[center][b][i]Defiance, Ohio - The New World Order[/i][/b][/center]

Defiance, Ohio are a great band. This band has more of a country feel than a lot of their other stuff befitting the song which is a satirical attack on the ruling religious right. It's not a complicated song, or particularly in-depth politically but it is definitely catchy, diverting and amusing which is all you really need. 8/10


[b]Choose from:[/b]
The Orphans - For an Old Kentucky Anarchist (Folk-punk)
Dave Dondero - The Real Tina Turner (Folk-Rock)
[url=http://www.archive.org/download/danc2005-04-03.flac16/danc2005-04-03t06_vbr.mp3]Dan C - Word is Getting Out[/url] (Folk)
Dusty Springfield - Willie & Laura Mae Jones (Soul)
Bob Dylan - Visions of Johanna (Folk-rock)
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - The High Party (Indie)
Cleveland Bound Death Sentence - 3rd Floor and Passed Out In Doorways (Punk)
The Copyrights - Graveyards Down The Street (Pop-punk)
Johnny Hobo & the Freight-Trains - The Politics of "Oh S[b]h[/b]it, I Just Cut My Hand Open on a Broken Beer Bottle" (Folk-punk)
[url=http://www.angelfire.com/scary/steve_jojoff/01_we_don_t_like_anything_unless_it.mp3]Jackoff Jerkoff Frigface - We Don't Like Anything (Unless It's A Shotgun)[/url] (Cow-punk)
[url=http://tmle.terrorware.com/media/audio/How%20to%20Build%20an%20Intergalactic%20Time%20Travel%20Machine/14%20-%20The%20Hot%20Song.mp3]The Max Levine Ensemble - The Hot Song[/url] (Pop-punk)
[url=http://www.angelfire.com/folk/sparechange/moronic.mp3]Michael Jordan Touchdown Pass - Waltz of the Moronic[/url] (Folk-pop)

[b]Gmail:[/b] sketchyjoe

[B]Dan C – Word Is Getting Out[/B]

Starts off with hard-hitting acoustic guitar, which remains constant throughout the whole song. So we have just one dude and his guitar rocking out, live. These simple, back to basics songs can be very refreshing. However, the vocals are a little irritating. He has a kind of up and down voice with a stuttered sound. Sometimes the singing goes down to more of a whisper, sounding better, but it doesn’t quite save it. The lyrics are basically about the wrong doings of contemporary society. Imagine Zack de la Rocha writing a song for H.R. of Bad Brains to sing with Chris Demakes playing ska on an acoustic. Not a great combination. The only thing I really liked was the lyrical content and the crowd cheering, but the sound just didn’t work for me.

4/10

Recommended:

12 Step Rebels – 2000 Years (psychobilly)
Nocturnal Rites – Egyptica (power metal)
Blitzkid – The Fog (horror punk)
The 69 Eyes – Sister of Charity (goth rock)
Danzig – Going Down to Die (blues metal)
Mister Monster – Resident Evil (horror punk)

[center][b][i]Danzig - Going Down to Die[/i][/b][/center]

If I had to sum this song up in one word it would be sludgy. Or possibly uninspired. Or even f[u]u[/u]cking boring, although that's two words, but boring just doesn't do it justice and f[u]u[/u]ckingboring as one word implies some sort of urgency this song does not have. This is the sort of song that will make your computer screen bleed with boredom and your speakers pack up and fall asleep until you play something less turgid, like the collected speeches of Richard Nixon. With vocals that flit between a godawful whisper and a curiously nasal strained bellow complemented by a plodding rhythm and the sort of guitar solos that you can tell were performed by someone with their eyes softly closed leaning back in awe of thge majesty of the music they're making. This is sort of music that necessitated the invention of punk in the first place. 1/10

[b]Choose from:[/b]
The Orphans - For an Old Kentucky Anarchist (Folk-punk)
Dave Dondero - The Real Tina Turner (Folk-Rock)
This Is My Fist - Country Time (Punk)
Dusty Springfield - Willie & Laura Mae Jones (Soul)
Bob Dylan - Visions of Johanna (Folk-rock)
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - The High Party (Indie)
Cleveland Bound Death Sentence - 3rd Floor and Passed Out In Doorways (Punk)
The Copyrights - Graveyards Down The Street (Pop-punk)
Johnny Hobo & the Freight-Trains - The Politics of "Oh S[b]h[/b]it, I Just Cut My Hand Open on a Broken Beer Bottle" (Folk-punk)
[url=http://www.angelfire.com/scary/steve_jojoff/mp3.html]Jackoff Jerkoff Frigface - We Don't Like Anything (Unless It's A Shotgun)[/url] (Cow-punk)
[url=http://tmle.terrorware.com/media/audio/How%20to%20Build%20an%20Intergalactic%20Time%20Travel%20Machine/14%20-%20The%20Hot%20Song.mp3]The Max Levine Ensemble - The Hot Song[/url] (Pop-punk)
[url=http://www.angelfire.com/folk/sparechange/catalog.html]Michael Jordan Touchdown Pass - Waltz of the Moronic[/url] (Folk-pop)

[b]Gmail:[/b] sketchyjoe

[B]The Copyrights – Graveyards Down the Street[/B]

There’s an all instrument intro with an upbeat, thick sound. When the verse starts, the palm mutes come in…of course. The vocals sound very much like those of the Bouncing Souls, a pop punk favorite of mine. The biggest difference between them and The Copyrights would be louder bass and more guitar fills. The overall melody wasn’t overly interesting either. In no way is it a bad song though; it could just use a little more definition. [B]7/10[/B]

[B]Recommended:[/B]

12 Step Rebels – 2000 Years (psychobilly)
Blitzkid – The Fog (horror punk)
KMFDM - Mortal Kombat (techno)
Blitzkid - Let's Go to the Cemetary (horror punk)
Mister Monster – Resident Evil (horror punk)
Nocturnal Rites – Egyptica (power metal)
Wanda Jackson - I Gotta Know (rockabilly)
Cancerslug - My Black Angel (horror punk)...

