incredible String Band. LaValle’s well-earned reputation as a crafter of impeccable sonic imagery even led to a critically-acclaimed show at the Seattle International Film Festival where The Album Leaf performed a live score for the 1927 silent film Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans. Sub Pop Mp3s: http://www.myspace.com/thealbumleaf The Files and Fires Recent Review..."Beautiful CD through and through. I highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys Explosions in the Sky, Sigur Ros, This Wil Destroy You, or Yume Bitsu. It will have you floating in spacious extacy." Mp3s: http://www.myspace.com/thefilesandfires |
| Thursday, August 12 2010 | |||
Nite Jewel is the performing moniker of Ramona Gonzalez. She is a composer, songwriter, and multimedia artist from Los Angeles, California, where she has exhibited a number of video and sound installation pieces. A recent sound installation entitled “The Question Concerning Technology” has been transcribed to traditional notation by Human Ear Music founder, Jason Grier. She has collaborated with Julia Holter and Cole M.G.N. of Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, curated two exhibitions at the Tiny Creatures gallery, and performed the work of Michael Pisaro. She was a philosophy student at Occidental College in Eagle Rock, Los Angeles. Mp3s: http://www.myspace.com/nitejewel CAVE CAVE is rock. CAVE formed in 2005 mainly playing improvised sets in the Columbia, MO area with as many players as 10 at one time. Recording took place while living in a communal farmhouse for the Hunt Like Devil and JAMZ EP's. Making the move to Chicago a core group was set and new ideas turned into shared visions. Since then, CAVE has recorded several EP's, singles and an LP. Reviewers have compared CAVE to Krautrock, UK Post Punk, Psychedelic Rock and Experimental at times. CAVE is releasing the PURE MOODS 12" EP on Drag City on May 18th and is touring all year long. Drag City Mp3s: http://www.myspace.com/realreelpro Fake Babies "With woozy synths, processed drum machines and even-more-processed vocals, beats alternately insistently pulsing and jagged, Fake Babies sound weird, arty, chemical and spacey, but also melodically inviting and often downright danceable." - Brian LaRue "New Haven Advocate" Mp3s: http://www.myspace.com/fakebabiesmusic |
| Tuesday, August 17 2010 | |||
In the four years since his career-redefining, mostly acoustic record Emoh, Lou Barlow has reunited with Dinosaur Jr. and reissued three of Sebadoh's classic albums. But as the brilliant new Goodnight Unknown illustrates, hes hardly living in the past. Borrowing the live-band energy of Dinosaur Jr. and the stylistic reach of Sebadoh, Barlow has built on Emoh's full production and written a set of immediate, melodic pop songs that Lou describes as, "a cross between my later work with Folk Implosion and my earlier work with Sebadoh...to my ears, anyway." Lou Barlow + the missingmen will kick off their first headlining US tour on June 10 at the Casbah in San Diego. To celebrate, Merge are releasing a brand-new digital EP entitled = Sentridoh III. Described by the band as “an almost live representation of the Lou Barlow + the missingmen live show,” =Sentridoh III is another step forward for Lou Barlow, and his first release with new backing band the missingmen (guitarist Tom Watson and drummer Raul Morales). With new cuts, rocking reworks of songs from Lou’s Merge debut Emoh and his latest solo record Goodnight Unknown, as well as a hauntingly beautiful cover of Skip James’s “I’m So Glad,” = Sentridoh III is a must-have testament to this remarkable partnership. Merge Mp3s: http://loobiecore.com Wye Oak The droll tone and fleeting sweetness of a Yo La Tengo are cut into the more deeply textural concerns of shoegaze in the Baltimore group’s work. It’s an interesting alignment, given the contrast in senses of humor. But Wye Oak successfully shed tonnage from the latter without losing potency. Wye Oak are Jenn Wasner and Andy Stack. Jenn & Andy have been playing music together and apart in Baltimore, MD, and chose their name from the honorary state tree of Maryland. They spent much of the first Wye Oak record, If Children, submerging their songs of youthful love and dread in a distortion haze, but the band's new record, The Knot, starts with a bell. From the first clarion-clear note, Wye Oak's collective vision is sharpened on The Knot, a set of songs that sway, stretch, and scream while always reaching outward for personal connection. One of the loudest 2 piece bands we have ever seen! Merge Mp3s: http://www.myspace.com/wyeoak |
