PASTEPUNK.COM - Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary Today!
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* Commemorates occasion with coffee mugs and a Free MP3 Compilation from the BEARTRAP PR roster!
* 25 new, unreleased and rare songs from De La Hoya, Jena Berlin, Look Mexico, Pomegranates, Scream Hello, Nakatomi Plaza, Broadway Calls, Jumpercable, La Dispute, more!

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When I started Pastepunk during my first year of college, the plan was to write reviews of local shows and CDs that I had owned. There were no other goals and no big ambitions. The word "blog" had yet to be coined and the MP3 will still an innocent technological breakthrough. I never thought that my hobby would become such a substantial part of my life for the next 10 years. In that time period, we have seen the internet turn the independent music world upside down, and have been there to document the fruits and spoils along the way. - Jordan Baker, founder of Pastepunk.com

In punk rock, stating that you've been around for a decade is essentially admitting that you're an ancient vessel amidst a sea of doe-eyed, baby-faced, sometimes-talented (but often not) newbies who have barely tested the chilly DIY waters before sailing for warmer shores. Not to say that crusty old people rule, but there are certainly a handful that possess a nugget or two of wisdom and should be looked upon with reverence and admiration.

Such is the case with well-respected, often-imitated-but-never-duplicated webzine PASTEPUNK.COM.

Ten years ago to the day, Jordan Baker created the site as an outlet against boredom and vapidity of dorm room life. And while diligently sticking it out for so long is impressive, all this talk about who has the most notches on their studded punk rock belt or more indie cred means nothing unless you're contributing something relevant and interesting...and more importantly, doing it with passion and unshakable dedication. Jordan was one of the first people with whom I ever worked when I entered the fray almost nine years ago; I can state without hesitation that he and Pastepunk measure up to those qualifications.

With an archive of more than 10,000 news posts, 3000 album reviews and 300 interviews from bands such as Bad Religion, Rise Against, Thrice, Dropkick Murphys, H20, Less Than Jake, Bane, Set Your Goals, Strike Anywhere, Modern Life Is War, Against Me!, Crime In Stereo, Paint It Black, Thursday and AFI, Pastepunk's quality of content ranks up there with the best. What's more is that Jordan and his staff not only entertain on a daily basis, they do so with thought-provoking commentary and discerning tastes. In the words of the site's creator:

As a teen, I spent countless hours reading MRR, Punk Planet and Flipside, obsessing over music reviews and searching for a consistent voice of recommendation. I have tried to be that source with Pastepunk, relishing the role of being a filter in a world where the number of bands is simply overwhelming. It hasn't always been easy, but the relentless, addictive search to discover the next great hardcore, punk, metal or indie band is a desire that runs through my bones. I've always said that I'll keep doing Pastepunk until it isn't fun anymore and it means the world to me that we're still here.

To mark the occasion, Jordan and I have gathered 25 songs from BEARTRAP bands, creating the Pastepunk 10th Anniversary MP3 Compilation. It includes a number of previously unreleased songs, rare and live material, demo recordings for upcoming releases and several exclusive tracks recorded specifically for the comp. All 25 MP3s are completely free, but only available for the next month - until November 16th. For more information, go here, or directly download a zip file (including cover art and detailed information about every song) here.

And by all means, feel free to pass around the link or post it on your website!

TRACK LISTING
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ANNABEL - "Four Corners" (From rare tour EP)
ASTPAI - "Of Imposition and Instinct" (From new split EP with Attack! Vipers!)
BROADWAY CALLS - "Get At Me" (From 7" split with Teenage Bottlerocket)
CHEAP GIRLS - "That's The Reason" (Previously released as vinyl only bonus track)
DE LA HOYA - "Union Square" (New song for upcoming Discography release)
DRIVINGONCITYSIDEWALKS - "That the Sound I Make Would Be Worth Hearing" (New song from upcoming documentary)
HISTORY - "Sterves of Neel" (New Song - Pastepunk exclusive!)
INTO IT. OVER IT. - "Holding Hands With Me" (Pastepunk exclusive - Up Up Down Down cover)
JENA BERLIN - "Sing Yourself To Sleep" (Unreleased song from rare demo)
JUMPERCABLE - "Scrape 'Em Off" (From an upcoming 7" split with Hoodratz)
LA DISPUTE - "Only Everything Below" (From limited edition S/T 7")
LIGHTEN UP! - "Buttspeak" (New song from upcoming full-length)
LIPONA - "Hawks" (New song from upcoming EP)
LOOK MEXICO - "You're Not Afraid of the Dark Are You?" (New song from upcoming 7")
MEMORIAL - "The Great Lakes" (New song from upcoming 7")
NAKATOMI PLAZA - "4017" (New Song - Pastepunk exclusive!)
ONE SMALL STEP FOR LANDMINES - "Creaking Like The Cradle" (New song from upcoming full-length)
ONE WIN CHOICE - "Under Quarantine" (New song from upcoming 7")
PAPER THE OPERATOR - "You're Fired" (Rare demo)
POMEGRANATES - "Corriander" (New song from upcoming full-length)
SCREAM HELLO - "Gary" (New song from upcoming 7")
SHARKS AND SAILORS - "Topple The Pillar" (From out of print EP)
STAY SHARP - "PCS Panthers" (Demo from upcoming 7")
THE NEW DRESS - "Mabel Had Her First Serious Suspicion" (New song - recorded live)
THE OUT_CIRCUIT - "Dark Horizons" (Rare - Frantic Mantis cover)