[url]http://www.cancerslug.net/mp3s/battlehymnsI/[/url] (fifth track)

[I][B]Cancerslug - My Black Angel[/B][/I]

It starts off with a bland sounding guitar, and quickly the drums kick in. Together, they make a good bouncy beat which I like. The vocs kick in, and at first it's pretty annoying, like this guy has a cold. However, it grows on you about a third of the way through the song. The chorus's main line, "But I know my black angel's waiting for me!" and the rest of the singing, its style coupled with the melody, makes this song sound like a heavy metal pop-punk tune, I'm loving it. Gonna download more.
8/10

Woody Guthrie - Pretty Boy Floyd (Folk)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Sir Psycho Sexy (Super Rockin' Hard Funk)
Boomtown Rats - Diamond Smiles (Pop-Punk)
Brian Setzer Orchestra - Nosey Joe (Jazz? Swing?)
Eric Clapton - Lay Down Sally (Godly Rock'n'Roll)
Flipsyde - Someday (Political Hip-Hop/R'n'B)

Enjoy muchachos.

[center][b][i]Woody Guthrie - Pretty Boy Floyd[/i][/b][/center]

This is a stone cold classic. A simple tune with a simple story of a modern-day Robin Hood figure. The tale of a great anti-hero from a true American hero. The music is rudimentary and the song wouldn't work without it but it's not the focus. The voice isn't a singing voice but like his acolyte Bob Dylan, Woody never hits a wrong note in the classic tale set to music. 9/10

[b]Choose from:[/b]
The Orphans - For an Old Kentucky Anarchist (Folk-punk)
Dave Dondero - The Real Tina Turner (Folk-Rock)
This Is My Fist - Country Time (Punk)
[url=http://www.archive.org/details/DefianceOhioTheGreatDepression] Defiance, Ohio - Oh, Susquehanna![/url] (Folk-punk)
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - The High Party (Indie)
[url=http://www.myspace.com/murderbydeath]Murder By Death - Brother[/url] (Folk-rock)
[url=http://www.myspace.com/thecoupmusic]The Coup - We Are The Ones[/url] (Rap)
Johnny Hobo & the Freight-Trains - The Politics of "Oh S[b]h[/b]it, I Just Cut My Hand Open on a Broken Beer Bottle" (Folk-punk)
[url=http://www.angelfire.com/scary/steve_jojoff/mp3.html]Jack Off Jerk Off Frig Face - We Don't Like Anything (Unless It's A Shotgun)[/url] (Cow-punk)
[url=http://tmle.terrorware.com/media/audio/How%20to%20Build%20an%20Intergalactic%20Time%20Travel%20Machine/14%20-%20The%20Hot%20Song.mp3]The Max Levine Ensemble - The Hot Song[/url] (Pop-punk)
[url=http://www.mypace.com/michaeljordantouchdownpass]Michael Jordan Touchdown Pass - King Kong vs the US Army[/url] (Folk-pop)

[b]Gmail:[/b] sketchyjoe

[CENTER][B]Murder By Death[/B] - [I]Brother[/I]
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Okay. I've never heard this band before, or ever heard of them so this review will be my first impression completely.

This song starts off with an extremely folky riff and some punky drums. Almost pscychobilly sounding. The vocals start and this guy's voice is really great. I like it a lot. Real unique. After the chorus there is some kind of solo, though, I can't really tell what instrument it is. But all-in-all this song is really good. I'll have to check out some more of this band.

[B][I]8.5/10[/I][/B]

[URL="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=41604761&MyToken=113df4bb-d2d9-440d-b82d-d126f69da8d7"]Sticks and Stones - Sekai[/URL] (Pop Punk [Jack Terricloth's first band])

[URL="http://www.myspace.com/theglowboston"]The Glow - I Scare Myself[/URL] (Punk/Pop Punk)

[URL="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=10059144&MyToken=142fe51d-e3f2-4f7c-97c6-36ef47e4e6eb"]Camper Van Beethoven - Take The Skinheads Bowling[/URL] (Indie)

[center][b][i]Sticks and Stones - Sekai[/i][/b][/center]

I'm a bit familiar with Sticks and Stones, and from what I've heard they're not bad. This song starts strongly with a good riff and a building drumbeat before the vocals kick-in and they're unmistakably Jack Terricloth, though they don't sound quite as accomplished as his World/Inferno singing. People either love or hate his voice and I'm certainly in the former category. The music is pretty standard poppyish punk with good guitar tone, fast and catchy. At about 1:19 there's a section with just bass, singing and what sounds like faint keyboards. This song is full of little breaks, solos and fill-ins that hold your attention. They're not particularly original sounding but they keep you interested and make for a good, if not great song. 7/10

