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Shark Pants
Punk/Rock/Soul
Tucson, AZ USA

There are some pretty great bands coming out of Tucson Arizona these days, and Shark Pants is one of these kickass Tucson bands.

Shark Pants is Vannessa on bass, Dick on drums, and Isaac on guitar and lead vox. Isaac is also in the Swing Ding Amigo’s from Tucson, which you may have already noticed in a previous post I did a month or two back.

I don’t think Shark Pants gets out of Arizona much, so if you ever find yourself in Tucson try to plan your trip accordingly so you can catch this band out. Stream the couple songs below, and go to their Myspace to download them if you want.

Shark Pants
Song: Flatside Negative
Album: Automatic Pinner (2007)

Shark Pants
Song: Automatic Pinner
Album: Automatic Pinner (2007)

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Radiohead
Rock/Experimental/Electronic
Oxford, England

For Fans Of: Pixies, R.E.M., Muse

I just stumbled across this awesome video of the entire Radiohead set in I believe Astoria, Oregon. I’ve been a fan of theirs since middle school, and they will always be a favorite band of mine. I wish I could’ve been at this show, great shit!

I also like how they released their last album as a donation based release online, which is what every band should be doing. Enough jibber jabber though, check out this video.

Radiohead Live from Astoria

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Baader Brains
Hardcore/Punk Rock
USA

For Fans Of: Please Inform the Captain This is a Hijack

Before you go thinking this band’s name is a complete ripoff of name Bad Brains, rest assured it’s got a second meaning. Baader was some terrorist, who apparently was killed in ‘77. Did he take his OWN life? We may never know!

I don’t really know much about this band. Just that they released this badass record on Waking Records, it’s called The Complete Unfinished Works of the Young Tigers. This is some truly great shit here folks, I do wish they picked a different band name but whatever! Check out a couple songs below and don’t forget to pick this up at Waking Records!

Baader Brains
Song:Be Seeing You At Camp Delta
Album: The Complete Unfinished Works Of The Young Tigers (2007)

Baader Brains
Song: Ancient Promise to the Young Tigers
Album: The Complete Unfinished Works Of The Young Tigers (2007)

Baader Brains
Song: Year Zero
Album: The Complete Unfinished Works Of The Young Tigers (2007)

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Teenage Bottlerocket
Punk/Pop Punk
Laramie, WY USA

For Fans Of: The Ramones, The Lillingtons, Screeching Weasel

Taking off where The Lillingtons left off, Kody Templeman went on to form Teenage Bottlerocket’. Their first release is an incredible collection of one catchy pop punk song after another. It’s a relentless session of catchiness for sure!

Listen to these damn songs now dammit, and go buy their album:)

Teenage Bottlerocket
Song: ????????Lost In Space
Album: Total (2005)

Teenage Bottlerocket
Song: Falling For Me
Album: Total (2005)

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Jay Reatard
Punk/Garage/Pop
Memphis, TN USA

For Fans Of: The Reatards, Tokyo Electron, The Lost Sounds,

I picked up this record about a month ago, and it’s been in constant rotation on my record player! Anything I’ve heard with this Jay Lindsey guy is some of the best punk rock coming out in the past couple years. Check it out for yourself!

Jay Reatard
Song: My Shadow
Album: Blood Visions (2006)

Jay Reatard
Song: Turning Blue
Album: Blood Visions (2006)

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Rotting Out
Hardcore/Thrash/Punk
Los Angeles, CA USA

For Fans Of: Right Brigade, Trash Talk, Frostbite

Another sick hardcore punk/thrash band coming out of California these days. This four song demo these guys have put together will beat you down, and leave you wanting more.

Reminds me of Trash Talk a lot but less frantic, so if you’re like your punk rock pissed as hell make sure to pick this up. Since this is one of those cool bands that lets you download their music for free from their myspace, I’ve also made it available for download here.