Pastepunk is no stranger to compilations, releasing Broken Lamps and Hardcore Memories Volume 1 and Volume 2 in 2002 and 2004 respectively, the latter of which was exclusively distributed by Suburban Home Records. The company, through its Vinyl Collective store, is helping out once again, handling order fulfillment for the limited edition Pastepunk Coffee Mugs. There are only 144 of these bad boys available, so grab yours here!

In conclusion, I'd like to to thank Pastepunk.com for 10 very memorable years and for giving all the Beartrap bands a chance to be part of this anniversary commemoration.

Pastepunk would also like to add, "thanks to all of the bands, record labels and management and PR firms that keep us well-stocked with new music and information, and our advertising partners as well. Without your support, we would probably have a lot more photos of cute babies chewing on stuffed animals."

Recorded and produced by the legendary J. Robbins (Against Me, Jets to Brazil, Jawbreaker) in Baltimore, MD, Trees and Shade are Our Only Fences exceeds expectations, succinctly balancing songs that are musically complex and persuasively melodic. Noticeably more focused, Sylvie’s gorgeous arrangements have a more finely tuned sense of precision. The addition of Erin Passmore on keyboards and vocals results in a welcomed new layer of pop happiness and stunning group harmonies.

Lyrically the album exudes a sense of cautious hope for the future through songs about environmental fears, war, heartbreak and the passing of time. Lead singer Joel Passmore explains,

“The lyrics on this album tell more stories; they reflect the reasons we have to open our mouths, not just filler. In some ways they have a more somber tone, but in other cases songs talk about first loves and coming home. There is a bit of trepidation about the future at times, but I think it’s balanced with a light heartedness in the music. I guess it reflects our hopes as well.”

Formed in Regina, SK in 1999, Sylvie debuted with their first full-length album I Wish I Was Driving in 2003, garnering the band a nomination for outstanding independent album of the year at the WCMAs. An Electric Trace was released in 2005 through Smallman Records. Sylvie has played with Minus the Bear, Pony Up, Hot Hot Heat, Controller Controller, Death From Above 1979, Wintersleep, and Small Sins, and has showcased at CMJ, NXNE, CMW and SXSW. In 2006 Sylvie won the CBC Galaxie Rising Star Award, which was presented to the band during a live CBC recording at NXNE.

Sylvie will be touring North America in support of Trees and Shade are Our Only Fences; watch here for updates:
http://www.myspace.com/sylviemusic
http://www.sylviemusic.com

Three songs from Trees and Shade are Our Only Fences can be streamed here:
http://smallmanrecords.com/epk/sylvie/

TRACK LISTING FOR TREES AND SHADE ARE OUR ONLY FENCES
Please Make it Home
Breakout for Summer
Satellites
Instruments of War
Listen Up
Dark Ages
Notes on Counters
she sells sea shells
Mallets
When We Were Young
Suitcases

SYLVIE TOUR DATES
Oct 10 – Regina, SK @ The Distrikt (CD RELEASE)
Oct 12 – Thunder Bay, ON @ Jack’s
Oct 14 – London, ON @ Call The Office
Oct 16 – Toronto, ON @ The Horseshoe Tavern
Oct 17 – Ottawa, ON @ Zaphod Beeblebrox
Oct 18 – Montreal, QC @ Il Motore

Sylvie, an absolutely breathtaking rock band …
~Dose

A tidy little album of post-punk rock full of maturity, aggression and beauty.
NNNN
~Now Magazine

Frankly, no one in Canadian music these days makes a sound like this. Sylvie did, with synthesised keyboard loops and teasing washes of guitar squall over the driving beats from that amazing rhythm section. Arenas, cold and silent as tombs, await their crazed sound.
~Exclaim

Los Angeles, CA - September 8, 2008 - In a match made in folk-punk heaven, Hot Water Music's Chuck Ragan, Avail's Tim Barry and Lucero's Ben Nichols will embark on The Revival Tour this month, a series of shows that will see all three artists playing solo sets as well as performing on each others material. There will also be a number of guests joining shorter legs of the tour including Tom Gabel of Against Me!, Jesse Malin, Kevin Seconds from 7 Seconds, Jon Snograss from Drag The River, Sundowner, Austin Lucas & Frank Turner.

"All of the tours that I've done since I've been doing this solo stuff have in some way or the other ended up with a bunch of friends onstage by the end of the night," Ragan explains, adding that each performer will be joined by a backing band that will change based on geography and include many of their peers and previous tour mates. "I've always loved seeing that and now I'm absolutely loving creating something like that with good friends who think and believe along the same lines."