[b]Choose from:[/b]
The Orphans - For an Old Kentucky Anarchist (Folk-punk)
Apocalypse Hoboken - Pop Goes The World (Punk
This Is My Fist - Country Time (Punk)
[url=http://www.archive.org/details/DefianceOhioTheGreatDepression] Defiance, Ohio - Oh, Susquehanna![/url] (Folk-punk)
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - The High Party (Indie)
Johnny Hobo & the Freight-Trains - The Politics of "Oh S[b]h[/b]it, I Just Cut My Hand Open on a Broken Beer Bottle" (Folk-punk)
[url=http://www.angelfire.com/scary/steve_jojoff/mp3.html]Jack Off Jerk Off Frig Face - We Don't Like Anything (Unless It's A Shotgun)[/url] (Cow-punk)
[url=http://tmle.terrorware.com/media/audio/How%20to%20Build%20an%20Intergalactic%20Time%20Travel%20Machine/14%20-%20The%20Hot%20Song.mp3]The Max Levine Ensemble - The Hot Song[/url] (Pop-punk)
[url=http://www.mypace.com/michaeljordantouchdownpass]Michael Jordan Touchdown Pass - King Kong vs the US Army[/url] (Folk-pop)
Even in Blackouts - Hey Suburbia! (Acoustic pop-punk)

[b]Gmail:[/b] sketchyjoe

[B]Jack Off Jerk Off Frig Face - We Don't Like Anything (Unless It's A Shotgun)[/B]

Never heard of this band. My initially impression is, "wow what a bad mix".. it sounds really un-produced (Which can be good) but this just sounds really rough and nasty.

Im not a great fan of this genre (and I do find it hard to see where Punk comes into this.. but im no expert on Cow punk soo...)

I’m not too keen on this track. Whilst the lyrics are not to be taken seriously, they just seem a little stupid (perhaps that just my sense of humor). The vocals do work fairly well together and the guitar riff in the verse is pretty groovy (Although this is certainly something lacking in the annoying chorus riff) Altogether song seems too long and it just annoys me after more than a minute.

I’m glad I heard this.. as it probably has helped expand my tastes. However I’m pretty confident this is not a track Ill return to.

[B]4/10[/B]

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Big Black - The Power Of Independent Trucking (Hardcore.. sort of)
The Thrown Ups - You Lost It (Grunge?)
4ft Fingers - [URL="http://www.beerskatepunks.co.uk/multimedia/Proud.mp3"]Proud To Know You[/URL] (Punk, Pop Punk)
Willy Mason - [URL="http://www.myspace.com/willymason"]Oxygen [/URL] (Folk, Indie, Acoustic)
Elle Milano - [URL="http://www.myspace.com/ellemilano"]Believe Your Own Hype, Always.[/URL] (Art Rock)
The Drips – [URL="http://myspace.com/thedrips"]Down Brown[/URL] (Punk Rock)
Ripchord - [URL="http://myspace.com/ripchorduk"]Lock Up Your Daughters[/URL] (Indie Rock)

[B]Gmail [/B]- fathern8092


[B]Forced Listening for sticky![/B]

[center][b][i]Ripchord - Lock Up Your Daughters[/i][/b][/center]

Okay, I don't like to judge a book by its cover but from the picture on these guys' MySpace, I immediately want to stab them in the soul. The music, however starts off not to badly, bouncy ska-influenced indie, but the vocals sound like he's trying very hard to sound like the bloke from the Arctic Monkeys, which is a very bad thing. The problem with this song is that it sounds like so many other songs that you've heard every single day on the radio. It's distracting once and tolerable first time round but with subsequent listens it just grates and grates more and more, the crappy lyrics that could be taken as irreverent or deep by cretins, the fashionably punkish backing in some places, rising into pure generic indie for the chorus, it sounds like it was written by a marketing department, choreographed and edited by focus group for maximum appeal to idiots who think they are musical revolutionaries, coolness defined by committee, everything that is wrong with music. This song quickly escalates from a mildly diverting bouncy song, to something as hateful and soul-stabb inducing as that picture on the MySpace page. STAB! STAB! STAB! 1.5/10

[b]Choose from:[/b]
David Dondero - The Living and the Dead (Indie-Folk)
Apocalypse Hoboken - Pop Goes The World (Punk
This Is My Fist - Country Time (Punk)
[url=http://www.archive.org/details/DefianceOhioTheGreatDepression]Defiance, Ohio - Oh, Susquehanna! (Folk-punk)[/url]
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - The High Party (Indie)
Mischief Brew - Coffee, God and Cigarettes (Folk-punk)
Johnny Hobo & the Freight-Trains - The Politics of "Oh S[b]h[/b]it, I Just Cut My Hand Open on a Broken Beer Bottle" (Folk-punk)
[url=http://www.myspace.com/worldinferno]The World/Inferno Friendship Society - Only Anarchists Are Pretty[/url] (Weimar-punk)
Even in Blackouts - Hey Suburbia! (Acoustic pop-punk)

[b]Gmail:[/b] sketchyjoe

PS. STAB! STAB!

