*NOTE: I complained about how hard 1993 was, but fuck me… this is damn near impossible. Really hard cuts made this week and I know I’m missing some great tracks that I simply forgot about.
Punk Rock
Over at FGBFF, We’re DYING OF LAUGHTER: A Short Film Block Highlight Reel
A Tricky Treat (USA/Canada, 2015) Dir. Patricia Chica I first saw Patricia Chica’s delightfully macabre short A Tricky Treat back in 2015, when it was going by the title Ripe N’ Bloody in a slightly truncated version for the 2015 Women In Horror Blood Drive PSA. I say slightly truncated, because even in its full…
IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT is a Horror Themed Garage Rock Masterpiece
These are Sweden’s The Dahmers, a garage rock/punk rock outfit from Kristianstad, who focuses their tunes on horror themes and ideas. As a horror nerd and aging punk rocker, not much tickles my fancy as much as a good horror punk album. This, my loyal Farsighted readers, is just that… GOOD FUCKING HORROR PUNK! A…
PUNK GOES POP Confirms That I am Old as Hell
I got this email today… I remember when the first few of these came out and included mostly pop songs that I knew pretty well, with the occasional track that I shrugged off as something the radio crowd must dig even though I’d not heard of it… but then I read the track list of…
MISERY OBSCURA is Required Reading for Punks Old and New
I loved this book and then decided I had to pass it on to the next generation of music fans. Our (second) youngest writer was the logical choice to share my love for horror punk with – well, notably the Misfits, Danzig’s post-Misfits work does nothing for me. But I digress… Even if Samhain and…
Fuck Cynicism and Nihilism: A Return to Positive Hardcore and Punk with SOLARIZED
thermo dynamics of life (tape 2) by Solarized My friend Josh is in a band… or like 3, I think. But 1 of them is Solarized and I really like them. They have a new demo out. It’s awesome. So listen to it and while it’s playing, read my interview with Alex, the band’s official…
Cheer Up, Emo Kid! A Brief Take on THE LIFE OF EMO
As soon as this adventure of a mixtape began I suddenly remembered how much I like some of the songs like “I Write Sins Not Tragedies” and “Gives You Hell”. The Life of Emo is a great “modernization” of older and newer pop punk, perfect for everyone. There’s a reason it’s already becoming popular with…
Attonito and Company At It Again with SIMPLICITY
It never ceases to amaze me how many successful bands New Jersey has produced, more specifically the town of New Brunswick. The Rutgers University city has produced acts that include Bon Jovi, The Smithereens, Catch 22/Streetlight, The Gaslight Anthem, Midtown, Thursday, and the topic of this review – The Bouncing Souls. Playing a basement in…
New Music Monday: The Round-Up
Punk… hardcore… pop… hardcore… this week, we’ve got a variety of stuff for your listening pleasure. Founder of first wave punk band, The Bags, Alice Bag, dropped a new single from her upcoming solo album. Check it out: Cruise Ship Full Of Starving Rats is a noise rock side project from Näive Sense, whose lead…
The Hepatitis Bathtub and Other Stories
Hey everyone, You may know me from writing on Justin’s previous websites, you may not. Anyway, I wrote a review, it sucks. See below: I remember the first time I became aware of NOFX. I was flipping through a skate mag and I saw an ad for Heavy Petting Zoo. Well, let’s just say, it…
Don’t You Wish You Were The Damned?
New documentary The Damned: Don’t You Wish We Were Dead? chronicles the seminal UK punk outfit from their early years through today, with warts and all. The eccentricities of Vanian, the unique guitar sound of Captain Sensible, the years without the Captain, the post Rat Scabies years, the tumultuous relationships, their friendship with Lemmy and…
Streaming is DOPE
Continuing with last week’s theme of Black History Month, this week’s Stream a Little Stream will begin my favorite non-Star Wars film of 2015, DOPE, just added to Netflix. This film is a hip hop film, a punk rock film, a coming of age story, and comedy all in one. It takes on some very…
New Music Monday: Steve and Dan
Last week, alternative Christian music godfather Steve Taylor released his kickstarted and highly anticipated collaboration with wacky, talented, and one-of-a-kind Daniel Smith of Danielson via the best alternative music blog on the web, Alex Young’s Consequence of Sound. Chances are if you aren’t a diehard of Danielson or Taylor, this is news to you. Lucky…
D4 and Birds Rule the Night
Straight out of Minneapolis, Dillinger Four completely obliterated the crowd with fast, yet melodic, punk rock. The four energetic rockers performed at the First Unitarian Church in Philadelphia on October 9th, proving that any place is a substantial place to play punk rock, with the right attitude and sing-alongs. With over an hour long set,…
Punk Rock in the Ghetto
What makes a movie punk rock? One could easily argue that punk movies are a specific genre onto themselves, but there’s no simple definition of what makes a punk movie. Is a punk movie simply a film with punk rockers in it? Does it need to have specific punk rock themes? Does a punk movie…
Halloween Albums: Re-Animation Festival
Alright! Round two for the Halloween album reviews! Next up is pop-punk/horror punk heroes, Groovie Ghoulies! This is a total flip flop from the Doyle review. Also more friendly! Just good ol’ simple Ramones core rock’n’roll! Great for the whole family. But out of all their amazing albums, which one to review? Today I’ve decided…
Halloween Albums: Abominator
Who doesn’t love October? Along with the nice fall weather, it’s full of apple cider, corn mazes…scary movies, festivities… and most importantly, the music. And why not celebrate Halloween with some worthy records! This will be a kick off to what will be a couple reviews on some albums for the rest of the month.…
Spotlight on Sheldon
Sheldon Vance, like I, is an aging punk rocker. The big difference is that he’s talented. Going the way of many of the 90’s era punk rockers I grew up with, Vance is rocking the acoustic folk punk thing. And like some of the greats, he is doing it well. What Remains by Sheldon Vance…
Yes, THAT Jesse Michaels!
Have you ever considered what it would be like for The Clash and The Ramones to have an illegitimate child that eventually got adopted by Rancid? Yeah, well me neither, but here they are and they are amazing. Jesse Michaels from Operation Ivy and Common Rider has actually turned the amps up as he’s gotten…
Small Talk, Big City
Sister City is today’s featured band. When I first got in contact with Adam Linder, the primary songwriter and lead mam from Sister City they were from Chicago or some other random city that I forget… but then Adam moved to Philadelphia. Which meant that he lived in MY city and therefore I would get…
Green Day’s Dookie Turns 20!
I first heard Green Day in 1990 when 1039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours was released. I was a freshman in high school and was a typical subculture teen who loved music, skateboarding and was looking for a voice. Green Day was fun and the songs were expressing what a teenage boy was trying to say to…