That pic isn't from the show, I just snagged it off their Myspace page for illustrative purposes. I should've brought a camera to the show, but for some reason I never really thought about that until afterwards. Anyways, they were loud. Really, really fucking loud. They were also incredibly tight. Chris Owens is a madman.
I've been digging their debut full length, "Swords," for some time now and I recently picked up their "House that Lords Built" 7" and that also rocks. They have a new full-length, supposedly it will be out by the end of the summer. Color me very stoked for that. They are such a good band, I'd best describe them as Black Flag colliding head on with Black Sabbath at 100 mph. They also have some of the coolest t-shirt designs, I picked up this super sweet one below. It was designed by Richard Mineo, who does some awesome artwork under the name Horse Bites. Check out some of his work on Myspace.
Speaking of good bands and records that I am stoked for, Off With Their Heads has a new album coming out later this month on No Idea. I'm beyond excited. That band, to me, are undoubtably one of the most important bands in punk rock today. Very few bands have the ability to mix complete piss and vinegar with catchy hooks that will insantly stick in your head like these guys. "Hospitals" is one of the best records of the last decade and that is only an 8-song EP. I can't wait to see how they follow it up with a full-length.
"From The Bottom" comes out July 27 and I'm more or less counting the days. A few tracks are up on Myspace and I've been listening to them a lot. So far, so good. I can see this as the best record of 2008 so you can tell my expectactions are pretty much ridiculously high. Whatever, OWTH can pull it off.
Another early contentder for the best album of the year is "On Parallels" by LaGrecia It's a shame that this band didn't even make it until their debut record was released. Singer Jason Shevchuk, who also sang for Kid Dynamite and None More Black, decided to quit the band shortly before the record dropped. Now, while this is a total bummer, he also announced that None More Black would be playing shows again. That kind of rules, so I suppose it softens the blow of LaGrecia's demise.
That is some most excellent cover art. The record itself ain't so bad either, it almost seems like a continuation of where Jason was heading creatively with None More Black. I really loved their last record, "This Is Satire," and "On Parallels" feels like it picks up where that one left off. The opening guitar riffs are pure bliss and there is a great ebb and flow to the whole album. Like I said, it's a contender for my favorite album of '08 and it will undoubtably end up near the top of the list.
So, check out those bands if you haven't yet. They get my seal of approval.
1 comment:
You pretty much summed up the music i'm super psyched about. wish you could've made it out for the brown sugar show, brown sugar was real rad, and their firework filled performance was the perfect way to top off 3 days of incredible shows.
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