Money Mark is, for those who just tuned in, Beastie Boys’ keyboardist for Check Your Head (and beyond), and was responsible for the heavy grooves therein.
Shiner, like Burning Airlines and No Knife, is one of those cases of rock bands that defy conventional song structures, tempo changes, melodic progressions.
If ya never understood what crusty punk was and how it related to grindcore, and where NYC ska worked into this grimy punk thing, check out Leftöver Crack.
Math rock geeks who love Sonic Youth and Jawbox should worship the stage that Aviso’Hara tear apart with their tweaked chords and barbed wire arpeggios.
Music does not need to be saved. And even if it did, these guys, with their “wacky” stage antics and tepid electronica, would not even be close to “saviours.”
Santa Cruz represents! Both bands draw influence from hardcore, punk, and the Deftones. Sometimes jazzing it up, sometimes hanging from the heartstrings.