The tour will mark Ragan's final run in support of last year's solo debut Feast Or Famine (SideOneDummy), after which he'll begin pre-production on his next album for SideOneDummy. Barry is touring in support of his own folk debut, Rivanna Junction. Although the two musicians met in the nineties while fronting two of the most influential DIY punk bands of the era, in recent years both songwriters have begun to explore folk and bluegrass compositions, making this tour a perfect pairing of ideologies and instrumentation.

Nichols entered the picture when him and Ragan recently toured in January, but it wasn't until this year's SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas, that the plan was solidified. "We were both doing our own thing and weren't there in conjunction, but ended up sitting down for some drinks after one of the long days," Ragan explains. "We agreed on a time, shook hands and kept on drinking." While the tour will feature individual sets from each artist, it will be more reminiscent of the folk tradition of involving multiple artist collaborations-and each performer will have guests coming on and off stage, including the three primary songwriters who plan to hunkered down in Barry's Richmond, Virginia backyard this summer to learn each other's respective tracks.

HERE ARE THE DATES:
9/23 Carrboro, NC - Cats Cradle w/ Austin Lucas
9/24 Richmond, VA - Canal Club w/ Austin Lucas
9/25 Virginia Beach, VA - The Jewish Mother w/ Austin Lucas
9/26 Charleston, SC - Music Farm w/ Austin Lucas
9/27 Jacksonville, FL - Jack Rabbits w/ Austin Lucas
9/28 Orlando, FL - The Social w/ Austin Lucas
9/29 off
9/30 Tampa, FL - The Orpheum w/ Austin Lucas
10/1 Gainesville, FL - Common Grounds w/ Bob & Austin Lucas
10/2 Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade w/ Bob & Austin Lucas
10/3 Nashville, TN - Mercy Lounge
10/4 Louisville, KY - Skull Alley w/ Bob & Austin Lucas
10/5 Bloomington, IN - Rhinos w/ Austin Lucas
10/6 off
10/7 Buffalo, NY - Mohawk Place w/ Jesse Malin
10/8 off
10/9 Cambridge, MA - Middle East w/ Jesse Malin
10/10 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church w/ Jesse Malin ft. Jon Snodgrass of Drag The River
10/11 Asbury Park, NJ - Asbury Lanes w/ Frank Turner
10/12 Hamden, CT - The Space w/ Frank Turner
10/13 New York, NY - Blender Theatre @ Grammercy w/ Frank Turner
10/14 Washington, DC - Black Cat w/ Frank Turner
10/15 Pittsburgh, PA - Belvederes
10/16 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick w/ Sundowner
10/17 Chicago, IL - Reggie's Rock Club w/ Sundowner
10/18 Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock w/ Austin Lucas
10/19 Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall w/ Austin Lucas
10/20 Sioux Falls, SD - Nutty's w/ Austin Lucas
10/21 off
10/22 Ft Collins, CO - Aggie Theatre w/ Jon Snodgrass of Drag The River
10/23 Denver, CO - Marquis Theatre w/ Jon Snodgrass of Drag The River and Austin Lucas
10/24 Salt Lake City, UT -The Venue's Club Sound w/ Jon Snodgrass of Drag The River and Austin Lucas
10/25 off
10/26 Seattle, WA - El Corazon w/ Kevin Seconds, Jon Snodgrass of Drag The River, Austin Lucas
10/27 Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theatre w/ Kevin Seconds and Austin Lucas
10/29 Nevada City, UT - Coopers Ale Works
10/30 San Francisco, CA - Slims w/ Tom Gabel of Against Me!
10/31 Pomona, CA - Glasshouse w/ Tom Gabel of Against Me!
11/1 Hollywood, CA - Knitting Factory w/ Tom Gabel of Against Me!
11/2 San Diego, CA - Casbah w/ Tom Gabel of Against Me!
11/3 off
11/4 Las Vegas, NV - Beauty Bar w/ Tom Gabel of Against Me!
11/5 Tempe, AZ - The Clubhouse w/ Tom Gabel of Against Me!
11/6 off
11/7 Lubbock, TX - Tequila Jungle w/ Tom Gabel of Against Me!
11/8 Dallas, TX - The Door, Prophet Bar w/ Tom Gabel of Against Me!
11/9 Austin, TX - Fun Fun Fun Fest @ Waterloo Park
11/10 Houston, TX - Walter's On Washington w/ Tom Gabel of Against Me!
11/11 off
11/12 off
11/13 Little Rock, AK - Juanita's Cantina Ballroom w/ Tom Gabel of Against Me!
11/14 Memphis, TN - Hi-Tone Café w/ Tom Gabel of Against Me!
11/15 Birmingham, AL - Work Play Theatre w/ Tom Gabel of Against Me!
11/16 West Columbia, SC - New Brookland Tavern w/ Tom Gabel of Against Me!

Joe Queer and the boys producing their signature brand of pop-punk surf rock on February 3, 2003 at the world renowned CBGB's. Straight from the soundboard to your speakers. Tight as hell as always!

Goofy punk rock, recorded live at the Mecca of all things punk.