Might I just start of by saying to sketcyjoe. Haha, I thoroughly enjoyed your review. It was really well observed and well written. I liked it.

[B]Defiance, Ohio - Oh, Susquehanna! (Folk-punk)[/B]

Once again this is a band I have heard nothing of (Well I have heard of the band, but not their music) my initially impression is that I like this track alot more than the last one. It has a really nice acoustic guitar sound (something I really like). The strings well compliment the rest of the track with out being overbearing.

The vocals sound really good, they work well with the track giving it a more interesting sound. The female vocals in the second half aren’t quite so good (But are not a problem by any means) Im feeling a little too lazy to listen carefully to the lyrics, although from what I can make out they sound really good and well thought out. Perhaps if I listened to this band a little more I could really get into the lyrics.

The only bad point is perhaps that it goes on a little without any major musical changes.. However with bands like this it’s normally the lyrics that compensate (eg. Propagandhi)

Good link you provided as well. I may just download the rest of these tracks.
[B]
8.5/10[/B]

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[B]TheeeZe R tEh Traxz[/B]
Big Black - The Power Of Independent Trucking (Hardcore.. sort of)
The Thrown Ups - You Lost It (Grunge?)
4ft Fingers - [URL="http://www.beerskatepunks.co.uk/multimedia/Proud.mp3"]Proud To Know You[/URL] (Punk, Pop Punk)
Willy Mason - [URL="http://www.myspace.com/willymason"]Oxygen [/URL] (Folk, Indie, Acoustic)
Elle Milano - [URL="http://www.myspace.com/ellemilano"]Believe Your Own Hype, Always.[/URL] (Art Rock)
The Drips – [URL="http://myspace.com/thedrips"]Down Brown[/URL] (Punk Rock)

(Sorry I cant think of more tracks right now)


[B]Gmail [/B]- fathern8092


[B]Forced Listening for sticky![/B]

[B]The Drips - Down Brown[/B]
Starts off pretty fast and steady. The transition into the vocals is kinda awkward though. I don't really like the vocals too much, and the guitar riffs are pretty generic. There isn't much variety in the song, barely any tempo changes. Actually, the drumers time/tempo doesn't change at all. This was a very boring and generic punk song. I won't be looking into this band in the near future.. [B]2.5/10[/B]

[B]Recommendations[/B]
[url=http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=8005063]Modern Life Is War - D.E.A.D.R.A.M.O.N.E.S.[/url] (hardcore)
[url=http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=5894406]Wisdom In Chains - Fighting in the Street[/url] (hardcore/punk)
[url=http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=5237119]The Ergs - Kind Of Like Smitten[/url] (pop-punk)
[url=http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=25924427]Limp Wrist - Just Like You[/url] (hardcore/punk)

[B]The Ergs-Kind of like Smitten[/B]

Like you said it's a pop/punk band. Still they're pretty easy on the ears and chucked full of corny love lyrics. Which kind of reminded me of pre-Kerplunk Green Day. The Guitar is also a little reminiscent of the Ramones, one part specifically reminded me of "Beat on the Brat". Like I said lyrics were a little cheesy but they didn't sound too bad. The female vocals also added more depth to the song. It was only 1:13 but it stands as typical power punk blast. Nothing about this band stuck out or seemed original to me.
6.5/10

[U]Latex Generation[/U] - Fallen Angel(Punk Rock/Pop)
[U]The Network[/U] - Roshambo(80's techno/punk)
[U]Space Monkeys[/U] - Acid House Killed Rock and Roll (Trance/Rock)
[U]Soul Coughing[/U] - True Dreams of Wichita (Jazz/Slam/Pop)

[center][b][i]Latex Generation - Fallen Angel[/i][/b][/center]

This is a well put together pop-punk song. A simple story of a girl trying to find herself or someone or something, melded to nice if unoriginal riffs with a few guitar solos thrown in for good measure. It's catchy. The guitar solos work well but stray towards 80s hair metal territory at times, which isn't a good thing but before it totally descends into guitar-wankery it brings it back with a fade-out singalong chorus that brings the song to a close. This isn't the sort of song that'll convert someone who isn't a pop-punk fan but if you like bands like Screeching Weasel or The Queers then you won't find anything that will put you off here really. 7/10

[b]Choose from:[/b]
Mexican Cheerleader - Ernieshirt (Pop-punk)
Apocalypse Hoboken - Lonely Socks (Punk)
This Is My Fist - Country Time (Punk)
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - The High Party (Indie)
Mischief Brew - Coffee, God and Cigarettes (Folk-punk)
Johnny Hobo & the Freight-Trains - The Politics of "Oh [b]S[/b]hit, I Just Cut My Hand Open on a Broken Beer Bottle" (Folk-punk)
Fleshies - Fists of Mercy (Punk)
[url=http://www.myspace.com/worldinferno]The World/Inferno Friendship Society - Only Anarchists Are Pretty[/url] (Cabaret-punk)
Even in Blackouts - Hey Suburbia! (Acoustic pop-punk)
Oblivion - Hey Chewbacca! (Punk)

[b]Gmail:[/b] sketchyjoe

[B][U]World/Inferno Friendship Society - Only Anarchists Are Pretty[/U][/B]


