What do you get when you mix KRS-One, Tsunami Bomb, Selector, and Voodoo Glow Skulls? Pencil’s down. The answer would be Sonic Boom Six’s “The Ruff Guide To Genre Terrorism”.

Mixing ragga, dub, ska, punk, and hip hop, Sonic Boom Six successfully create the ultimate party music. The lyrics are political, and the vocals mix between the smooth female fronted signing to straight up rapping (not to mention the generous sprinkling of good old fashion punk sing-alongs as well).

If you have a chance to check them out live, do so, it’s a fun show.

M4A:
Sonic Boom Six – Piggy In The Middle

Sonic Boom Six – Do It Today

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Today was one of those days. Not sure why, maybe it was the rain, or the fact it was Monday… but either way, Bane was perfect for today.

MP3:
Bane – Speechless
Bane – Bang The Drum Slowly

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For the life of me, once I hear the song Amoeba, I can’t get it out of my head for DAYS. Heck, I even bring it into everyone else’s head through my constant singing of this early classic. Even if you’ve never heard it before, it’s probably in your head right NOW!

The Adolescents date back from 1980, and were a super-group composed of members of both Social Distortion and Agent Orange (dirty secret: I don’t like Social Distortion There goes like 49 scene points.) Playing old school punk/hardcore in the veins of Black Flag, The Adolescents may have not had the fame of Black Flag, but definitely influenced punk and hardcore just as much.

MP3:

The Adolescents – Amoeba

The Adolescents – Creatures

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Municipal Waste
Pure thrash crossover on speed
Bring back the eighties!

Mp3:

Municipal Waste – Lunch Hall Food Brawl

Municipal Waste – Mental Shock

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Mates of State – “Get Better”

The Mates of States just posted a new video for Get Better. Like everything Mates of State it’s weird and cute… in a weird way. Plus for some reason I love the sentiment of that chorus “Everything’s gonna get lighter, even if it never gets better” For some reason it reminds me of my favorite Mountain Goats lyric “Maybe everything that falls down eventually rises.”

MP3: Mates of State- Get Better

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I posted on the insane street show in Philly sometime about a week ago, but I found some videos on youtube for you guys (I’m in that mess somewhere). Oh, I also figured out the entire setlist for you nerds out there.

Past Tense, Future Perfect
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TduoTksk_-c]

Pink Slip
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vt9hSgIUwQc]

CVA + Void + Nicaragua
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS1A3W1VUCc]

Womb Envy
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnhFOatOX1A]

SETLIST:
Past Tense, Future Perfect
Pink Slip
Womb Envy
CVA
Void
Nicaragua
So Much For Honor Among Thieves
Exit Wounds
Atheists In Foxholes
Goliath
The Ledge
We Will Not
Cannibal
Shell Game Redux
Memorial Day
Atticus Finch

I’m a little late on this one I know but bear with me as I work through my grief.

Word from the Arrah and the Ferns Myspace is the band is coming to an end. The release of their new album has been postponed indefinitely and their last show will be in Muncie Indiana on May 3^rd (anyone up for a roadtrip?)

Dry your eyes it’s not all bad news. Carl, Joey and Arrah along with some non-ferns are planning to relocate to Philly and focus on the side-project Woodlands. I like what I hear on the Woodlands Myspace (especially check out Slim 5) so I suppose all’s not lost.

MP3: Arrah and the Ferns- Skylark
MP3: Arrah and the Ferns- Emo Philips

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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0G1HfkBhAx0]

Since I wrote about these guys back in December I’ve been checking their Myspace every month or so hoping to see some East coast tour dates. So here they are, personally I’m pretty pumped for the upcoming Knitting Factory show. Bonus- that one’s with the Besties.

Dates:

Apr 23 The Boom Boom Room w/ Jacob Enwood Fayetteville, Arkansas
Apr 24 The Way Out Club w/ That’s My Daughter and Wooden Kites St.
Louis, Missouri
Apr 25 Replay Lounge w/ The Jim Button Band Lawrence, Kansas
Apr 26 Surf Ballroom (home of Buddy Holly’s last show!) w/ Poison
Control Center!Clear Lake, Iowa
Apr 27 Borg Ward w/ Quin Scharber Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Apr 28 The Statehouse Bloomington, Indiana
Apr 29 Quencher’s Chicago, Illinois
Apr 30 503 Oldham ct. w/ Joy Bombs/Big Fresh Lexington, Kentucky
May 1 Charm City Art Space w/ the Up Set Baltimore, Maryland
May 2 The Knitting Factory w/ Uncle Monsterface and The Besties New
York, New York
May 3 Party w/926 Main Street Apt. 2 Worcester, Massachusetts
May 5 6 Barton St.Rochester, New York
May 6 12:00PM Live on 89.7FM WITR Rochester, Pennsylvania
May 7 Khyber w/ MILK!Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
May 8 SPAZZATORIUM GALLERIA!Greenville, North Carolina
May 9 255 Ashley Ave Charleston, South Carolina
May 10 Caledonia Athens, Georgia
May 13 Lowe Mill w/ Japanther Huntsville, Alabama
May 15 Cafe Mi Aroma w/ Mermaid Police Chattanooga, Tennessee
May 16 Tomato Tomato w/ Velcro Stars Murfreesboro, Tennessee
May 17 Actor’s Cafe Shreveport, Louisiana

MP3: Fishboy- Parachute (Using the Ghost of Buddy Holly As A)
MP3: Fishboy- The Propername Spelling Bee

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I’ve mentioned before how much I love Built to Spill. Lately I’ve been listening to their 1996 compilation The Normal Years. The songs are a collection of singles, live songs and previously unreleased recordings. Some of them are a little rough but I would say even for non-hardcore Built to Spill fans it’s a fun listen.

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So I joined my work’s running team. I’m a little worried since I think they’re much more hardcore than me. My approach to running is… well lets call it slackadaisical…

In any case here are a few of my favorite songs to run to:

MP3: Tapes n’ Tapes- Cowbell
MP3: Animal Collective- The Purple Bottle
MP3: Leftover Crack- Gang Control

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