Description:

Joe Queer and the boys producing their signature brand of pop-punk surf rock on February 3, 2003 at the world renowned CBGB's. Straight from the soundboard to your speakers. Tight as hell as always!

Track Listing/Features:
Rockaway Beach
No Tit
Brush Your Teeth
I Want Cunt
Monster Zero
This Place Sucks
You're Tripping
I Live This Life
Surf Goddeses
Blabbermouth
Kicked Out Of The Webelos
I Hate Everything
Murder In The Brady House
Like A Parasite
My Old Man's A Fatso
Fuck You
Teenage Bonehead
I Can't Stop Farting
Granola Head
I Will Be With You
Yeah Well Whatever
Love, Love, Love
Another Girl
I Only Drink Bud
Punk Rock Girls
Ursula Finally Has Tits
Tamara is a Punk
I Met Her At The Rat
Tulu Is A Wimp
Fuck The World I'm Hanging Out With You Tonight
This Place Sucks

CD
SKU#: MVDA4671
UPC: 022891467120
SRP: $14.95
BOX LOT: 30
RUN TIME: 60mins
LABEL: CBGB RECORD
GENRE: Alternative/Punk

Order from MVD
STREET DATE:
05/13/2008

Apr 8 2008 6:00P
Halloween House w/ highway magic, your a liar, up scumbag! All Ages! indianapolis, Indiana

Apr 9 2008 8:00P
Bernies Distillery columbus, Ohio

Apr 10 2008 10:00P
Smiling Moose w/ the shutouts pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Apr 11 2008 6:00P
Blondeshells w/ the rockvilles All Ages! silver sprin, Maryland

Apr 12 2008 8:00P
El Bar w/ the slotcars, the sheckies, the prozacs philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Apr 13 2008 6:00P
Holly City Family Center w/ the sheckies, prozacs, flyswatters all ages! millville, New Jersey

Apr 14 2008 9:00P
Trash Bar w/ the challenged, project 27 williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York

Apr 15 2008 8:00P
Daniel Street w/ the black noise scam, sadplant milford, Connecticut

Apr 16 2008 7:00P
Obriens Pub w/ the prozacs allston, Massachusetts

Apr 17 2008 8:00P
Brickhouse w/the asthmatics, ded bugs, hot rod fury dover, New Hampshire

Apr 18 2008 8:00P
Genos w/the prozacs portland, Maine

Apr 19 2008 7:00P
Sergies Houseshow All Ages! albany, New York

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Punk Rock Review

Anyway, we've been getting a lot of great music lately, so be on the prowl for some pretty good reviews. Unforunately, we get a lot of garbage and when I give my honest opinion we get some pretty funny hate mail. I was thinking of creating a page souly dedicated to it, but Mrs. Taint reminded me that we'll just get a lot of fake hate mail and it will just take a way from the fun. So instead, I decided to post random hate mail (only the good stuff) as we get it on this blog. So come back often for some great hate and occasional responses by me.

So we'll start with the most recent (I'll post my reply and the reply to my reply at a later date, it's pretty funny).
In regard to the recent review of Geniune Imitations
http://punkrockreview.org/blog1/2008/02/genuine_imitations_self_titled.html
Hey, please remove that review from your site.
We pay attention to those and that sounds
like a rather biased review. It is so biased
that it is slander for the label and the band.
You can post this letter if you want, but your
review for the band needs to be taken down.
The fact that we're releasing a publically
retail album and the fact that GI is a band
not a company, you playing the role of
the company and with your extensive
catalog of other bands and propaganda
you are playing the role of a corporation
You are putting not only yourself, but your
company in jeopardy for the slander in
the review.

Either take it down, or you will need to
be speaking to my attorney in Los Angeles.

The fact it is a review is one thing, but being
biased and further damaging the band's reputation
and then posting it on the page. Is unacceptable.
We will take you to court regarding this issue
if it's not dealt with right away

We know who runs this site and have ways
that would be very easy to be in contact with
that person

there are also regulations of what you can and can't put on your site or the internet.
Take care of this plz.

-Management/Record Label

I figured since this is a review website, we should at least make an attempt at it. The following will be my top 10 releases of 2007.

Jonny Taint - Top 10 Release of 2007
1. The Unlovables - "Heartsickle"
2. Angleworm - "…Ruin your Scene"
3. The Queers - "Munki Brain"
4. The Challenged - "Relapse"
5. Don't' Look In The Basement - " A Bizarre Occurance in a Small Town"
6. Rich White Males - We Ain't No Musician"
7. The Zatopeks - "Damn Fool Music"
8. Capguns 'n' Coke - "Just Another Day"
9. Johnie 3 - "Hang The DJ"
10. The New Threat - "Bring Out the Fight"

Franky 2000's 2007 top 10...or something like that
1. The Leftovers- On the move
2. The Bricktops- Stay Home
3. The Annoyers- Seek and Annoy
4. The Queers - Munki Brain
5. The Poulsens - Rocket to Rehab
6. Barfights & Brokenhearts- V/A
7. The Challenged- Relapse
8. The Hawaiians- Hula On Mars
9. Capguns 'n' Coke- just another day EP
10.Ben Weasel and His Iron String Quartet-These Ones are Bitter

Mrs. Taint's 2007 Top 10
1. The Challenged- Relapse
2. Johnie 3 - Hang The DJ
3. Dear Landlord & Off With Their Heads - Split
4. The Rich White Males & The Cummies- International Losers
5. Hollywood Blondes - 15 Minutes of Lame
6. Capguns 'n' Coke- Just Another Day EP
7. The BloodReds - Mister Mess
8. Summer Sounds:Four Reasons For The Season, Vol2(Thanks to The Sheckies)
9. The Wish You Weres - Wreck The Halls
10. Barfights & Brokenhearts - V/A

Here's some Top 10s from the Fat Wreck newsletter to compare my top 10 against.

