I had only lived in Denver a few months when I met Virgil Dickenson from Suburban Home Records, owner of the label and guy in charge of Denver’s Punk Rock Bowling Tournament.It was 2002 and the teams, made up of local musicians and their friends dressed in costumes that mimicked Halloween, had gathered to determine […]
Falling Out by Peter Bjorn And John is songs about just that, and “some about falling in as well, but mostly out.” This debut album from the Swede trio also responsible for producing/arranging fellow groups such as the Concretes and the Shout Out Louds is full of bittersweet pop. It embodies all the pleasantries of […]
Randy Burk (drums), Greg Lisher (guitar), Spike Slawson (bass), Johnny Bonnel and Darius Koski (dual vox) released the first Filthy Thieving Bastards offering, A Melody of Broken Quills and Retreads back in 1999. One might wonder what could take a five-man band six skriking years to put another bloody album together; but the answer is […]
Tokyo casts another powerful jab of punk rock with One Shot, One Kill, the first LP from girl-fronted, hard stompin’, spit flingin’ street-punks, Last Target. The group has released a pair of splits (with One for All and The Boils, respectively); and if you follow Japanese punk, you’ll recognize singer, Ryoko from her previous group, […]
You like dirt? And grease in your hair? And bar brawls? And sleaze? And fast cars? Fast guitars? If the answer is “yes” to all of the above, you’ll probably like Throw Rag’s brand of high-octane rock ‘n’ roll. It’s basic, it’s down n’ dirty, it’s all about getting in and out of trouble and […]
