Blackbird Raum – Under the Starling Host
I got a chance to see this band play at the Trunkpsace in Arizona. Great music can really bring a great crowd together. I would write out more but I wiped out on my bicycle (first go at a foot retention system) a bit ago and my hand is really not liking to space bar. This local Santa Cruz, CA band includes Zack (accordion), Caspian (banjo/piano), Mars (singing saw/mandolin,) David (washtub bass), and KC (washboard/piano). They are often seen on Pacific Ave. performing for spare change.
Track List
- Turning Away3:39
- Catherine’s Wheel3:33
- Lucasville3:20
- Allturningbacksinthemeadowandwaitwhilebonesarethrown1:55
- To the Barricades!3:36
- William2:18
- The Helm of Ned Kelly3:25
- Crumbs2:18
- Snare3:36
- Ensemble Suicide4:27
- Old One Eye1:54
- Conquest of Bread2:25
- A Rat In My Dream1:44
- Path of Raven3:22
I am super excited to post this one. Between bluegrass and punk you will find this incredible band. From Gainesville, FL, Greenland is Melting is a hardworking trio that finds it possible to get by with the help of a suitcase bass drum instead of a drummer, a banjo, acoustic guitar, bass and words that can be screamed at the top of your lungs. This is another band who has posted their entire album as a free download on their bandcamp site, so check it out in the external links.
Here is a band out of Michigan that would probably be fun to see live. If you like The Von Bondies you will probably like these guys. So far Time to Go seems to be my favorite track. Amateur Anthropologist is an indie/garage/punk band from Dearborn Heights, Michigan formed in January 2009 by Alex Gabriel on drums/vocals and David Paco Rochemont on guitar/vocals/harmonica and joined by Paul Corsi on bass/vocals. Their first EP, “Digging Up Bones, Baby!”, was recorded in Alex’s garage using sub-par equipment run by solar power in the summer of 2009. Their second EP, “The Winter EP”, was recorded over two different late night sessions at a professional studio in the basement of an Italian restaurant. Both EP’s were self-released.They have The Winter EP up as a free download on 
Today is St. Patrick’s Day, so what better music to put on than a good version of Flogging Molly. This is probably the best album of one of my favorite east coast punk bands. Dropkick Murphys are a 
I have been swamped with work, so I can only leave you with a 90s skate punk album. Pretty awesome, just not new. Combining strong melodies and fast paced punk with both personal and political lyrics, the band soon reached audiences all over the world. Early influences include bands such as SNFU, RKL and The Misfits. The band was originally founded by Rodrigo and Erik in high school back in 1989 in Lund, Sweden. After having gone through the usual line-up changes during its formative years, their debut EP “Skate to Hell” was recorded in ’93.
This album seems to be well received by the indie scene. Titus Andronicus is an 
If you like any of the folk punk I posted you will love this band. I thought I already posted this, but must have forgot to. Defiance, Ohio is an acoustic punk band from Bloomington, Indiana. They are known for their extensive touring and intense, enthusiastic live shows. They are named (tongue in cheek) after the real town Defiance, Ohio. The band has a unique line-up for a punk act, featuring violin, cello, banjo, acoustic and electric guitars, piano, and electric bass (formerly an upright bass). Since Defiance, Ohio formed in 2002 they have released three full length LPs, Share What Ya Got, The Great Depression, The Fear and several singles, B sides and split EPs.
Here is the self titled album by another musician on plan-it-x. I swear it is hard to go wrong with anything on that label. Erin Tobey (b. 1981) is a DIY musician who currently lives in Bloomington, IN. She played guitar and sang in the pop/punk trio Abe Froman and has played bass in Mt. Gigantic. She currently has one solo record out on Plan-It-X Records and Bakery Outlet Records. She is a respected artist who publishes a zine called Here It Is and operates a website to showcase her artwork and writing.
I guess this is a two for Tuesday. When you think Minneapolis punk, this is the band that should come to mind. If you like them, check out the band Off with Their heads, another Minneapolis band. Dillinger Four is a 
The second song on this album is awesome, so if you haven’t listened to The Flatliners before give that song a chance first. Unfortunaetly they don’t have anything knew out, but they have a few older albums if you start to get into them. “What do you do when doing what you love gets you nowhere?” asks the opening track on The Great Awake, the second full-length from these Toronto-based punks. The question, delivered with all the gravel-voiced ferocity of a hardened, worn-down clock puncher, betrays the success which has found the endlessly-touring quartet since the release of 2005′s Destroy to Create (Stomp Records/Warner). Far from getting them nowhere, the Flatliners’ five years of passionate melding of raging punk rock, aggressive ska…
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Thursday, March 25, 2010
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