Fat Mike - Top 10 CD's I bought this year
1. Against Me! - Reinventing Axl Rose
2. Alkaline Trio - Remains
3. Bedouin Soundclash - Street Gospels
4. Code of Honor - Complete Studio Recordings 1982-1984
5. F.U.'s - Kill For Christ
6. The Lillingtons - The Too Late Show
7. Nip Drivers - Destroy Whitey
8. Nouvelle Vague - Bande A Part
9. The Gaslight Anthem - Sink or Swim
10. Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero

*TOP 10 RECORDS OF 2007 FROM YOUR FAVORITE FAT BAND MEMBERS!

Against Me! - Tom Gabel
1. The Good, The Bad, The Queen - S/T
2. Cobra Skulls - Sitting Army
3. Future Of The Left - Curses
4. Fake Problems - How Far Our Bodies Go
5. Money Brother - Mount Pleasure
6. Bright Eyes - Cassadaga
7. Klaxons - Myths Of The Near Future
8. Rumble Strips - Girls and Weather
9. David Dondero - Simple Love
10. World/ Inferno Friendship Society - Addicted To Bad Ideas

American Steel - John Peck
1. Bjork – Volta
2. Jakobinarina – The First Crusade
3. Band of Horses – Cease to Begin
4. Bjork live
5. Firefly on DVD
6. Dethklok – The Dethalbum
7. Arcade Fire – Neon Bible
8. Múm – Go Go Smear the Poison Ivy
9. Smoking Popes - super secret unreleased album
10. Triclops live

Dillinger Four - Billy Morrisette
1. The Arrivals- Marvels of Industry
2. The Evening Rig- Never Been'er
3. Off With Their Heads - Various split 7"s.
4. Razorcake - Sister Series Vol 1 7"s
5. Skeleton Witch - Beyond The Permafrost
6. The Methadones - This Won't Hurt...
7. Hidden Spots - 7"
8. Bruce Springsteen - Magic
9. Dear Landlord/Chinese Telephones - Split 7"
10. The Gateway District - 7"

The Flatliners - Chris Cresswell
1. Attack In Black - Marriage
2. A Wilhelm Scream - Career Suicide
3. Sundowner - Four One Five Two
4. Big D and the Kids Table - Strictly Rude
5. Smoke Or Fire - This Sinking Ship
6. Lifetime - S/T
7. Strung Out - Blackhawks Over Los Angeles
8. American Steel - Destroy Their Future
9. Queens of the Stone Age - Era Vulgaris
10. The Weakerthans - Reunion Tour

Lagwagon (Me First & the Gimme Gimmes, Bad Astronaut) - Joey Cape
1. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
2. The Weakerthans - Reunion Tour
3. Elliott Smith - New Moon
4. Revolts - S/T
5. The Falcon - Unicornography
6. The Hives – The Black And White Album
7. The Shins – Wincing The Night Away
8. Biffy Clyro - Puzzles
9. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
10. Wilco – Sky Blue Sky

Lagwagon - Chris Rest
1. Ween - La Cucaracha

The Lawrence Arms - Brendan Kelly
1. Cobra Skulls - Sitting Army
2. Sidekicks - So Long Soggy Dog
3. Sundowner - Four One Five Two
4. The Beauty Shop - Just some demos
5. Copyrights - Make Sound
6. Teenage Bottlerocket - Warning Device
7. Smoke or Fire - This Sinking Ship
8. Feist - The Reminder
9. The Methadones - This Won't Hurt
10. Manu Chao - La Radiolina

The Lawrence Arms – Chris McCaughan
1. Cobra Skulls - Sitting Army
2. Elliot Smith - New Moon
3. NOFX - They've Actually Gotten Worse
4. Sanawon - Bonfire Night
5. M.I.A. - Kala
6. Andrew Jackson Jihad - People Who Can Eat People
7. The Methadones - This Won't Hurt
8. Manu Chao - La Radiolina
9. Chuck Ragan - Feast or Famine
10. American Steel - Destroy their Future

The Loved Ones - Dave Hause
1. Bruce Springsteen - Magic
2. The Gaslight Anthem - Sink or Swim
3. The Shins - Wincing the Night Away
4. Kanye West - Graduation
5. Chuck Ragan - Feast or Famine
6. Rilo Kiley - Under the Blacklight
7. Tegan and Sara - The Con
8. The White Stripes - Icky Thump
9. Bright Eyes - Cassadaga
10. Patty Griffin - Children Running Through

