Mr. P. Reviews Dope Music
BAÏKI Releases New Single: “Les boites”
My first exposure to this song was just the pure audio, and it was a fun punk jam with a big chorus that I’d sing along too if only I knew the words. Good shit indeed. Then I watched the video with English subtitles, and I was even more taken with the song. Visually it looks like a kid’s TV show like Yo Gabba Gabba, but content wise, despite it’s humorous composition, it is actually sort of dark as the four actors in the video eventually rebel against the director and put him in his own box—ostensibly forever.
Frightwig Release New Single: “Redistribution of Wealth”
So I’m a little surprised this is the first I’ve heard of Frightwig. They’ve been around on and off since the 1980’s and could easily be considered forerunners of the riot grrrl scene that was part of my teens in the early 1990s.
Jersey Calling Releases New Album: Parasocial Security
Jersey Calling has released their new album Parasocial Security on all digital streaming platforms on 11/1/2023, and despite being from Jersey, it’s a kick ass collection of pop punk rockage! (Just kidding—Jersey’s okay…”if you like saxophones”!). Okay enough of me making with the jokes lets get to the review:
Outerloop Releases New Single: “huracán”
First off, I have to acknowledge my own bias—not only is this a DC band which means I’m emotionally connected to where they are from, but I’m also going to be releasing a live album with them in 2024, so I already think their music is sick as fuck. With that being said, I’ve loved many a band or album and then been disappointed by subsequent releases, but that is not the case here in the fucking slightest.
Al'Tarba & Senbeï Release New Single: “Back Again”
This hits with my love of the Beastie Boys both their hip hop and their forays into hardcore punk. This French group mixes DJ Shadow, Fatboy Slim and Prodigy with classic 80’s style hardcore.
Dream Nails Release New Single: “Sometimes I Do Get Lonely”
“Sometimes I do Get Lonely” by Dream Nails is a little outside of my usual musical undertaking, as it doesn’t fit an easy description or within the boundaries of what is often considered “punk” but I just really dug the energy and emotion of this track of their new album Doom Loop.
pulses. Release New Single “Them Phones” (feat. JER)
It’s high energy and has a grab bag of all of your punk and ska sub genres in one fucking song.
Teenage Halloween Release New Single: “Melodrama”
Hells yeah! Stoked to review another Teenage Halloween song. I did one a review for Takeaway back in August and that was a banger. This one is just as rad. Definitely more on the Menzingers side of things. I could see this band ripping shit up a Fest and watching the crowd go all fucking fuck over their shit.
Lost Legion Release New Single: “Dressed Up Like a Warrior”
You can tell a lot from a band by the influences they site. For a band like this that’s a collective of Chi punks that have been bringing it as if they were born during 1980’s, I’m lesson concerned with the classic punk bands they site such as Poison Idea, Black Flag and Agnostic Front and more concerned that they referenced a more recent band like End It—a favorite Bal-More band of mine and Lion’s Law who I admit I hadn’t heard of. What I mean to say is that people can reference the classics all day, but to see their real influence its always rad when they tout more recent and less known bands.
Windley Releases New Single: “Uno Mas”
So as I say this next statement keep in mind that I enjoy the Menzingers, but I’m not a fanatic and don’t own a single album by them: This band is way better than the Menzingers (Sorry Jason—He’s my best bud that loves the Menzingers).