Peach Kelli Pop — “Heart Eyes”
The brilliant Peach Kelli Pop, whose last album made my end-of-year list for this very site, are back in 2016 with a…
punk
TIMMY’S ORGANISM – HEARTLESS HEATHEN
Heartless Heathen is the third album by Detroit garage rock/punk trio Timmy’s Organism and their first for Third Man Records. Once again,…
Dame — Charm School
New wave! Punk! Post-punk! Riot grrrl! A dichotomous key of musical genres, were it to exist, would show just how closely related…
Running — Wake Up Applauding
The irony was that I came upon Running earlier this week actually on my way for a jog, reluctantly preparing to torture…
PWR BTTM – “UGLY CHERRIES”
Glitter glam punk
Patsy — Eat It 7″
The latest incarnation of punk preservers Patsy, although the title gives some grandmotherly advice, proves that polka beats aren’t just meant for…
Violence Creeps — On My Turf
I was unfamiliar with Violence Creeps going into this review, but as the violence began to creep from my speakers, I was…
Favorite Music of 2015 by Jason Trefts
above photo grabbed from Vanyaland, phtographer unknown Jason Trefts is the force behind the Illegally Blind booking concern, as well as the…
Pile – Mr.Fish
Kick off your shoes and prepare to take a vicarious walk through a schizophrenic’s mind. That’s where Pile‘s “Mr.Fish” will take you,…
YEAR-ENDER – LIVE BANDS
Live & Local
mommy — EP
Over the last several years, Toxic State Records has done its part to define the NYC punk scene, putting out records from…
Don Howland — “Gonna Shake It (Until It Dies)”
You know, the difference between sneering, bratty punk and embittered old man is surprisingly subtle. It’s especially so in Don Howland’s punk-blues-but-mostly-punk…
