Big D And The Kids Table - Fluent In Stroll

After their Side One Dummy debut “Strictly Rude”, Big D And The Kids Table is back with a brand new album. If you liked he previous effort by these guys, be sure to be completely blown away with this new release. The band’s sixth full-length record is a mix between a tons of various music genres: hopscotch, double dutch, soul, ska, reggae and punk rock, a little bit differently from the other albums, which were more focused on the ska-punk side.

“Fluent In Stroll” is a record on which every song sounds perfectly just like it is, and it makes you hear how every tune is a possible hit single. Such anthems as “Not Fucking Around”, “A Kiss A Week” and the opening track “Doped Up Dollies On A One Way Ticket To Blood” are pure blessings for music lovers: there is the catchy chorus, the melodic parts and the fucking punk rock. Of course, the new direction taken by Big D And The Kids Table might not be fully enjoyed by the old school fans, but this is quite cool as the band does not care about label and keeps on releasing what they like the most. On a side note, the production by Joe Gittleman (The Mighty Mighty Bosstones) and the mixing by Paul Q Kolderie (Radiohead, Dinosaur Jr., Uncle Tupelo) is a guarantee of a great work of art.

If you enjoy good music with no borders, no labels and no fucking arounds, “Fluent In Stroll” is what you need to hear this year.

Attack Ships On Fire “Punches are Free”

Attack Ships On Fire are a fast aggressive group with sarcastic, angry and damn funny songs. These guys don’t sing about politics (and if they did I didn’t notice!) but instead sing about Jerry Springer and the “punk rock fashion show” (Fashion show, track 12).

I really enjoyed this album though I’m sure the album dosen’t do these guys justice compared to their live shows. Studio music can just not capture the total chaos and energy a band like this carries with them when on stage in front of dozens of people to entertain. I guess that is what I really did enjoy most about “punches are free” is that it’s entertaining to listen using more humor then anything though the album.

Track Listing
1 Let Me Be
2 Punches Are Free
3 Indescribable
4 Double Down
5 Jerry Springer
6 My Bad
7 Slice Of Life
8 Back To You
9 Starting Over
10 Don’t Look Down
11 Runway Requiem
12 Fashion Show

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Set Your Goals

Bay Area California pop punk band Set Your Goals have been rocking with crowds and fans through out North Ameria and the world since their beginnings in 2004. Though the years Set Your Goals have been on tou with the likes of New Found Glory, Paramore, Gorilla Biscuits and starting this month Polar Bear Club Four Year Strong and Fireworks. You might have also had a chance to see them play in the Warped Tour the last few years. In the five years Set Your Goals has been a band they’ve already achieved what most bands only dream about by touring the world, playing with some of the biggest bands in the punk rock and achieved massive credibility among their wide-spread legion of fans.

So what separates Set Your Goals from all the other bands you might ask? For one, they have no gimmicks. They don’t need to wear flashy neon, dress up like white kids at a 50 Cent concert or sing about getting wasted to melt their listeners’ faces. Instead they channel positivity through their lyrics and let the music speak for itself. The band is changing the game and blazing trails with their unique style that’s influenced by ‘90’s skate punk and melodic hardcore. No trendy haircuts or cheesy breakdowns here, just straight up head bobbling pop-punk like it’s never been played.

Avoiding the sophomore slump like it was the plague, Set Your Goals come out guns-a-blazing on their new album, This Will Be The Death Of Us, the follow-up to their fan-coveted debut Mutiny. The band has always had one foot in the hardcore world and the other in the pop-punk world, so naturally haters will speculate that the band has lost their hardcore edge or their style has changed, but the music begs to differ. This Will Be The Death Of Us is balls-to-the-wall non-stop furious pop-punk like only Set Your Goals knows how to do.

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From the galloping drum beat and Joe Saucedo’s driving bassline to the ripping riffs of the title track, which features guest vocals from Vinnie Caruana from I Am the Avalanche, detractors will be discredited from the get-go. “look closer,” is a soaring, fast paced sing-along and “the fallen” is a scorching punk rock track showcasing duel vocalists Matt Wilson and Jordan Brown’s flawless delivery as they trade off singing duties.

While This Will Be The Death Of Us has the definitive Set Your Goals sound, they aren’t afraid to keep it fresh and try new things. For example, “gaia bleeds (make way for man),” featuring Turmoil’s Jon Gula, takes things to a whole new level with Audelio Flores and Dan Coddaire’s Motorhead-ish riffs and Mike Ambrose’s tightly knit double kick over gang vocals that will blow the doors off your mom’s grocery getter, and the soon to be fan favorite “the few that remain,” an insanely addictive song that features longtime Set Your Goals fan Hayley Williams of Paramore adding some gutsy vocals. The band finishes off the album with the 90’s skate punk influenced “our ethos: a legacy to pass on” featuring fist-pumping guest vocals from New Found Glory’s Chad Gilbert.

This may only be the band’s second album, but you wouldn’t know it. Set Your Goals has already proven their longevity and dedication to the music through relentless touring and their classic debut, and with the release of This Will Be The Death Of Us it further cements them as one of the pop-punk greats.

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Flailing Uterus Released Debut EP, Shoulders

Hardcore experimental punk act Flailing Uterus has released their debut EP free through Blessed Milk Records. The EP can be downloaded for free here or streamed at Last.fm.