Mr. P. Reviews Dope Music
Ryan Cassata and The Top Surgeons Release New EP: This Machine Kills Transphobia
Ryan Cassata with band, The Top Surgeons, provide us an EP that is a dope mix of punk, folk, grunge, indie rock, and a pure fucking awesome.
Nina’s Yard Party Releases New Single: “Deader than Dead”
I did a review of Nina’s Yard Party’s first release “Boom Beat Your Heart” a few months back, so I was stoked to get this new song, “Deader than Dead”!
Sick Move Releases New Album: Intrusive Thoughts
So I appreciate the ability for people to hear so much amazing music because of the Internet, but every now and then I hear a digital album that just screams, “Someone please put this out on fucking vinyl! This is too damn good to just be streamed!!!” and such is the case with Sick Move’s new album, Intrusive Thoughts!
Dreaded Laramie Release New Single: “Break Up Songs”
Call them power pop, call them pop punk, just make sure you call them fucking awesome too.
Gloom Girl MFG’s New EP, Factory, is an Energetic Unmanufactured Punch of Grunge/Punk!
I hit play on Gloom Girl MFG’s first song, “Litter Bug” on their new four song EP, Factory, and I was instantly into it. It’s got that mixture of grunge punk from bands like Bantam (members of the Lunachicks) and the vocals on this first track remind me of the earlier releases by Juliette (Lewis) and The Licks. I’d also throw in a touch of PJ Harvey in their or the Pretenders.
Check Your Pressure By The Deflators brilliantly blends CBGS era punk rock with 80’s New Wave and modern garage rock!
A few weeks ago, I reviewed “Liar, Liar” by The Deflators and called it a Ramonescore classic. Now it’s time to delve into the whole EP, Check Your Pressure, starting with their next single, "I Need to Know," which is less of an in-your-face punk tune and serves more as a poignant and emotionally charged punk rock anthem. The lyrics delve into the tumultuous realm of relationships and the agonizing uncertainty that often accompanies them.
Jovi Skyler’s New Album, Nothing to Do, Adroitly Mixes Grunge, Punk and Psychedelic Music
The album opens with “If You Think So” which has elements of The Meat Puppets, Dinosaur Jr. and The Beatles with various builds and lulls and a catchy as hell “sha la la la” for everyone to sing along to. Love the intro where Jovi mouths the rhythm of the song like when someone is trying to explain a riff to you when they don’t have a guitar.
UK’s A.W.M. Brings that 80’s hardcore punk sound like they live it!
Like many reviews, I start by listening to the tracks (duh), before I read the bio, etc., and in this case I wasn’t even paying attention to the title, so when I heard a blistering rendition of “Lights Out” by the Angry Samoans, I was immediately taken back to the early 1990’s and one of my first punk comps Faster Louder Hardcore Vol. 1 and 2, where I first heard the Angry Samoans. Being taken back to that moment when I first played that tape was great, and it was made even better because their version rips! A purest might complain that they changed the funky drum pattern during a lot of the song to being on double bass, but I’m all for people making a cover their own and that they did.
Much like Nicholas Cage “Could Eat a Peach for Hours”, I could Listen to The Bare Minimum's New EP, Uncaged, for Hours!
About two weeks ago, I reviewed one track off, National Treasure, off The Bare Minimum’s new Nicholas Cage inspired EP, and as promised, I’m back to review the rest of the EP and take a deeper dive into each cut.