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posted on Monday, February 28, 2011 @ 11:15 AM | back to the top.
Cara Beth Satalino
A few months back we posted the debut EP from Cara Beth Satalino that was posted on If You Make It, and if you haven't picked it up yet I highly recommend it. These are two great videos made by Soundies out of Athens, Georiga and is their version of the ever popular "take away shows." They are head and shoulders above most of the subpar ones floating around this internet. These are for Satalino's songs "Shimmering Thing" and "Good Ones" Growing up in northern Alabama, these videos and the environment in them make me miss those Alabama summer days so bad.
If there is one word I hate the most used to describe a genre it's "orgcore." Actually, no. The one I hate the most is how a lot of kids these days use "skramz" instead of screamo, but orgcore is a close second, but with that said, I'm sure everyone calls this band an "orgcore" band. Mockingbird Wish Me Luck is from the beautiful Ontario, Canada (there is also an indie band from Europe with the same name), and in my opinion, are one of the most underrated punk rock bands out there today.
They don't have much material out at the moment, but what they do is stellar. Their first release to my knowledge was the "Goodbye Debris." I found it on one of my late night internet new music hunts and hen I first heard it, I was blown away. It's loud, its melodic, the vocals are gruff and it sounds so hopeful while sounding crushingly heart breaking at the same time. The style doesn't stray too far from a newer, heavier Jawbreaker.
At the end of 2010, they released the "Branches" 7 inch, and it too is great, but very different from the previous EP. Branches features slowed down music, vocals that are even more gruff and a little twang not far from The State Lottery or Lucero songs from "That Much Further West."
While both EPs sound so different, they both are stellar introductions to what is sure to be a long career. I had to miss them at The Fest and bummed about it, but I'm sure they will make the trek down from Canada again sometime soon, eh?
If you listen to music and don't know who The Avett Brothers are (especially after their Grammy performance) then you must live under a rock, and that is the very reason I'm not going into great detail about their sound.
The Avett Brothers are a "non-traditional" bluegrass band from Concorde, North Carolina. They have a long discography in which you should obtain it's entirety, but this EP stands alone as something special. Like most of the world, I was introduced to the Brothers Avett with the release of their breakthrough LP "Emotionalism." This EP was the next recorded martial after their coming out to mainstream music. It's quiet, intimate and when turned loud it sounds as if they are playing a private show for you in whatever room you are in.
If you don't have anything by The Avett Brothers, let this be the first, because you won't regret it.
So I've been following the career of John Moreland & The Black Gold Band from afar the last few years. They haven't made it over to Birmingham yet, but I'm hoping they do soon. I was doing my daily look over of Punknews.org when I noticed that they had posted a link to download "Things I Can't Control" as well as a link to buy the limited edition CD from Paper + Plastick. I always tell folks that John Moreland sounds like if The Boss was from Oklahoma and not Jersey. There's a lot of the same feelings of the desperation and longing to get out of the stagnant places we've grown up. It's just over a country/rock background instead of the blend of rock and soul that The Boss made so popular. Most of the songs are high energy rockers built around big riffs and a solid rhythm section with a ballad every now and then for good measure.
Moreland's Bandcamp page also includes downloads to all of his other recorded output with The Black Gold Band on a pay-what-you-want basis. It's some damn good rock and roll music for those that are interested.
-Josh
posted on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 @ 1:16 PM | back to the top.
So if you're like me, your first introduction to Cory Branan was through the Lucero song "Tears Don't Matter Much". Ben Nichols tells the truth when he says that Branan's "got an evil streak and a way with words that'll bring you to your knees". Branan might be writing some of the best lyrics out there right now. They range from mean, to nostalgic, to party ripping anthems, to the sweetest things you've ever heard. This is a live acoustic session recorded in Boston in 2008. He plays a few old songs, and several new ones from his still yet to be released follow up to "12 Songs". Hopefully we'll see some new material from him in 2011. Until then radio sessions and bootlegs will have to do.
- Josh
posted on Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 4:21 PM | back to the top.
