There's a lot to say about this split. First, it features one great name (Mouthbreather) and one lesser one (Environmental Youth Crunch). What strikes me second is the contrast in band styles, though I'll elaborate on this later. And, third, that it's such a solid release with five songs - …
This split basically had to happen. Environmental Youth Crunch loves the environment. Defiance, Ohio loves friendship and family. Both bands love punk rock and it's ideals. With this split 7", even if only for a brief time, they are able to crank out some great folk songs, as well as …
Australian-bred power-pop/indie-rock band Youth Group has returned with their second U.S. release, and third overall, with Casino Twilight Dogs and damn is it good. The dark and haunting lyrics matched with shimmering guitar chords and vocalist Toby Martin's smooth, pop-perfect delivery made 2004's Skeleton Jar a strange disc to behold …
Please allow me to drop this little disclaimer here before we delve any further; I am not nor was ever a fan of Youth Of Today (outside of maybe one or two songs), and with that said, I still recognize their impact on what became the hardcore and punk scene …
I nearly died one night in the kitchen of Mexican restaurant I was cooking at. When it came time to clean up the floors at the end of my closing shift, I erroneously (read: stupidly) mixed ammonia and bleach in a mop bucket full of steaming hot water. One …
Brain Vacation
SPB: Ecstasy, meth, or ludes?
BV: We don't do drugs all that often, but our singer has seen Phish play a few times so there's definitely something going on there. We never really expected to release that information into the world, but there it is. Please …
Welcome to our almost daily quickie Q&A feature: One Question Interviews. Follow us at facebook & twitter and we'll post an interview four days each week, typically every Monday-Thursday.
After our social media followers get the first word, we post a wrap-up here at the site …
Walter Schreifels (Youth of Today, Gorilla Biscuits, Quicksand), has partnered with 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline as part of the “Song That Found Me At The Right Time" series. In the segment, shared below, Schreifels covers My Bloody Valentine and Gorilla Biscuits, in addition to a thoughtful Q&A.
Sound & Fury, the 1983 record from Youth Brigade, will soon be reissued by Trust Records on Oct. 20.
Formed in Los Angeles, CA in 1980 by brothers Mark, Adam, and Shawn Stern, with Sound & Fury being their debut full-length.
Available as a limited pressing, the …
Later this month, on the 28th, Helen Earth Band will digitally release their newest album, We Fucking Quit, via Youth Conspiracy Records. A vinyl release will be coming in 2015, and a couple songs are now online for listening.
The band last released Our Own Ghost City in …
Topshelf Records will launch the first-ever Topshelf Records Tour on Sept. 19 featuring A Great Big Pile of Leaves, Diamond Youth, Prawn, and Field Mouse, spanning Sept. 19-28 with additional dates to be announced.
Today SPB brings forth a new video unto the world: "Gut Rot," from the upcoming debut of Ontario's Wolfs.
Their new record, Glory, will be released Aug. 20 on Savage Youth Records. Check out the video below.
Make Do and Mend and Cheap Girls, both on Rise Records, have announced a co-headlining tour with support coming from Baltimore's Diamond Youth.
Make Do and Mend released All That I Ever Loved last year, while Cheap Girls released Giant Orange and Diamond Youth dropped the Orange EP on …
Casual Hex shared a new single today, "The System," which will appear on the band's next album: Zig Zag Lady Illusion II on June 13 available from Youth Riot Records.
The band includes Erica Miller (also of Big Bite), Jessie Odell, and Nick Anderson and play a noisy take …
The Formative Years - Sonic Youth
My relationship with Sonic Youth is an interesting one in that I have been listening to them since the early 1990s and while I never not appreciated them for carving their own niche by redefining what could be done with guitars via their …