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Rotting Out
Song: Suicide King
Album: “This Is Just A Life” Demo (2007)

Rotting Out
Song: You’re Done
Album: “This Is Just A Life” Demo (2007)

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I went to this sweet house show/party a couple weekends ago in Tempe through the recommendation of one Steve Cosand (see John Wayne Jefferson). So I jumped on my bike and rode down to check it out. I’m glad I went cause it kicked ass.

The first band up was Casa De Chihuahua (House of the Chihuahua), and they traveled a long ways to play for us since they were on tour from New York. Now I’ll be honest, I don’t usually listen to Bluegrass/Americana but these guys (and girl) are really great, and have really opened my eyes to some good Bluegrass.

Casa De Chihuahua
Song: Snug Life
Album: Snug (2008)

Casa De Chihuahua’s Myspace

Japanese Monsters were up next, which is Mikey Wretch’s (from Parkway Wretch) latest band. Very catchy, and great party tunes overall! Check out a show or two, they will not disappoint!

Japanese Monsters
Song: Done and Done
Album: Super Invasion Party (2008)

Japanese Monsters Myspace

The last band of the night that I saw were Swing Ding Amigo’s from Tucscon Arizona. I know at least one of the band members is also in Shark Pants, another rad Tucscon band. These guys are definitely Hispanics causin’ panic, with some great trashy, garage punk rock! The bassist and guitarist even switched out instruments, and they still tore it up.

Swing Ding Amigo’s
Song: To All My Nigga’s In The South
Album: I have no clue!

Swing Ding Amigo’s Myspace

As for the band that played last, My Mind… I’ll have to catch them next time. They’re a local band down here in Phoenix so I’ll see them soon enough.
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Nada Surf
Pop Rock/Post-Punk
New York, NY USA

For Fans Of: Weezer, Pavement

I stumbled across this sweet Nada Surf video for the song “Blankest Year” off of The Weight Is a Gift (2005). They pull off a rad visual effect made only by real life projections not using any classic animation whatsoever. Just check it out if you never have, I think you’ll like.

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Fight Amp
Punk/Hardcore/Metal
West Berlin, NJ USA

For Fans Of: Neurosis, Converge, Tragedy

Fight Amp just put out a monster of an album. Their sound, atleast to me, seems to be heavily influenced by some great bands such as Neurosis, Isis, Converge, and Tragedy. However, they are their own beast!

Hungry For Nothing is already one of my favorite hardcore releases of 2008. Luckily for you guys I found another blog offering up the album for download, details are below.

If you like this album make sure to help out the band, if you can afford it, by buying their album and or go see them kickass at their shows!

Stream a couple songs below, and proceed to download the entire album here at LucidMedia. Direct order the CD from TL here.

Fight Amp
Song: Samhain
Album: Hungry For Nothing (2008)

Fight Amp
Song: Dumb Luck
Album: Hungry For Nothing (2008)

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Hrswhip
Post-Punk/Instrumental/Experimental
Huainan, Anhui China

For Fans Of: Clumsy Decision Making

When beginning to listen Vidctiveness one is unsure what to expect, especially when you read the main guy who wrote these songs Dave Secretary, is located in China. Although, this album was recorded in Canada.

Hrswhip wastes no time in winning you over with aggressive, yet melodic polyrhythmic type guitar and drum arrangements. The beat is rarely straight forward, but played very tight and combined with the guitar this album just sucks you in and puts you in a trance. Hrswhip decided to go with the most minimal of vocals with only one small vocal part in track 3.

Since Dave is in China right now, I wouldn’t get my hopes up for seeing Hrswhip perform live anytime soon. This is something we can look forward to for sure. He is however, releasing this in cassette tape format, and down the road I believe he’s going to press this on vinyl.

Stream the songs below, and if you’d like download them from this page.

Hrswhip
Song: All Ball
Album: Vindictiveness (2007)

Hrswhip
Song: Dead Monsters
Album: Vindictiveness (2007)

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