The Greg MacPherson Band’s new record Night Flares has spent more time in my stereo than anything else this past week, and for good reason. There’s something wonderfully honest about this Winnipeg-based singer/songwriter, and this 11 song collection of dark, working class rock’n’roll is a perfect extension of the style established with 2002’s Good Times […]
I. …And I’m just the devil with a lung to spare, so…
Punknews sent a team of oddly shaped characters to Las Vegas to see how poorly we could do in BYO Records‘ annual Punk Rock Bowling tournament. Stories could be told about the happenings of the weekend and the people we got to hang out […]
There are plenty of blues songs about a person’s sense of destiny. That manifests itself in some cases as a righteous bravado, at other times as a sorrowful introspection, seeking redemption. — Yet there’s no redemption for the Turpentine Brothers. Theirs feels like the soundtrack of a man clearly on the long road to hell. […]
Electric! Kill! Kill! is wonderfully polished, remarkably sharp, electronic-tinged punk rock from the Czech Republic. Sunshine shares stylistic quirks with the current crop of post-PIL / Gang Of Four dance punk acts, but it’s a mistake to assume they’ve jumped on that bandwagon. This is a band more than ten years into their career, who’ve […]
This late in the game Roger Miret’s very good at what he does, so while 1984 is an album full of street punk cliches and free of any real surprises, it still manages to deliver a catchy batch of shout-along rock’n’roll. The Disasters continue to have a lot in common with the U.S. Bombs, as […]
So the Bruins won’t ice a team this winter, but that’s not going to stop Boston’s hockey-inspired hardcore stalwarts from raging on. Twenty years into the game, you pretty much know what to expect from Slapshot, and Tear It Down certainly won’t change your opinions. Jack Kelley’s still growling out spiteful lyrics and the band’s […]
