From Santa Barbara, working that Fat Wreck pop-punk style wit’ ska flavorin’s, tho’ their new pirate fixation leads ’em to dub their stuff “pirate-core.”
Two singers. One sounds really young, like Saves the Day or Anti-Flag, and the other sounds a little thicker, like a cross between The Ataris and MxPx.
They’re Swedish, a cross of Oi! and gonzo rock, so you get gruff Business vocals over charging Johnny Thunders riffs with occasional Rancid spicing thrown in.
With manic paces, female lead vocals and harmonies, a sci-fi/b-movie fetish, and an eerie funhouse keyboard, yer getting a good new spin on an old theme.
A three-piece all-girl street punk band from Tokyo? Sounds like a gimmick, but if it is, it’s a good one cuz these girls rock! Discovered by DKM’s Ken Casey.
Turbo A.C.’s gained notoriety on Blackout! and Cacophony and now rev their duel carbs (one greaser, one hard surf) with the Nitro sticker on the bumper.
Old school Ohio punk-rooted rock. Splitting the difference between the Dead Boys, the Pagans, and one of those Raspberries-influenced bands that got lumped in.
The Pinkerton Thugs are called what they’re called and they’re basically street level punk, the kind of “tough life” crap we all write in notebooks in middle school but later outgrow.