This is the first time I've heard these guys and I must say they have a really cool and unique sound. This song starts out with just vocals and a piano. Then drums and horns come in with a cool horn line. The lyrics to this song are pretty cool. Also, I quite like the vocals of this band. They sound really good. This song is really catchy and fun. They seem like a really fun band overall.
8/10

[B]Recommendations:[/B]

Stray Cats - 18 Miles From Memphis [Rockabilly]
Phil Ochs - Draft Dodger Rag [Folk]
Nekromantix - Dial 666 [Psychobilly]
Phil Ochs - Talking Birmingham Jam [Folk]
Bob Dylan - Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat [Folk/Kind of Bluesy]
The Meteors - Earwigs In My Brains [Psychobilly]
The Bouncing Souls - Shark Attack [Punk]

[B]Bouncing Souls - Shark Attack[/B]

I chose this song cause I have HISMSV and AA, and enjoy them. Also, I saw them live and wasn't very impressed so it kinda turned me off from them, so maybe this is my spark to get back into them.

The song starts out w/ two people talking about the Bouncing Souls coming over their house and eating there. One guy is making fun of the Souls and the other is defending them. I think it's supposed to be funny, but it definently isn't. Then the bass comes in like the jaws, the shark is coming, playing. The actual song is pretty good musically, even though it is very short. Then it breaks back to the people talking again, and then back into the same verse again. There isnt much to this song at all. Yeah its fast, but the actual music playing is short and it's a sad attempt to be funny. [B]6/10[/B]

Recommendations:

The Curse - Old School or Not, You're Still a Dick (medolic harcore/punk)
DangerDOOM - Old School Rules ft. Talib Kwali (hip-hop)
F - Citizen's Arrest (80s Hardcore)
Modern Life Is War - D.E.A.D.R.A.M.O.N.E.S (hardcore)
The Broadways - Jonathon Kozol Was Right... (pop-punk/punk)

Just leave a comment here if you want me to upload any of these songs...

[center][b][i]F - Citizen's Arrest[/b][/i][/center]

This song starts slowly with a lounge-like bass drums, but this is experiment in relaxing music is quickly abandoned and by the 7 second mark the song is in classic 80s hardcore mode. Fast, angry, shouty and unintelligible - brilliant. This is how hardcore should be done. The chorus has a singalong feel despite the fact you can't make out any of the words, and the band rip through the riffs at frightening speed. There's even a solo at one point which is surprisingly good, all with no let up in pace. If you like 80s hardcore, this is a band for you. Loud, thrashy and angry. Everything you'd expect from a band that X'd up whilst drunk and called the cops on their own shows. 8/10

[b]Choose from:[/b]
Apocalypse Hoboken - Little Fingers (Punk)
Mischief Brew - Coffee, God and Cigarettes (Folk-punk)
Johnny Hobo & the Freight-Trains - The Politics of "Oh S[b]h[/b]it, I Just Cut My Hand Open on a Broken Beer Bottle" (Folk-punk)
Fleshies - Big Green Teeth (Punk)
Butthole Surfers - Human Cannonball (Punk)

[b]Gmail:[/b] sketchyjoe

[B]The Fleshies - Big Green Teeth[/B]

The song starts with a distorted slow-ish riff and then quickly the vocals and rest of the band jumps in, it's very poppy. The vocals are very bratty and youthfull. The verse has a mix of 2 singers and 1 singer, the 2 songers chant a line then the main vocalist carry on etc, it's used to good effect. It's a fairly standard song and nothing special but it's nice enough.
Not much more i can add, i like the vocals and the it's a good song.
- 6/10

Reccomendations:

Dizzee Rascal - Stop Dat (Rap/Hip-Hop)
Blue Monday - Bloody Knuckles (Hardcore)
Greg Gaffin - Don't Be Afraid To Run (Folk-Rock)
Battery - What i'd give (Hardcore/Punk)

Either soulseek me (Angry Balled Fists!)
or AIM.

[center][b][i]Greg Graffin - Don't Be Afraid to Run[/i][/b][/center]

I'm sure you're all aware of Greg Graffin's last "solo project" and I'm hoping this one will be less psychologically scarring. The song starts and it sounds like plain folk music, harmonica, guitar, no sign of heavy breathing anywhere (Okay, that's my last jerking off joke). It's quite soothing, if over-produced. Then the vocals come in, I like his BR vocals but they fit punk music better, ditto his lyrics, though they aren't bad, just simple. Sample lyric: "When the city barons bring their legal papers and guns/Oh darlin' don't be afraid to run". The song builds-up with drums and more instruments coming in, fading out and coming back in again, it does get quite repetitive though, towards the end there's an (electric) guitar solo and it descends into wankery slightly, what a surprise (I lied). This is an okay song but nothing special, he's better suited to punk music though. If you like simple slightly-overblown folky music then you should check this out, but if Greg Graffin messages you suggesting some webcam fun, darling, don't be afraid to run. 6/10

