TRYING TO DO MY THING
We try to give praise to the current NYC punk scene that revolves around Toxic State and Katorga Works any time we can, and luckily, they give opportunities to do so pretty often. The latest news blast comes with information on New York’s Alright 2014. Seemingly put together by the folks at Katorga Works, it’s…
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THE RUNDOWN – 2.4.2014 – 2.9.2014
We’re getting the Rundown to you a little late this week, and we apologize for that. There are some good shows coming up though! Contemporary indie icons Neutral Milk Hotel are at the Ryman tonight, Dent May and our main man Jack Name are at the Stone Fox on Thursday, Fort Houston’s having a party…
MILK VISIONS
Olympia’s Milk Music released one of the sickest records of 2013, and now they’ve gone and released one of the sickest music videos of 2014. The video is for “No, Nothing, My Shelter” from last year’s Cruise Your Illusion, and it features cosmic juggalos, desert jamming, and the transformation of a desert princess into a…
WHAT IS FUN
Tomorrow marks the release of Juan Wauter’s first solo LP, N.A.P. — North American Poetry. It’s not a far cry from his work with the Beets. Both prominently feature Juan’s jangly nylon-stringed guitar work and his natural talent as as wordsmith. The differences are there though. When it comes time to lay down his story…
THE RUNDOWN – 1.27.2014 – 2.2.2014
Things are looking good this week. Tomorrow night Tristen is playing at the High Watt while our #1 bboy Neil Young is making an appearance at the Municipal, there are good shows at both the Stone Fox and the Basement on Friday, and Saturday shows promise with a punk revue at the Other Basement. AWW…
TREAT ME LIKE DIRT
If you’re not already acquainted with Simply Saucer, let this be your chance. As the ringleaders to the early ’70s Toronto/Ontario punk scene, the band got their name from a Pink Floyd record, but took a much tougher, Stooges-influenced approach to their playing. During their original run they recorded only one LP, the classic Cyborgs Revisited,…
PEEK THE FREAK
Alright Young People, it’s time for the next installment of Freakin’ Weekend news. We are finally ready to unload the full line-up on ya, and we’re pretttttty stoked on what’s in store. There’s will be a handful of old faces with quite a few new ones as well, but more on that after the jump….
THE RUNDOWN – 1.20.2014 – 1.26.2014
Helloooooo there people. So just a heads up…shows this week aren’t looking too hot. In fact, the only show really standing out to us right now is Blank Range and JP5 at the 5 Spot on Thursday, but hey, that’s just us [UPDATE: COOL SHOW @ THE OTHER BASEMENT ON FRIDAY]. Read on below and…