The Mad Caddies - Sascha Lazor
1. Dub Trio - Cool Out and Coexist
2. Ticklah - Ticklah Vs. Axelrod
3. Siba - Toda Vez Que Eu Dou Um Passo/O Mundo Sai Do
4. Tinariwen - Aman Iman Water is Life
5. Pole - Steingarden
6. Manu Chao - La Radiolina
7. Sizzla - Red Alert
8. M.I.A - Kala
9. Assassin - Gully Sittin'
10. Bad Brains - Build a Nation

Me First and the Gimme Gimmes (Swingin' Utters) - Spike Slawson
1. M.I.A. - Kala
2. M.I.A. - Kala
3. M.I.A. - Kala
4. M.I.A. - Kala
5. M.I.A. - Kala
6. M.I.A. - Kala
7. M.I.A.- Kala
8. M.I.A. - Kala
9. M.I.A.- Kala
10. M.I.A. - Kala

NOFX - Eric Melvin
1. Against Me! – New Wave
2. Amy Winehouse – Back To Black
3. Bad Religion – New Maps Of Hell
4. Beastie Boys – The Mix-Up
5. Mad Caddies – Keep It Going
6. Ministry – The Last Sucker
7. Nine Inch Nails – Year Zero
8. Queens Of The Stone Age – Era Vulgaris
9. Sigur Ros – Hvarf/Heim
10. Stephen Marley – Mind Control

None More Black – Paul Delaney
1. Furze - UTD
2. Watain – Sworn to the Dark
3. Darkthrone – F.O.A.D.
4. Marduk – ROM 5:12
5. Jimmy Eat World – Chase This Light
6. Madball – Infiltrate the System
7. Sigur Ros – Hvarf/Heim
8. Against Me! – New Wave
9. Mayhem – Ordo Ad Chao
10. Deathspell Omega – FAS – ITE, Maledicti, In Ignem Aeternum

No Use for a Name - Dave Nassie
1. Radiohead - In Rainbows
2. Thrice - The Alchemy Index
3. Bad Religion - New Maps Of Hell
4. Jimmie Eat World - Chase the Light
5. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
6. Stooges - The Weirdness
7. NOFX - They've Actually Gotten Worse Live
8. Rilo Kiley - Under The Black Light
9. Bright Eyes - Cassadaga
10. Ben Harper - Lifeline

No Use for a Name - Tony Sly
1. Against Me! - New Wave
2. A Wilhelm Scream - Career Suicide
3. The Flatliners - The Great Awake
4. Neurosis - Given to the Rising
5. Son Volt - The Search
6. Bad Religion - New Maps of Hell
7. The Queers - Munki Brain
8. Bob Mould - Circle of Friends (live)
9. Radiohead - In Rainbows (re-release)
10. Only Crime - Virulence

The Sainte Catherines – Pablo Boerr
1. American Steel - Destroy Their Future
2. Bruce Springsteen - Magic
3. The Weakerthans - Reunion Tour
4. Inepsy - No Speed Limit For Destruction
5. Tim Armstrong – A Poet's Life
6. Cobra Skulls - Sitting Army
7. Malcolm Bauld - Demos
8. Chuck Ragan - Los Feliz
9. Steve Earle - Washington Square Serenade
10. Brutal Knights - Feast of Shame

The Sainte Catherines - Hugo Mudie
1. American Steel - Destroy Their Future
2. Lucinda Williams - West
3. Jesse Malin - Glitter in the Gutter
4. Tom Waits - Orphans
5. Steve Earle - Washington Square Serenade
6. Bruce Springsteen - Magic
7. Eleni Mandell - Miracle Of Five
8. Glen Hansard - Once Soundtrack
9. Bright Eyes - Cassadaga
10. Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger

Screeching Weasel - Ben Weasel
1. The Leftovers - On the Move
2. Retarded - Goes Louder
3. Palomar - All Things, Forests
4. The Queers - Munki Brain
5. Steinways - Rocket Surgery
6. Zatopeks - Damn Fool Music
7. Unlovables - Heartsickle
8. Chinese Telephones - S/T
9. Nancy - The Fear Of Missing Out LP
10. Retarded / Leftovers / Paper Dragons / Guts / Ergs / Steinways / Prozacs / Short Attention / Sick Sick Birds with the best live sets at the Insub Pop Punk Fest in Baltimore

Smoke or Fire - Dave Atchison
1. Against Me! - New Wave
2. Lifetime - S/T
3. Coliseum - No Salvation
4. American Steel - Destroy Their Future
5. The Draft - Stop Wastin' My Time, Devil in the Shade and We'll Never Know 7''s
6. Darkest Hour - Deliver Us
7. The Weakerthans - Reunion Tour
7. The Weakerthans - Reunion Tour
8. Jimmy Eat World - Chase The Light
9. Foo Fighters - Echoes Silence...
10. New Model Army - High

