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Kentucky Nightmare
Rock/Alternative/Indie
Bloomington, IN USA

For Fans Of: American Football, Weezer, etc.
I can’t seem to get a couple Kentucky Nightmare tunes out of my head! In particular, “Let’s Get In Love” is such a damn catchy song, you’d be a fool not to listen to it right now!
Kentucky Nightmare
Song:Let’s Get In LoveAlbum: Take Her Favour [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Hour Of The Wolf
Punk Rock/Hardcore/Rock N’ Roll
Prescott, AZ USA

For Fans Of: Misfits, Black Flag, The Descendents
Hour Of The Wolf is a force to be reckon with. They put on one of the best performances I’ve seen in a while, I’ll be honest. I’m fortunate that everything came together that night.
Big thanks to Mark [...]

Ignite
Punk Rock/Hardcore/Acoustic
Orange County, CA USA

For Fans Of : With Honor, Rise Against, Strike Anywhere
Ignite is a melodic hardcore four-piece hailing from Orange County, CA. Now many of you may think I’m going to be playing a track from Ignite’s newest [...]

Strung Out
Punk Rock/Metal
Simi Valley, CA USA

For Fans Of : Lagwagon, NOFX, Ten Foot Pole
When I first heard guitar solo in Blueprint of the Fall on Strung Out’s album Exile In Oblivion the hairs on my neck stood up. I like most all of [...]

All Else Failed
Hardcore/Metal/Rock
Philadelphia, PA USA

For Fans Of : Quicksand, Deadguy, Neurosis
These guys have been going at it for 12 years now (1995). They’ve released a few records in that time, and their line-up has changed a lot since they first started. They lost a few members [...]

The Lawrence Arms
Punk Rock
Chicago, Ill USA

For Fans Of : Dillinger Four, Less Than Jake, Alkaline Trio
It actually took a few listens at first for me to actually appreciate what The Lawrence Arms [...]

The Cribs
Indie Rock
Wakefield, U.K

For Fans Of : The Stokes, The Jam, The Necronauts
Hailing originally from Yorkshire, England these guys started playing at ages 5 and 9 together. Blending influences from The Sex Pistols, The Beatles, The Smith’s [...]

The Briefs
Punk/New Wave/Pop Punk
Los Angeles, CA USA

For Fans Of : Buzzcocks, The Adverts, The Adolescents, Generation X
There needs to be more bands like The Briefs! Definitely one of the best, no B.S. punk bands currently still together! Don’t miss them in ‘07, they’ll be [...]