The Dead Milkmen, a Philadelphia quartet known for their quirky underground hit singles such as “Punk Rock Girl,” “Dean’s Dream,” and “Stuart,” spent years making an art form out of not taking things too seriously during their late 80’s heyday. Twenty years later, the world hasn’t forgotten them. There could have been little more proof [...]
Are you ready to feel like a piece of shit? Gordon Gano was 19 when the Violent Femmes recorded their self-titled debut album. True story: the trio borrowed $10,000 from bassist Brian Ritchie’s old man and ground out one of the great American rock albums of the 1980’s, and certainly one of the most unmistakable. [...]
They’re Jawbox and they’re back! At least for a spark around Thanksgiving this year.
According to Billboard and Reuters, the massively influential DC indie/punk quartet Jawbox will be reuniting for a December 8 performance on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.” The performance is largely to promote the band’s (finally) reissued 1994 touchstone LP, “For Your Own [...]
[Sorry I was unable to write a new "Polarity" this week, but it should be returning next time. This is a piece I wrote recently in honor of the start of another National Hockey League season last night, and my inability to not connect it with music in some way. If you have any other [...]
Violent Soho is a young punk rock/grunge outfit from Brisbane, Australia that’s been making a lot of waves recently in the scene. Now, after extensive touring in the land down under with the likes of Reptiles, Cut Off Your Hands and The Mess Hal, they’re headed for a US stint alongside iconic indie band Built [...]
Happy Friday, ZME readers. We know there are a ton of music websites you could be choosing to burn your time on while you should be entering data, emailing clients, or for the funemployed of you, watching some high quality porn. So, we appreciate that you’ve chosen us.
Today, I’d like to present my breakdown of [...]
Bellow you can read a very insightful Q&A with Rou Reynolds, the lead vocalist/keyboard player of the post-punk/hardcore band Enter Shikari, a band that’s only at is second album, but tah has already began to gather a cult-like following in the UK.
Info about the new Enter Shikari album, titled “Common Dreads” (out now in the [...]
Album name: They Came from the Shadows
Artist name: Teenage Bottlerocket
Genre: Powerchords and bubblegum
Released: September 15, 2009
Label: Fat Wreck
ZME Rating: 7/10
Website: Official
(Note: I’m going to challenge myself that I can make it through a review of Teenage Bottlerocket without including one mention of the Ramones. Besides that one).
Pop-punkers Teenage Bottlerocket are probably the best band out [...]
If you’ve been living in a cave for the last few weeks then the highly hyped Blink 182 reunion might come as a surprise. We really don’t have much time to explain what went on, so just follow the previous link if you want more details. What’s important though is that, what’s possibly, the most [...]
Album name: You Look Faster When You Are Young
Artist name: Hot Gossip
Genre: Punk Rock? Indie? I don’t know.
Released: March 2009
Label: Ghost Records
ZME Rating: 3/10
Website: myspace.com/hotgossip
I feel a bit guilty for doing this review. Mostly because it’s picking on a very easy target, and also because I listened to it in the same week I heard [...]
Monday, November 2, 2009
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