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Youth Of Today – Break Down The Walls
Review — June 2, 2012
Please allow me to drop this little disclaimer here before we delve any further; I am not nor was ever a fan of Youth Of Today (outside of maybe one or two songs), and with that said, I still recognize their impact on what became the hardcore and punk scene …
Sonic Youth – Rather Ripped
Review — July 25, 2006
I love Sonic Youth. I've been a fan from the beginning. So it is with a heavy heart I say that their newest album Rather Ripped is neither Sonic, nor Youthful. "Sure", you cynical bastards say, "I've been feeling that way since Goo". But with each subsequent album, the …
Defiance, Ohio / Environmental Youth Crunch – Split
Review — April 22, 2007
This split basically had to happen. Environmental Youth Crunch loves the environment. Defiance, Ohio loves friendship and family. Both bands love punk rock and it's ideals. With this split 7", even if only for a brief time, they are able to crank out some great folk songs, as well as …
Youth Group – Casino Twilight Dogs
Review — February 26, 2007
Australian-bred power-pop/indie-rock band Youth Group has returned with their second U.S. release, and third overall, with Casino Twilight Dogs and damn is it good. The dark and haunting lyrics matched with shimmering guitar chords and vocalist Toby Martin's smooth, pop-perfect delivery made 2004's Skeleton Jar a strange disc to behold …
Autistic Youth – Nonage
Review — December 2, 2013
I nearly died one night in the kitchen of Mexican restaurant I was cooking at. When it came time to clean up the floors at the end of my closing shift, I erroneously (read: stupidly) mixed ammonia and bleach in a mop bucket full of steaming hot water. One …
Sonic Youth – Sonic Nurse
Review — December 31, 2004
Since June, I've been laboring over how to start off a review of Sonic Nurse. Now, it's December, and all I've come up with is a cliche about how I don't know what to say. Really, the only thing I can think to say is that Sonic Nurse is …
One Question Interviews: Brain Vacation
Feature — March 17, 2016
Brain Vacation SPB: Ecstasy, meth, or ludes? BV: We don't do drugs all that often, but our singer has seen Phish play a few times so there's definitely something going on there. We never really expected to release that information into the world, but there it is. Please go do …
Videos: Desolation Center documentary explores festival culture birth
News — May 28, 2020
A documentary called Desolation Center will be available on June 23 on digital platforms, following its official release last November. The film focuses on outdoor guerrilla music and art performance that happened in the 1980s and is credited for influencing the festival culture of today's gatherings such as Burning Man, …Tours: Chelsea Light Moving tour
News — February 22, 2013
Thurston Moore's post-Sonic Youth band Chelsea Light Moving will be on tour this March. The band is also set to release a self-titled debut on March 5 via Matador Records.
Tours: Make Do and Mend/ Cheap Girls touring together
News — April 6, 2013
Make Do and Mend and Cheap Girls, both on Rise Records, have announced a co-headlining tour with support coming from Baltimore's Diamond Youth. Make Do and Mend released All That I Ever Loved last year, while Cheap Girls released Giant Orange and Diamond Youth dropped the Orange EP on Topshelf …Bands: New band and tour from Kim Gordon
News — July 28, 2013
Noise uo Body/Head, featuring ex-Sonic Youth Kim Gordon and Bill Nace, will release Coming Apart on Sept. 10 via Matador Records. The duo is also planning a short tour in September
Videos: SPB premiere: Wolf's "Gut Rot"
News — August 3, 2014
Today SPB brings forth a new video unto the world: "Gut Rot," from the upcoming debut of Ontario's Wolfs. Their new record, Glory, will be released Aug. 20 on Savage Youth Records. Check out the video below.
Bands: 1QI: Benjamin Finger, Shirlette Ammons, Brain Vacation, Ejector Seats
News — March 16, 2016
Welcome to our almost daily quickie Q&A feature: One Question Interviews. Follow us at facebook & twitter and we'll post an interview four days each week, typically every Monday-Thursday. After our social media followers get the first word, we post a wrap-up here at the site and archive …
Tours: Topshelf package tour this fall
News — August 17, 2014
Topshelf Records will launch the first-ever Topshelf Records Tour on Sept. 19 featuring A Great Big Pile of Leaves, Diamond Youth, Prawn, and Field Mouse, spanning Sept. 19-28 with additional dates to be announced.
Music News: Walter Schreifels acoustic covers
News — June 4, 2023
Walter Schreifels (Youth of Today, Gorilla Biscuits, Quicksand), has partnered with 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline as part of the “Song That Found Me At The Right Time" series. In the segment, shared below, Schreifels covers My Bloody Valentine and Gorilla Biscuits, in addition to a thoughtful Q&A.
Records: Sound & Fury 2023
News — October 11, 2023
Sound & Fury, the 1983 record from Youth Brigade, will soon be reissued by Trust Records on Oct. 20. Formed in Los Angeles, CA in 1980 by brothers Mark, Adam, and Shawn Stern, with Sound & Fury being their debut full-length. Available as a limited pressing, the reissue was …