| Monday, August 30 2010 | |||
This Will Destroy You are an instrumental quartet from the great state of Texas who play a cascading brand of cinematic rock music. Often compared and linked to purveyors of the “post-rock” sub-genre, the band has managed to transcend the tag and carve its own niche via a delicate and balanced infusion of electronics, strings, and an array of unconventional “rock” instrumentation over bombastic and receding harmony. Magic Bullet Records Mp3s: http://www.myspace.com/thiswilldestroyyou Wess Meets West Wess Meets West began in late 2005 and was created by Sam Stauff (The Morning After, My Holy Ghost, A Paper Tugboat). Initially, it was intended solely as an electronic music project supplemented by Sam on guitar. The project stayed this way until February 2008 when Sam recruited bass player Bryan Gottshall and drummer Jesse Vengrove, turning Wess Meets West into a live band. The band fused it's electronic roots with it's newly found live elements, bringing the music to a whole new level and finally allowing the music to be performed in a live setting. For fans of early Appleseed Cast, Explosions in the Sky, Russian Circles, etc. Mp3s: http://www.myspace.com/wessmeetswest 1 More TBA |
| Tuesday, September 7 2010 | |||
Fucked Up's second album, 'The Chemistry Of Common Life,' synthesizes the bands' numerous musical directions into an expansive epic about the mysteries of birth, death, and the origins of life (and re-living). Merging elements of hardcore riffage with up to 70 tracks of guitars, organs, winds and vocals, (including 18 guitars on the first single, the fatalistic "No Epiphany"), the music remains iconoclastic and startling, with Pink Eyes' vocals front and center. Matador Records Mp3s: http://www.myspace.com/epicsinminutes 2 More TBA |
| Thursday, September 9 2010 | |||
Sonically Caspian draws from a broad scope of influences ranging from the ambient sophistication of Eluvium and Brian Eno to the crushing fury of art-metalists such as ISIS and Tool. Emotively, the music of Caspian shares common threads with Sigur Ros, M83 and The Appleseed Cast. From Boston. Mp3s: http://www.myspace.com/caspiantheband Fugue "Adjectives are a neat grammatical function, but don't seem to adequately capture the musical product of Fugue. With the foundation of two guitars, one keyboard, drums and bass, Fugue manipulates basic musical functions of time signatures and scale to shape a finished product trumping any words. Maybe that's why they call it math rock." - Elise Granata (Inkwell Press) Mp3s: http://www.myspace.com/fugueisawesome Castles Castles is an ambient indie rock band from New Haven. Mp3s: http://castles.bandcamp.com |
| Tuesday, September 14 2010 | |||
El Ten Eleven is a Los Angeles, CA post-rock duo known for combining guitar/bass doubleneck or fretless bass, with heavy looping, or vamping, and the utility of an effects pedal, over acoustic or electric drumming. They have released three full length albums, earning generally positive reviews. The band has earned some attention due to many of their songs being featured in the soundtracks of Gary Hustwit's design documentaries Helvetica and Objectified. The End Records Mp3s: http://www.myspace.com/elteneleven Dosh Martin Luther King Chavez Dosh, known in music as Dosh, is a musician and multi-instrumentalist based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. As an artist, Dosh is a percussionist who uses various electronics, often with a Fender Rhodes. Dosh has been characterized mostly as experimental and electronic-based due to his use of many samplers and looping machines and the rhythmic feel of much of his music, with