Posted on December 20, 2007 by shanejr
So I’ve managed to get caught up on some of my old pals via new or newly discovered blogs. Mr. McKibben has been keeping a wary eye on Uncle Sam over at the Politcal Slap blog. The multi-instrumentalist/lyricist (Painstake, Four, Ground Zero Movement) and indie record label owner has a nice little Hannity and Colmes [...]
Filed under: D.O., blogs, chuck d, dow jones, ground zero movement, heroin vs traitor, jason andrade, mumia, music, painstake, pariah sect, punk | Tagged: , andrade, iraq, marines, mexican, north denver, politcal slap, san diego, turnstiles, we are in the same deep water | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 17, 2007 by shanejr
AFI began humbly, fumbling around playing what they could wrest from their teenaged musical imaginations in an Ukiah, California basement. Vocalist Davey Havok, drummer Adam Carson, bassist Hunterand guitarist Jade Puget, who later joined the band for their breakthrough record Black Sails.
The band spent the better part of the ’90s touring endlessly, playing for small [...]
Filed under: AFI, Adam Carson, Davey Havok, Interviews, a fire inside, california, drummers, goth, jade puget, misfits, music, punk, rock, warped tour | Tagged: Adam Carson, AFI, drummer, goth, joy division, misfits, music, punk | 5 Comments »
Posted on December 11, 2007 by shanejr
“We can control the medium/ We can control the context of presentation…” – T. Gabel
Radio has been dying a slow death for the past decade, losing ad revenue to companies who have increased their ad spending online. I don’t claim to be an expert on the intricacies of radio but I knew enough in college [...]
Filed under: 91x, Against Me, Bad Religion, fm 94.9, kallao, music, nightmare before xmas, punk, rock 105.3, san diego, the transit war, tom gabel | Tagged: 91x, Against Me, Bad Religion, music, radio, san diego, seether, tom gabel | 5 Comments »
Posted on December 7, 2007 by shanejr
My favorite band of our singer, Leo, besides Cabron, is Fkenal. An all instrumental/psych rock four piece playing hybrid prog/indie rock replete with visual projector show and one of the most mesmerizing drummers I’ve seen in a long time (though Mark, Cullen and Seb are tremendous as well). Leo doesn’t sing in Fkenal but he [...]
Filed under: Cabron, all ages matinee, burrito project, che cafe, fkenal, food not bombs, hostile combover, music, punk rock, san diego, spitting on cops, tijuana knife fight, vietnam hc, voz alta | Tagged: all ages matinee, burrito project, Cabron, che cafe, fkenal, food not bombs, san diego, spitting on cops, vietnam hc, voz alta | 1 Comment »
Posted on December 6, 2007 by shanejr
In celebration of the recent Take Action Tour lineup announcement (Every Time I Die and more!) I thought I’d give this piece the light of day since it got denied from publication by oversensitive execs because of its content. Right, like you’d want to discuss things like teen suicide on a teen music website? Its [...]
Filed under: dillinger escape plan, hopeless records, kristin brooks hope foundation, louis posen, music, poison the well, punk rock, reese butler, sub city records, take action tour | Tagged: charity, every time i die, hopeline, kristin brooks hope center, national hopeline network, reese butler, take action tour, teen suicide | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 5, 2007 by shanejr
These guys have impressed me with just about every release they’ve managed to push with all their label trouble. Sure Antenna wasn’t my favorite but there were still some amazing songs and riffs on there. Bands like Thrice would still be playing the same songs without the influence of Cave In and the rest of [...]
Filed under: ben koller, cave in, converge, hyrda head, music, punk, stephen brodsky | Tagged: , ben koller, boston, caleb scofield, cave in, doom, hardcore, major labels, metal, punk rock, stephen brodsky, straightedge | 1 Comment »
Posted on December 4, 2007 by shanejr
Jake Bannon is an amazing artist and visionary. His design work with Converge adds to their aesthetic and Deathwish Inc. respectively. He brings his unique perspective to bare on each of his endeavors. Plus he’s got the best voice in underground music since…Dwid from Integrity. Dwid, not unlike Jake, has inspired countless ‘vocalists’ in the [...]
Filed under: art and design, converge, dwid, integrity, irons, jacob bannon, metal, music, punk, stephen kasner | Tagged: , "form Irons", converge, dwid, integrity, jake bannon, stephen kanser | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 3, 2007 by shanejr
This was one of those interviews that I went into with some trepidation. I knew Saul as an outspoken activist and poet, but I wasn’t familiar with his talent as a musician. Those fears were assuaged upon first listen to his self-titled sophomore album. His recent third album, The Inevitable Rise and Liberaton of [...]
Filed under: "Niggy Tardust", activism, african-american, diaspora, music, punk, saul williams, slam, slam poetry, spoken word, trent reznor | Tagged: , amethyst rock star, hip hop, nine inch nails, rage against the machine, rick rubin, saul williams, tom morello, trent reznor | Leave a Comment »
