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Shows: The full Ian's Party lineup
News — December 7, 2019
Ian's Party, the annual new year's kickoff party in Chicagoland, has announced the second wave of artists who will perform over the three-day festival fom Jan. 3-5, 2020. In addition to previously announced acts such as Meat Wave, Vacation, The Brokedowns, Typesetter, Howardian, and C.H.E.W., wave two features: The …
Records: 14 song Naked Raygun tribute
News — June 27, 2023
A new Naked Raygun tribute is coming out on July 28, featuring 14 covers of the influential Chicago, IL punk band. Titled Godspeed... A Tribute to Pierre Kezdy, the record is a tribute to the band's late bassist Pierre Kezdy, who passed away in 2020. Artists on the …
Various Artists – Brokedowns / Vacation Bible School split
Review — December 30, 2013
Taking Side A on the Elgin, IL focused 7” are The Brokedowns, who last released Species Bender in 2010. After a slew of splits in their career and a few full-lengths, they’ve really settled into a distinct style. It’s punk with a verse-chorus-verse kind of structure at its core, …
The Brokedowns – Species Bender
Review — October 25, 2010
Three long years after New Brains for Everyone rallied cynical drunks everywhere, the Brokedowns have returned with another full-length, this time for Chicago’s Red Scare Industries. From a stomping wooly mammoth adorning the cover to the shout-a-long climactic ending, Species Bender is a record that both celebrates and lampoons a …
The Brokedowns – Life Is a Breeze
Review — January 19, 2015
The Brokedowns have come a long way. That’s not to say they were torchbearers of suckitude earlier, but early reviews of the band were festivals of namedropping and comparisons to various Midwestern-tinged punk groups. On Life Is A Breeze, those RIYL days of yore can go straight into the …
The Brokedowns – Sick of Space
Review — July 30, 2018
When I stop and look at the discogs, The Brokedowns have been doing what they do for a long time now. What is that, exactly? Well, it’s Midwestern punk that’s angry, funny, heavy, and harmonic. There are contradictions in plain sight in that description, and that diversity in sound is …