songs often relying on Dosh alone on keyboards, marimba, and drums. Dosh is often in collaboration with other musicians during live sets and on recording. Anticon. Mp3s: http://www.myspace.com/doshanticon Baths For mercurial L.A. music-maker Will Wiesenfeld, Baths has been a long time coming. The 21-year-old has spent the better part of his days living amidst “pleasant” and “unremarkable” in the suburbs of the San Fernando Valley, so perhaps it’s due to a general lack of local inspiration that Wiesenfeld’s own work has never fit into a prefab box of its own. Over the last six years, under the handle of [Post-Foetus], Wiesenfeld has gainfully explored the intersections and outer reaches of both electronic and acoustic music. With Baths, his eclecticism finds its greatest focus yet, in a hail of lush melodies, ghostly choirs, playful instrumentation and stuttering beats. Anticon. Mp3s: http://www.myspace.com/bathsmusic Ceschi & Anonymous Inc. Fresh off of a year chock full of US and European tours opening for the likes of Myka 9, Sole, Awol One, and 2Mex, Ceschi Ramos continues in 2010 bringing his brand of post-folk songwriting and left field hip hop to the stage. With influences from Neutral Milk Hotel to Freestyle Fellowship we can assure you that you've never seen or heard something quite like Ceschi before. From New Haven. Fake Four Inc. Mp3s: http://www.myspace.com/ceschiramos |
| Tuesday, September 14 2010 | |||
Defiance, Ohio is a punk band from Bloomington, Indiana. They are known for their extensive touring and intense, enthusiastic live shows. They are named (tongue in cheek) after the real town Defiance, Ohio. The band has a unique line-up for a punk act, featuring violin, cello, banjo, acoustic and electric guitars, piano, and electric bass (formerly an upright bass). Mp3s: http://www.myspace.com/defianceohio32 2 More TBA |
| Thursday, September 16 2010 | |||
Hallelujah the Hills arose from the ashes of Boston's late lamented the Stairs. When the Stairs collapsed at the end of 2005, lead singer/songwriter Ryan Walsh and drummer Eric Meyer announced the formation of their new band. Named after Adolphus Mekas' 1963 cult comedy, Hallelujah the Hills settled on an initial lineup of Walsh and Meyer, David Bentley (cello, guitar), Joe Marrett (bass), and Matt Brown (synth, samples, guitar, melodica). Trumpeter Brian Rutledge joined a few months later, and Elio DeLuca replaced Brown on keyboards in early 2007. Hallelujah the Hills incorporates the elements of Guided by Voices' lo-fi power pop, the woozy marching band music of Neutral Milk Hotel, and the off-kilter warblings of David Byrne. You may recognize these guys as they just supported Titus Andronicus at their recent SOLD OUT show. They are now returning for a full headline set! Mp3s: http://www.myspace.com/hallelujahthehills 2 More TBA |
| Sunday, September 26 2010 | |||
Bettie Serveert is an indie-rock band from The Netherlands. Their name, which translates to “Bettie serves,” is taken from a series of tennis instructional books by Dutch tennis player Betty Stove, who lost the Wimbledon Ladies singles final in 1977. Comprising vocalist Carol Van Dijk (vocals), Peter Visser (guitar), Herman Bunskoeke (bass) and Berend Dubbe (drums) they originally formed in 1986 as a side-project of De Artsen. After De Artsen split up in 1990, Bettie Serveert became a full-time project. Bettie Serveert released their debut album “Palomine” in 1992, which, fifteen years after its release, is still a modern indie rock classic, wonderfully blending together influences of Velvet Underground and Neil Young with melancholic lyrics, catchy tunes and a lo-fi-feel. Second Motion Records Mp3s: http://www.myspace.com/bettieserveert 1 More TBA |
| Tuesday, September 28 2010 | |||