[b]Choose from:[/b]
The Unlovables - (Feeling All Emo) Since I Broke Up With You (Pop-punk)
Mischief Brew - Coffee, God and Cigarettes (Folk-punk)
Johnny Hobo & the Freight-Trains - The Politics of "Oh S[b]h[/b]it, I Just Cut My Hand Open on a Broken Beer Bottle" (Folk-punk)
Fleshies - Fists of Mercy (Punk) [url]http://www.fleshies.net/audio/Fleshies-Fists_Of_Mercy.mp3[/url]
Cleveland Bound Death Sentence - 3rd Floor and Passed Out In Doorways (Punk)
Apocalypse Hoboken - Pop Goes the World (Punk)

the unlovables - feelin' all emo (2:57)

despite their ignorance of actual emo, it sounds good enough to listen to. they have a less abrasive style of singing than the normal energied feminist. since feeling all emotional-hardcore doesn't really make sense, i find myself questioning the bands intelligence and their writing capabilities. anyway, it's all right. i'm still happy. ----(6/10).----

recommendations:

cap'N Jazz - little league (indie-emo)
owen - never meant (indie-emo)
love - live and let live (baroque-pop/pysch)
souls of mischief - live and let live (hip hophardcorerap)

slsk: ifitmoveskissit

[center][b][i]Love - Live and Let Live[/b][/i][/center]

I've heard of this band, but never listened to their music. It's jangly sixties pop in the Beatles' mode with pretty surreal lyrics. Love's Live and Let Live lifts off with the lovely lyrical line "Oh, the snot has caked against my pants/It has turned into crystal" which is a great mixture of the ugly and the beautiful, the mundane and the magnificient, and I really liked. The guy's voice is pretty soothing and fits the music. My only problem with this song is that it's too long and just repeats the same lyrics over and over for almost five and a half minutes with just a few cool guitar solos to break it up, still I'd be lying if I said I didn't enjoy it. 7/10

[b]Choose from:[/b]
Mischief Brew - Coffee, God and Cigarettes (Folk-punk)
Johnny Hobo & the Freight-Trains - The Politics of "Oh Sh[b]i[/b]t, I Just Cut My Hand Open on a Broken Beer Bottle" (Folk-punk)
Fleshies - Fists of Mercy (Punk) [url]http://www.fleshies.net/audio/Fleshies-Fists_Of_Mercy.mp3[/url]
Cleveland Bound Death Sentence - 3rd Floor and Passed Out In Doorways (Punk)
Apocalypse Hoboken - Pop Goes the World (Punk)
The Showcase Showdown - Rip 'Em Off (Punk)

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[U][B]Johnny Hobo & The Freight Trains[/B] - The Politics Of "Oh [SIZE="2"]Sh[/SIZE]it I Just Cut My Hand Open On A Broken Beer Bottle"[/U]

Right, this starts off with a simple but very melodic strum, and then the vocals kick in after ten seconds, "He talks about nothing using too many words/He talks revolution for an hour without using any verbs." These two lines already set out the self-parodying theme of the song, and its critical analysis of the hypocricy of apathy and inaction in the anarchist/activist movement. The lead's voice is wonderful, it's raw and powerful and you can feel his anger and disdain.

Now the drums kick in, and what I imagine is the chorus, "I'm sitting in the next room, slurring along to my isolation at the top of my lungs." The chorus of this song is one of my favourite folk singalongs, great stress-relief(:p).

Now is one of the most important lines in the song:

"But I swear to [SIZE="2"]FU[/SIZE]CK!
That a brick through a broken Starbucks window means more.
And I swear to [SIZE="2"]FU[/SIZE]CK!
That we'd fight for our system if we weren't sat down on the floor."

This is a great observation on the inaction of the movement, and that people seem to be eager to riot and smash a Starbucks, but when it comes to handing out anarchist literature or organising some form of direct action, too many people are lazy about it.

This song is powerful and the lyrics are clever and true, besides which it's an ace singalong.
9/10

[B]Here's some stuff:[/B]

Evan Greer - The Fence (Anarcho-Folk)
L7 - Mr. Integrity (Punkrock)
[B]Bear Dyken - No Nukes (Folkrock/Other)[/B]
Queen - Hammer To Fall (Godly Rock)
David Rovics - Black Flag Flying (Folk, it's about PIRATES!)
NWA - Fat Girl (Rap/Hip-Hop)

I can send you any of these, just give me your email and tell me which one.
Eran

[B]Evan Greer - The Fence[/B] [I]4:37[/I]

Alright I have been hearing alot about Evan Greer, Erik Peterson and all this riot-folk business for quite awhile now but I never really looked into it. So here I am. Looking into it.

Obviously an acoustic guitar song. I pretty much had gathered that much. I like that little hammer-on thing he does. Sounds cool. Song is slower than I usually like. I don't really like his voice. It's kinda, wimpy. Nope. Don't like the vocals really at all. The lyrics are cool though. Stuff about stun grenades, and rubber bullets. He sounds better on the chorus. If this is the chorus. Don't relaly know. The guitar is sounding good, but I really can't get over his voice. I like the lyrics but the way it's sung and the voice itself, I just can not dig. When the girl joins in it sounds better. She'd be better off singing this on her own with no Greery boy. Back to that hammer-on thing I like. Lots of stuff about being in prison. Even if Evan sounds like a pussy he's obviously a hardcore inmate.


All in all, good song but really should have a different vocalist. Not into his voice at all.

