Averkiou
July 24, 2009 by Bijhan | Bands, Misc Artists, Rock Artists
Averkiou It’s hard not call Averkiou a shoegaze band. Their obsession with ethereal vocals and foot pedals is obvious in every track, but they also explore stranger, murkier waters in their premiere album “Throwing Sparks”. The album...
Ampere
July 24, 2009 by Bijhan | Bands, Misc Artists, Punk Artists
Ampere The dictionary defines Ampere as “the practical meter-kilogram-second unit of electric current that is equivalent to a flow of one coulomb per second or to the steady current produced by one volt applied across a resistance of one ohm” TruePunk...
Altercation Punk Comedy Tour
July 24, 2009 by Bijhan | Bands, Misc Artists
Altercation Punk Comedy Tour Punk bands have always used humor to get their points across. Songs like “I Wanna Be Sedated”, “Hybrid Moments”, and “God Save The Queen” are funny in a dark, slightly sick way. But stand-up...
Alligator
July 24, 2009 by Bijhan | Bands, Misc Artists, Punk Artists, Rock Artists
Alligator Florida is rife with large reptiles, a fact not overlooked by Saint Augustine band Alligator. Driven by a love for herpetology and all things reptilian, Alligator blends southeast punk rock with a level of “freak out” rock, with...
Algernon Cadwallader
July 24, 2009 by Bijhan | Bands, Misc Artists, Pop Punk Artists, Punk Artists
Algernon Cadwallader Their name is pronounced “al-jur-non kad-wall-uh-der” - a strange name without obvious origins. This Philly punk band doesn’t perpetuate the rage of other hard rockers, but instead uses their high energy and rocking...
Strike Anywhere
July 22, 2009 by Bijhan | Bands, Misc Artists, Pop Punk Artists, Rock Artists
Strike Anywhere When Thomas Barnett’s band Inquisition decided it to call it quits, Barnett decided he wasn’t ready to stop just yet. Quickly he assembled Strike Anywhere - named after an Inquisition song - and continued Inquisition’s...
My Bloody Valentine
July 22, 2009 by Bijhan | Bands, Misc Artists, Rock Artists
My Bloody Valentine Forged in 1980s Ireland, named after a Canadian slasher film, got its start in Holland, and recorded its first album in Germany before settling in London; My Bloody Valentine is the world’s brainchild, channeled through Irishmen...
Bad Religion
July 20, 2009 by Bijhan | Bands, Misc Artists, Punk Artists, Rock Artists
Bad Religion They started it all. In the 1970s punk first discovered who it was. In the 1980s punk tried to purify itself by distilling the rage into hardcore. But Bad Religion and its members introduced punk back into the mainstream in the 1990s by interweaving...
HorrorPops
July 20, 2009 by Bijhan | Bands, Misc Artists, Punk Artists, Rock Artists
HorrorPops Perhaps one of the strangest, and definitely the most popular, punk bands to emerge from the island of Copenhagen (capitol city of Denmark) is HorrorPops. Many bands have featured married band mates - The Apples in Stereo, The Groovie Ghoulies,...
Warp 11
July 16, 2009 by Bijhan | Bands, Misc Artists, Pop Punk Artists, Punk Artists, Rock Artists
This band breaks the time barrier. They’re so hot they’ll make an android hard. And their music is definitely extragalactic. Mark S. Allen of Premiere Radio Networks said of Warp 11 “not since KISS has a band had this level of shtick,...