Tag Archives: Punk Rock

Hey, summer’s over (although it’s a balmy 73 right now). How do I know? Because we are going to a haunted house tonight, so it must be near Halloween – what, you say it’s a month away? The Halloween season is now as long as Christmas. In fact, once October …

This sucker is sold out already, as the Ramones legend continues. With Joey and Dee Dee gone, and Johnny very ill with cancer, Tommy is the last original Ramone left standing, although Marky and CJ certainly put in their time. You can either cry or celebrate, so hey ho, let’s …

I’ve been listening to Steve Van Zandt’s radio program, Little Steven’s Underground Garage, for quite some time now. I usually listen to it online because the local radio station that carries it broadcasts it at 8:00 AM on Sundays, so I’m glad that he archives the shows on his website. …

What a difference two years makes: one of the first things we did at Blogcritics was an email interview with Frank Black, formerly Black Francis, formerly and now once-againly Charles Thompson. Now that the Pixies have quite successfully reunited, a look at that interview is entertaining: Eric Olsen: You have …

by James K. Willcox, courtesy of StarPolish Few bands of the past two decades have been as influential on succeeding generations of artists as Sonic Youth, sometimes referred to as the greatest band never to strike it big. Bursting on the scene in 1981, heavily influenced by the experimental music …

Steven Van Zandt’s crusade on behalf of garage rock – broadly defined – has hit the big time with a huge concert festival and a syndicated radio show. He talked to the NY Times about it: To hear Steven Van Zandt tell it, he had no choice. He had simply …

In comparison to the often bizarre noises emanating from the heyday of SST by the likes of the Minutemen, Black Flag, Meat Puppets, and to a lesser extent Husker Du, the Descendents were a user friendly, girls-and-growing-up punk band, writing short, playful, tight numbers from the perspective of the eternally …

Moco is a garage punk whirlwind. Their new CD hit American college radio this spring, but they ought to be marketed to the Nuggets crowd too, if such a thing is possible. Heat up some Animals, (including a Trogg or two), season with Jim Morrison, whip it into post-punk tempos, …

The Hives’ Tyrannosaurus Hives comes out today and it rocks the rectum. I talk about the band, the record and their place in the latest rock ‘n’ roll revival on MSNBC.com: Rock ‘n’ roll gets back to basics: Little bands like the Hives at center of genre’s latest resurgence Rock …

I don’t like the Red Sox but I don’t hate them like, say, the Yankees, although I hate any team that is beating the Indians when it counts. But I do like the punky blarney of Boston toughs the Dropkick Murphys, and I can certainly respect them rallying behind their …