This split is a refreshing chapter in the ever expanding book of noodle. Both GM and TGF apply the visceral, passionate, and strung out aggression that drew me to punk-rock from the very beginning while maintaining an air of maturity (without arrogance) that is almost lost in both punk and indie music. Glocca Morra, moving to Philadelphia on a whim from Miami, FL, have busted their asses to prove themselves as a permanent fixture. The Greek Favourites formed in the Pocono's (PA), growing up with neighbors like The Holy Mess (and slightly further neighbors The Menzingers, Captain We're Sinking, etc). A real gem of eastern Pa. Can't wait to see what's in store for these dudes. - Tony Godino of Dead Industry Booking
I played with both these bands when I came through Louisville, KY on The State Lottery tour. Amidst a 7 band show, both bands definitely stuck with me. Check out this awesome split from two up and coming Philly bands. Also look for a physical release in the near future.
The Exploding Hearts were a pop/punk/garage/power-pop band from Portland, Oregon in the early 2000s. They combined the poppier moments of The Clash with garage and 70s power-pop, to make a jagged, yet powerful and focused musical attack. Their tunes are short and fast, but pack an energetic punch.
Unfortunately, in 2003 shortly after the release of Guitar Romantic they suffered a van crash while on tour, killing three of the members. Although they did release an album of demos and b-sides a few years later titled Shattered.
The Hearts musical legacy will be of another great up and coming band that didn't make it to the top, but still finds a fond place in the music collections of those that loved them and those of us that found out too late how much ass they kicked. Enjoy this one.
-Josh
posted on Tuesday, February 8, 2011 @ 4:37 PM | back to the top.
Ok, first and foremost this band is awesome. Secondly, it has members of Pg.99, Majority Rule and Out_Circuit. After reading this first two sentences, if you aren't moving your cursor to the download button then you for sure have a problem. Hailing from D.C. (and it shows in their music) hails Haram. While they were still a band they were highly underrated, and they still deserve our love and affection today.
Ok friends. Yes, it's about to happen. I'm about to use the "making soup" metaphor to describe the sound of this band. Here it goes:
Get a black, cast iron pot and bring a thick broth of Dischord Records to a boil. Sprinkle in a healthy portion of Malady and add a couple of stalks of late career At The Drive-In to let simmer and loosen up the meat of the soup. As for garnish on top, add a LITTLE bit of the heavier Pygmy Lush songs but water them down a bit, and if you follow the directions proper then you should have yourself a nice thick pot of Haram. Be careful, it will be hot, but please enjoy with haste.
I used to listen to a lot of hardcore. A LOT, I would say out of all my music phases it was the longest, then one day I just stopped. It wasn't gradual, it just happened. Well, the past couple of days I have been jamming some of my favorite hardcore bands of all time, which then turned into me jamming to The First Step over and over and over again, and in doing this I realized why and when I stopped listening to hardcore. Sit down kids, let me tell you why.
Champion was the first of my favorite bands to go, and as lame and cheesy as it sounds, it REALLY bummed me out. I stopped listening to hardcore all together when they broke up and I thought I was done forever. I slowly got back into it right after Have Heart released "The Things We Carry" and I was into it all over again. With some friends, started a super shitty band and booked shows. Then I moved to Florida and The First Step and Have Heart broke up around the same time and I was crushed all over again. When those bands stopped making music hardcore went sour. Now it's all dark, gloomy fuzzed out heavy shit, and I understand people like that , but I don't and can't get into it.
I miss bands like The First Step. Whether they were straight edge or not, I don't care, I just miss bands in hardcore that were passionate and actually sang about something and not just dark, gloomy shit that brings us all down. So until the youth crew revival I've been forever hoping for happens, let's all just jam the shit out of The First Step. K!? OK!
So if you’re like Kyle and I you grew up on a steady diet of MxPx, Alkaline Trio and boredom. Sounds like a pretty shitty suburban life, right? Well, not if you made it out to adulthood and stumbled across Birmingham, Alabama’s Dolarhyde. Recalling the best moments of 90s pop-punk, Dolarhyde drunkenly stumble into the future with the hopeless abandon of an awkward fifteen year old head over heels for the nerdy girl rocking a cardigan at the next table over in Chemistry. Saying all those things that the dork in all of us never got to say (or said too often), Dolarhyde rep their Dickie’s shorts and bleach blonde hair with pride.
I've posted a download to their Self-Titled LP released in 2009, as well as a video from their recently recorded Nervous Energies Session. Nervous Energies are a cool series of videos done by Birmingham photographer Ryan Russell. Think If You Make It's Pink Couch Sessions, minus the big pink couch.