The Toasters was one of the first American bands in the third wave of ska, and may be the longest active ska band in the United States. They have released nine studio albums, most of them on Moon Ska Records. The Toasters experienced a small degree of commercial success in the late 1990s due to the popularity of third wave ska in North America. Their song "Two-Tone Army" is also the theme song for the Nickelodeon show KaBlam! (credited as the Moon Ska Stompers) and they recorded background music in many TV commercials, including for America Online and Coca-Cola. Their song "Don't Let The Bastards Grind You Down" appeared in the pilot episode of the animated series Mission Hill. They still perform around the world, and in 2007 they celebrated their 25th Anniversary with a new studio album, One More Bullet. Megalith Records Mp3s: http://www.myspace.com/toasters 1 More TBA |
| Wednesday, September 29 2010 | |||
Nails is a 3-piece grind/hardcore assault formed in December 2007 by Todd Jones (ex Terror) along with the help of Taylor Young (Cremetorium), and John Gianelli. With very little internet presence, Nails has spent the past two years winning over audiences of metal/hardcore genres. Nails newest effort titled "Unsilent Death" has sold 1500 copies (CD's and vinyl) in two months with very little promotion and distribution. Nails has co-released their last two efforts with Six Feet Under Records (Mother Of Mercy, Justice, Floorpunch) and have played 40+ shows to date including an appearance at "Sound And Fury Festival 2009" and futures appearances at "This Is Hardcore 2010" as well as Southern Lord Records "Power Of The Riff 2010". Nails will embark on an extensive US tour in the Fall with a European tour in the works. Southern Lord Mp3s: http://www.sixfeetunderrecords.com/site/?page_id=677 2 More TBA |
| Saturday, October 9 2010 - Asterisk Concerts and Manic Productions Presents: | |||
The Octopus Project is an experimental electronic band based in Austin, Texas and formed in 1999. The band has a unique sound, blending pop and experimental elements, is a combination of digital and electronic sounds and noises (including drum machine, keyboard/ synthesizers and other strange devices) and analog equipment (including guitars and live drums). Their music is mostly instrumental, except for tracks like “Queen”, “Moon Boil” and “Wet Gold”. Mp3s: http://www.myspace.com/theoctopusproject Starfucker Starfucker have delivered an absolutely infectious self-titled album described as "a cohesive package of electro indie pop with a light hip-hop after-taste." It's like playing an 8-bit video game where your primary objective is to overcome heartbreak and an obsession with death, your only weapon a love laser mounted on a space bike that zaps out bright red blips and neon bleeps. The experience of seeing Starfucker's live performance delivers a certain nostalgia; a reminder of what it was like to be a teenager: inspired, curious, open, hungry for anything new, and smiling uncontrollably. Whether dressed in '80s era Brooklyn hip-hop style, electro clash, or full drag, live, the three bring a new experience and unpredictability to every show. Mp3s: http://www.myspace.com/strfkrmusic 1 More TBA |
| Tuesday, October 12 2010 | |||
One of our favorite bands ever! Although typically classified as an indie rock band, due to their having been on an indie rock label (Kill Rock Stars) for the entirety of their career, the mercurial and unconventional nature of Deerhoof's music makes genre identification difficult, and perhaps inappropriate. But several recurring features can be said to constitute Deerhoof's distinctive sound: unassuming vocal delivery set against hyper-expressive instrumental playing; an elastic approach to group dynamics and rhythm more akin to the rubato of classical music performance practice than rock; odd yet highly memorable melodies; harmonic sophistication and dissonance; disjointed, condensed, asymmetrical and otherwise unconventional song structures; raw and at times strident sound surfaces; improvisation; and general creative restlessness. Kill Rock Stars Mp3s: http://www.myspace.com/deerhoof Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu (pronounced “shew shew”) is an experimental band originally from San Jose, California and currently based in Durham, NC and Brooklyn. The band is named after the main character of the 1998 Chinese film Tian yu (a.k.a. Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl). Xiu Xiu was first formed in 2000 and is the main project of singer-songwriter Jamie Stewart, who records with friends on his home computer. Kill Rock Stars Mp3s: http://www.myspace.com/xiuxiuforlife Father Murphy Father Murphy is 3-piece experimental band from Italy. During live shows Chiara Lee, Vittorio and Freddie work together to play toy instruments, or to play instruments as toys. While Vittorio plays at the same time a kid-drumset and his old violin, Chiara puts together different sounds taken from any kind of old chinese toys and italian keyboards…and Freddie? Freddie is actually a reverend who sings a song from this world and the other one. Mp3s: http://www.myspace.com/reverendmurphy |
| Monday, November 1 2010 | |||
The Felice Brothers and their long time friends and band mates Greg Farley and Christmas Clapton, come to us from the Catskill Mountains, where a homegrown sound has been working its way through the bloodlines for generations. Their rambling journey so far has brought them from busking in New York City subway stations, to tours across the world that have included enthusiastically received performances at major music festivals including Bonnaroo, All Points West, Outside Lands, and Langerado. Mp3s: http://www.myspace.com/thefelicebrothers Adam Haworth Stephens (of Two Gallants) As lead singer and songwriter of San Francisco duo Two Gallants, Adam Stephens (with band mate Tyson Vogel) released four critically acclaimed albums and toured incessantly over the past five years. A well-deserved break was finally taken providing Adam with a chance to write material for a new project. After forming a band and playing various west coast shows over the past year, Adam went into Sunset Sound and Kingsize Soundlabs in Los Angeles and recorded his debut solo record with producer Joe Chiccarelli (My Morning Jacket, The Shins, White Stripes). The result is his debut solo album WE LIVE ON CLIFFS. Set for a September 28th release on Saddle Creek, WE LIVE ON CLIFFS features Adam on vocals, guitar and piano and a list of guest musicians including Patrick Hallahan and Bo Koster (My Morning Jacket), Justin Meldal-Johnsen, Joey Waronker, Cody Votolato (Blood Brothers / Jaguar Love), Mike Daly, Petra Haden, Andy Cabic (Vetiver) and current band members Jen Grady, Matt Montgomery and Omar Cuellar. Saddle Creek Mp3s: http://www.myspace.com/adamstephensmusic |
| Saturday, November 13 2010 - Touch and Go Book Release Party | |||
The Meatmen are a Michigan, United States punk band headed by Tesco Vee originally from 1980 to 1997, and reformed in 2008. They are currently still touring, and are working on a new album. The Meatmen made fun of the hardcore punk scene of the time. The band was known for their stage antics, and for songs with colorful song titles such as "I Sin For A Living", "1 Down, 3 To Go" (a reference to the murder of former Beatles member John Lennon), and the Suck Trilogy of "Crippled Children Suck," "French People Suck," and "Camel Jockeys Suck." They also covered "What's This Shit Called Love?" by The Pagans, as well as The Smiths' "How Soon Is Now?" for the compilation The World Still Won't Listen: A Tribute to The Smiths. Mp3s: http://www.myspace.com/themeatmenrule More TBA "Before Touch and Go, the groundbreaking indie label, there was Touch and Go, the Midwestern hardcore zine. Meatmen leader Tesco Vee and non-Meatman Dave Stimson founded the zine in Lansing, Michigan in 1979, starting a label under the same name a few years later. The zine ran for four years, covering the emergence of America's hardcore scene. Touch and Go gave page space to the likes of Black Flag, Minor Threat, the Misfits, and eventual Touch and Go label signees like Negative Approach and the Necros. Bazillion Points will reissue the zine's entire 22-issue run in a softcover book (via the Daily Swarm). So we'll all get to see whether the actual printed words match up to the zine's legendary rep. If nothing else, it'll make for a fascinating time capsule. So many of these bands have been enshrined in the punk rock canon, and it'll be fun to see what people had to say about them when they were just scuzzy kids in vans." - Pitchfork Media |
