Posts Tagged ‘punk’
The Load (7/15/10)
After a brief hiatus, THE LOAD is back: capsule reviews of whatever showed up in our mailbox. This week: Eightfourseven, Campaign, The New Loud, Ape Machine, and We Were Skeletons. Let’s do this!
Review: Jonny Rumble – JR
Chicago band surprises and delights with intriguing blend of familiar elements.
Go To This!: Geronimo! @ Fireside Bowl – 6/22/10
Geronimo! + the Fireside Bowl = the best Tuesday night EVER. (Also: Warren Franklin, Bust, and the Please & Thank Yous.)
Assault The Weekend! (5/7/10)
Here at Assault HQ, we know how difficult it is to plan a weekend in Chicago. With so much good live music to choose from (and so much alcohol to drink to while you listen), who can decide? We can.
Review: Coheed And Cambria – Year Of The Black Rainbow
Assault.it’s favorite neo-proggers rebound with a wickedly weird new disc.
Review: The Reveling – 3D Radio (EP)
The Reveling play brash, unrefined punk rock. You’ll love it.
Video: A Day To Remember: “I’m Made Of Wax, Larry, What Are You Made Of?”
All hail the new kings of awesome shit, A Day To Remember!
Review: Dropkick Murphys – “Live On Lansdowne, Boston MA”
Boston beer-punk perennials Dropkick Murphys emerge with a new live album celebrating their blustery roughneck sound.
Interview: Direct Hit!
You begged for it, you got it: the official Assault.it interview with Direct Hit! frontman Nick Woods. Grab a helmet and strap yourself in – shit just got real!
Review: Ted Leo & The Pharamcists – “The Brutalist Bricks”
Before you pop in the new Ted Leo record, The Brutalist Bricks (his first for indie stalwart Matador), think back to every time you’ve ever complained about a band or artist you liked branching out and trying new things. Remember when Billy Corgan spent some time not rocking, doing his Depeche Mode thing? Or perhaps [...]
Review: The Blacks – In Sickness And Health
Chicago alt-punk legends the Blacks break their ten year silence with an awesome new digital EP.
Review: Alkaline Trio – This Addiction
Assault’s favorite band releases a new record; we shit our pants. Oswald Hobbes explains why.
Holy Proggy Pomp-Rock! Manchester Orchestra & Thrice Co-Headline Tour
Two awesome bands, together on stage, enlightening your shit.
AFI Debuts “Beautiful Thieves” Video
Dark hearts melt all across America.
Interview: Invincible Gods
Viciously excellent New Jersey band stops being polite and starts talking shit about Jared Leto. Also: the creative process, the band’s genesis, Alaska, and some pretty strange ceremonial songwriting.
Chicago Rock: The Delivery Boys
You know when you get a song stuck in your head, that you can’t remember who it was cause you’ve been listening to music non-stop for 2 days, and yet there’s still one song that stands out amongst the crowd? That’s how I will forever remember The Delivery Boys…
Review: Motion City Soundtrack – My Dinosaur Life
Don’t call it a comeback, but it sort of is: Motion City Soundtrack are back in fighting form, getting gloriously profane and putting their enemies on notice while also making the richest album of their career.
Video: Fireworks – Detroit
Fireworks have released a new video for “Detroit,” which appears their 2009 full-length debut, All I Have To Offer Is My Own Confusion
10 Songs Scientifically Proven To Improve Your Mood
Our resident musicologist Oswald Hobbes has donned his white lab coat and performed a series of experiments to create a comprehensive list of ultimate happy-making jams. Behold the glory!
Thrice – In Exile Video
Ever since the first time I saw Thrice live at the Fireside Bowl in Chicago when I was 16 I knew they’d be big. It’s been awhile since I connected as much with them (musically) on anything they’ve released, but I remain a loyal fan nonetheless.