[B]6.5/10[/B]

[B][U]Recomendations:[/U][/B]
Schoolyard Heroes- The Klaw (alternative)
This Bike is a Pipe Bomb- Forgotten Not Gone (folk punk)
Against Me!- S[SIZE="2"]hi[/SIZE]t Stroll (folk punk)
Converge- Heaven in Her Arms (metalcore)
Charls Bronson- Your Average Run of the Mill Straight Edge Song (power violence)
The Jack Gault Acoustic Power Violence Apocalypse- Assault on the Graveyard parts 9 through 17 (acoustic power violence)

[center][b][i]Schoolyard Heroes - The Klaw[/i][/b][/center]

This starts off slowly and gently with minimal instrumentation and a woman singing. She's got a nice voice and the feel is somewhat sinister like something big is about to happen, which it promptly does with a big hardcore/punk song kicking in with some guy screaming his head off. Usually I don't like those sort of vocalists but this works, primarily as she's singing at the same time giving the rawness and rage a good counterpoint. The music's okay, very driving and militaristic at times but with slower sections as well. It goes back into the intro then into the fast section, it doesn't work as well the second time around but it's still okay. This song is over pretty quickly as there's lots of different sections and it's under 2:30 long. I enjoyed it. 7/10

[b]Choose from:[/b]
Mischief Brew - Coffee, God and Cigarettes (Folk-punk)
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - Bleeding Powers (Indie) [url]http://www.tedleo.com/audio/BleedingPowers.mp3[/url]
Cleveland Bound Death Sentence - 3rd Floor and Passed Out In Doorways (Punk)
The Showcase Showdown - Rip 'Em Off (Punk)
Tom Frampton - Honesty is Not F[b]u[/b]cking Emo (Folk-punk)
[url]http://www.riotfolk.org/member_music_lyrics.php?id=7&song_id=310[/url]
Screeching Weasel - Guest List (Pop-punk)

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[U][B]Mischief Brew[/B] - Coffee, God And Cigarettes[/U]

This song has a couple of false starts, but the intro is pretty sweet, reminds me of Phil Ochs. His voice kicks in, raspy and piratey as par, so that's awesome. I don't like the lyrics too much, it's a song (as far as I can tell) about addiction and replacing booze and heroin with coffee and cigarettes, I don't know where God enters the equation. The meaning of the song doesn't in itself bother me so much as the writing of it; it just doesn't flow, it grinds across my spine, JESUS why didn't he rearrange the lyrics Goddamnit!? "Coffee God and cigarettes they're all that you need, all that you need just to be as free as me." Does this not make you angry? This is not written well! ARGH! Rewrite! I demand a rewrite!

7 points for a good Irish-sounding singalong, but minus 3 points for not writing it out properly. I'm sorry.
4/10 Y'see Joe? See what happened?

Review these:
Adhamh Roland - Bathrooms, Boxes and Binary (She's a trannie folk singer who sings about bureaucratic sexism, geddit?)
NWA - A Bitch Is A Bitch (These are black power rappers who hate anyone who doesn't have black skin, and they think women are fleshlights with AI)
Tool - Part Of Me (I've never listened to Tool, but I hear they suck, please, tell me what you think before I tell that girl I met today that of course I love Tool)

That's it, I'm angry now.

[center][b][i]Tool - Part of Me[/i][/b][/center]

This song is awful, seriously bad. Every single facet of this song is just terrible. The music is that generic heavy-riffing that changes every 3 seconds so you can see how good musicians they are. The lyrics are banal to the extreme. There's about 4 lines in the entire song, which can work, but not when they're sung like they're the most meaningful thing ever written by vocals, which sound as though they're designed to appeal to every single headbanging pretentious f[b]u[/b]ckhead who thinks that this s[b]h[/b]it is deep in some way. It would be hilarious when he sings "I KNOW YOU BETTER THAN ONE MIGHT THINK!" in his heaviest metal voice if it wasn't so painful. What a wanker. What a c[b]u[/b]nt. What a despicable child-molesting pube-eating bastard. There aren't ways to describe just how bad this bollocks is, but I'll give it a go. Imagine being raped. Anally. By a horse. A horse with AIDs and a penis wrapped in barbed wire. At the same time an incredibly obese man is dumping blood-laced putrid feces into your mouth which is being held open by fishhooks. Simultaneously, your eyes are filled with pepper spray and your arm is being eaten by vultures. Your testicles are cut off with safety scissors and forced up your nose as a migraine the size of the equine member lodged in your behind erupts in the centre of your frontal lobe and you develop an itch in the middle of your back that you can't quite get to. The girl you've always loved appears to tell you she hates you and make fun of your genitalia before preceeding to have multi-orgasmic sex with your worst enemy in front of you while your parents turn up to say that they're not angry with you, they're just dissapointed and that you're currently being broadcast on every single TV screen in the world live. Imagine that. That's roughly on a par with how much fun this song was to listen to. Eran, if you tell this girl you like Tool, fine, we've all done things we've not proud of if the promise of sex is there, just make sure she's not going to play it in the bedroom unless you want to vomit into her face mid-coitus. I did not enjoy this song. 0/10

[b]Choose from:[/b]
Toys That Kill - 2 Billion Bastards (Punk)
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - Bleeding Powers (Indie) [url]http://www.tedleo.com/audio/BleedingPowers.mp3[/url]
Cleveland Bound Death Sentence - 3rd Floor and Passed Out In Doorways (Punk)
This is my Fist! - Voice from Occupationland (Punk)
The Showcase Showdown - Rip 'Em Off (Punk)
Tom Frampton - Honesty is Not F[b]u[/b]cking Emo (Folk-punk)
[url]http://www.riotfolk.org/member_music_lyrics.php?id=7&song_id=310[/url]
Screeching Weasel - Hey Suburbia (Pop-punk)