Smoke or Fire - Jeremy Cochran
1. Against Me! - New Wave
2. Band of Horses - Cease to Begin
3. Bright Eyes - Cassadaga
4. American Steel - Destroy Their Future
5. Explosions In The Sky - All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone
6. Kanye West - Graduation
7. Coliseum - No Salvation
8. Chuck Ragan - Feast or Famine
9. Big Business - Here Come The Waterworks
10. Sundowner - Four One Five Two

Smoke or Fire – Joe McMahon
1. Bruce Springsteen - Magic
2. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
3. Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
4. Against Me! - New Wave
5. American Steel - Destroy Their Future
6. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
7. Band of Horses - Cease To Begin
8. Tim Barry - Rivanna Junction
9. Jose Gonzalez - In Our Nature
10. The Shins - Wincing the Night Away

Strung Out - Jordan Burns
1. Strung Out - Blackhawks Over Los Angeles
2. Evergreen Terrace - Wolfbiker
3. Pour Habit - Suiticide
4. A Wilhelm Scream - Career Suicide
5. Comeback Kid - Broadcasting
6. Mad Caddies - Keep It Going
7. Bad Religion - New Maps Of Hell
8. Dropkick Murphys - Meanest Of Times
9. Haste The Day - Pressure The Hinges
10. Against All Authority - 1234

Stupid Baby Mountain – Genevieve Benedetti
1. Weakerthans - Reunion Tour
2. Municipal Waste - Art of Partying
3. Cobra Skulls - Sitting Army
4. Coliseum - No Salvation
5. Fucked Up - Year of the Pig EP
6. Baroness - The Red Album
7. Elliot Smith - New Moon
8. Akimbo - Navigating The Bronze
9. Sundowner - Four One Five Two
10. Pig Destroyer - Phantom Limb

Swingin' Utters - Darius Koski
1. Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
2. Lily Allen - Alright, Still
3. Radiohead - In Rainbows
4. The Shins - Wincing The Night Away
5. The White Stripes - Icky Thump
6. The Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
7. Elliott Smith - New Moon
8. Rufus Wainwright - Release The Stars
9. M.I.A. - Kala
10. Steve Earle - Washington Square Serenade

Western Addiction - Chad Williams
1. Criminal Damage – No Solution
2. High On Fire – Death Is This Communion
3. Young Offenders – S/T EP
4. Regulations – Different Needs EP
5. Dekapitator – The Storm Before the Calm
6. Only Crime – Virulence
7. Akimbo – Navigating the Bronze
8. Coliseum – No Salvation
9. La Plebe – ¡Hasta La Muerte!
10. Municipal Waste – The Art of Partying

Western Addiction - Jason Hall
1. The Weakerthans - Reunion Tour
2. Against Me! - New Wave
3. Two Gallants - The Scenery of Farewell EP
4. Fucked Up - Year of the Pig LP
5. Interpol - Our Love to Admire
6. Bright Eyes - Cassadaga
7. American Steel - Destroy Their Future
8. Queens of the Stone Age - Era Vulgaris
9. Smoke or Fire - This Sinking Ship
10. The Shins - Wincing the Night Away
11. Turbonegro - Retox

If you're interested in finding out how you can help or buy this great Christmas CD "Wreck The Halls" (One of the bestPunk Rock Christmas CD's ever) go to,
http://www.thewishyouweres.com/
or
http://www.myspace.com/thewishyouweres

2nd - We have some great featured artist scheduled for the upcoming weeks.
Starting with, Dec 31 -The McRackins
and much more other great bands to come.
and of course tons of reviews.

If you haven't heard our good friends at Jailhouse! Records are hitting the road on a nation wide tour starting January 18, 2008.

Teenage Rehab is going to be brave and being doing the whole tour. Also included are bands such as The New Threat (TNT), Middle Class Trash, Moral Crux and many other great ones along the way. Click on the flyer below to get the complete rundown of dates/locations of when the Jailhouse! Tour is coming through your town.

Stop by the Merch table (with the big yellow Punk Rock Review Banner) and say hi to Dave. If you tell him that you found out about the show from Punk Rock Review, he'll give you free some Punk Rock Review swag.

Click on picture to read interview & reviews

The other day I had one of those (what seemed like) good ideas. I read a posting from Mohawkradio.com that said they had a member of their page that was on deathrow and wanted people opinions. I responded and told them I thought they should let the guy stay on and should even consider having a daily/weekly/ or monthly blog that he wrote. I figured it would be good for exposure and keep people coming back.

So I figure I could look into it a little more and possible try it on this website (PunkRockReview.org). I was thinking that "Steve" regardless of if I felt he was innocent or guilty could write about the daily life and experiences that he has in prison. I love documentaries about prison and the whole psychology around it. I've always been so interested in the minds of criminals and psychopaths (I guess that's why they gravitate towards me) that I thought this would be such an interesting idea.

I emailed a message to the person with a general inquiry if they would be interested. The person who responded explained that they were not the person "Steve" who is on deathrow, rather a person who writes and communicates to him. Which made a lot of sense because; I did think it was pretty weird for a person on deathrow to have full internet access. The person who contacted me "D" thought it sounded like an interesting idea and said they would write to "Steve" about it. Also sending me a written intro to "Steve" so I could understand how "Steve" got to where he is. This is what I received;

Use this if you like, or you can wait and see what Steve sends himself. D.