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[B]Screeching Weasel - Hey Suburbia[/B]

I’ve heard and enjoyed a few Screeching Weasel songs, but never really got into them. “Hey Suburbia” starts off with a catchy pop-punk lead guitar riff over a steady drum beat , distorted rhythm guitar and low end bass. The lead sounds like butta ringing out into the verse, where the roughness of the song comes with the vocals. These guys play some sweet harmonies but the whiney, nasally singing makes em a pretty standard punk band. That’s how it’s supposed to be though, and it stays true with this song. The anthem-ic chorus is the high point, even though it has no build up and it’s camouflaged with the verses. At the end of the song, theirs a brief lay down of one guitar which leads to repeated “shut up’s” that signify the song’s “teenage ignorance is bliss” theme. I’ve heard it all before, but it stays with you more than others of it’s kind. Well played Screeching Weasel, well played. [B]8/10[/B]

[I]Recommended Listening:[/I]

Nocturnal Rites - Egyptica (power-metal)
Blitzkid - Carve Out a Heart* (horror pop-punk)
12 Step Rebels - Banshee’s Wail (psychobilly)
Faith No More - Get Out (alternative rock)
The Sword - Iron Swan* (metal)
The Damned - Amen (electronic horror rock)

*[url]www.myspace.com/blitzkid[/url]
*[url]http://www.myspace.com/thesword[/url]

[B][U]12 Step Rebels - Banshee's Wail[/U][/B]

The beginning of the song is slow and has a very ominous feel to it. Then all of a sudden at about 40 seconds into the song, it speeds up. Then it goes back to being slow and after some singing the vocalist screms "the banshee's wail!!!" and it speeds up once again. I like the bass and guitar of this song. The background vocals are minimal but they are decent. The song ends like it started with the slow ominous feel to it. Overall a cool song.

9/10

[B][I]Recommendations[/I]:[/B]

The Pinkerton Thugs - The Coldest War [Punk]
Mad Sin - Communication Breakdown [Psychobilly]
The Unseen - Goodbye America [Punk]
Angel City Outcasts - I'm an A.C.O. [Street Rock & Roll]
The Unseen - Children of the Revolution [Punk]
Stray Cats - 18 Miles From Memphis [Rockabilly]
The Slackers - The Question [Ska]

[center][b][i]Angel City Outcasts - I'm an ACO[/i][/b][/center]

This song feels less like a punk song at times than a 50s rock and roll song played at three times the speed and for a moment in the middle of the song it drops all its punk pretensions and gives you a quick blast of the Chuck Berry-esque music that clearly informs this song. The vocals, lead guitar and bassline all manage to be simultaneously prominent without eclipsing each other and I particularly enjoyed the bassline which has a lot of little fills and even a solo towards the end. The vocals are standard punk shout with plenty of background vocals and a gang vocal sing-a-long towards the end. This is a good song though it does tire towards the end as it can't quite keep up it's breakneck speed for almost three and a half minutes. This song is good old-fashioned punk rock and roll. 7.5/10

[b]Choose from:[/b]
Zatopeks - City Lights (Pop-punk) [url]http://www.stardumbrecords.com/mp3/Zatopeks_City_Lights.mp3[/url]
The Vindictives - Assembly Line (Punk)
The Showcase Showdown - Rip 'Em Off (Punk)
The Lillingtons - Lillington High (Pop-punk)

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[B]Zatopeks - City Lights[/B]

First of I have got to say I really like this guys voice. At first I thought it sounded a little weird.. but I warmed to it (Any song like this sung without an annoying Blink 182 voice has got to be a good thing). The songs it fairly typical for the genre and doesn’t really offer anything greatly original or new.. but I suppose that’s ok. Its a fairly tight song and it works well musically. Its never something that I could really get into.. although its the kind of song I would probably want to dance to after a few beers.

My major issue with the song is the annoying use of "oi oi" Perhaps its just me but I personally find it really annoying and cliqued... but that’s just my opinion. Alot of bands use it so I guess others think its ok... whatever. :confused:

[B]5/5[/B]



[U][B]Songs[/B][/U]
[B]Big Black[/B] - The Power Of Independent Trucking (Hardcore.. sort of)
[B]The Thrown Ups[/B] - You Lost It (Grunge?)
[B]4ft Fingers[/B] - Proud To Know You (Punk, Pop Punk)
[url]http://www.beerskatepunks.co.uk/multimedia/Proud.mp3[/url]
[B]Willy Mason [/B]- Oxygen (Sort of Folk / Indie)
[url]http://www.myspace.com/willymasonOxygen[/url]
[B]Elle Milano [/B]- Believe Your Own Hype, Always (Art Rock)
[url]http://www.myspace.com/ellemilano[/url]
[B]Defiance, Ohio[/B] - Bikes And Bridges (Folk / Punk) (Thank you sketchyjoe!)
[url]http://ia300141.us.archive.org/2/items/Share_What_Ya_Got/07_Bikes_and_Bridges.mp3[/url]

(Sorry I cant think of more tracks right now)