Beware: This Could Happen To You

Have you ever been in a situation where everything spins out of control? Have you been there, watching events move by, unable to find any kind of break, screaming "STOP!" at the top of your lungs... Yet nothing slows, nothing stops... and your life is taken completely out of your hands, flipped upside down, and kept dangled in front of you, just out of reach? Imagine...

You're sitting there at a vegetarian kiosk in northern California. You've spent the last several weeks squatting, hitchhiking, protesting, and kicking it with some good, radical, free-thinking people. You're taking a small break, heading down to San Francisco to see what's up with the city life before getting back into the forest to continue the fight against the logging industry. An old friend is there, and you reminisce about some old people in an old place.
Then, all of a sudden, you're approached by a police officer. They know you name and it unnerves you, so you give them a false one. You're searched, and they check out your tattoos. The three roses and vibrant green vines trailing down your arm gives up the game. You're placed in handcuffs, driven to a gulag, and subjected to various indignities before being locked into a small concrete box with nothing but a steel slab attached to the wall and a busted toilet.

Despite the various colored activities of your past, this is your first time in a jail cell. You're cold; you're confused, you're afraid. You've been using some pretty strong mind-altering substances for quite a while now and you're not really sure what's happening - if any of this is even real. And no one is telling you why you're even there.
After a while you adjust, a bit dazed when they finally tell you what they think you did. They tell you that you killed a couple of friends. They're going to seek the death penalty. They say that it happened in Texas, so they're gonna ship you there. You have to wait because some psychopath just took out the World Trade Center.

You know you've never killed anyone in Texas, but it doesn't seem to matter. You're shipped back like human cattle, trussed up and herded through the airport by a phalanx of soldiers. You're still pretty much in shock, by this pretty callous handling of your LIFE. What can you do? You go to stand trial, forced to put your trust into a system you've been told all along works. You KNOW it doesn't, but this doesn't matter either. You have no choice. You're a bum. Broke. No one to turn to. You're stuck with legal representation who aren't paid enough to care about you or your case. They barely work on it al all. No investigation, they barely do anything with the witnesses on the stand.
So it's really no surprise... or at least it shouldn't be... when eventually you're convicted. More "evidence" is presented by the state. You're a social miscreant (anarchist). You have no redeeming qualities. Your attorneys call NO witnesses to refute this. Twelve of your "peers" deem you unfit to live, and these people you've never met before sentence you to death.

Afterwards you are transferred to prison to wait for the axe to finally fall. Not a normal prison, a control unit. Super-Segregation. You're placed into solitary confinement, isolated from the rest of humanity for the rest of your life. You are still in shock. The situation is hard to grasp and you haven't quite registered it yet.
And then you do.

You've spent the last several months degraded, harassed, oppressed, provoked, trampled upon... Life becomes 22 hours in a concrete tomb. The bite of the handcuffs every time you're allowed out of it. Meals unfit for human consumption. The glass that will eternally separate you from your loved ones. They've taken most everything. They want what's left: your humanity. Then your life.
And in the end, you are given two choices: you can sit on your bunk and accept it. Or you can fight back with everything you have.

Imagine that. Try to put yourself there. What would you do?
That's what's happened to my life. What do I do?
I fight.

But I just don't fight for myself. I fight, because I know it's wrong. I fight because it's happening to me; and because it shouldn't happen to anybody.

It could happen to you.
In Struggle and Solidarity,
Steven Woods #999427
TDCJ - Polunsky Unit
3872 SFM 350
Livingston, TX 77351
USA

Enough self promotion. It seems that there's a lot of buzz around The Bricktops new album "Stay Home" that's being released 09/27/07. We did a review of it recently and I can't stop listening to it. I keep getting the feeling that in 10 years we'll all look back and be talking about this album as the launching pad for a long successful punk rock journey. Also coming soon is a new pop punk compilation from Diner Junkie Records that is full of great well known bands. It sounds like it's going to be awesome!

One of those people I've met sent me 3 different bands to review. I reviewed them all and gave my honest opinion, I gave 1 band a great review, the 2nd a mediocre review, and the 3rd a not so great review. Believe it or not this person (the owner of the label) never showed any type of animosity towards me because I didn't suck up and give every band a great review. Actually, I think it might have build some credibility to show that I will not only give reviews to "friends" or people I know and associate with. Shit, there are some bands I can't stand personally, but really love their music and vice versa.

Another person (from Punk Radio Cast)www.punkradiocast.com recently wrote - Nobody will ever like every band or music but PRC tries to be indie and play as much as possible.
I read a bunch of your reviews and you definitely don't pull any punches. It's refreshing to see no holds barred reviews even of bands I like. I can agree and disagree at the same time. PRC played a song by MDC and it totally ripped the punk music scene esp. Cali.

Keep the positive & negative feedback coming in, it can be very entertaining!

Thanks for the support -
Jonny Taint