Punk

The Gaslight Anthem Gets Intimate & Interactive in Brooklyn

Salvatore Bono | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Punk, Music Hall of Williamsburg, The Gaslight Anthem, Brooklyn, Handwritten, Fanclub, New York News, New Jersey, Brian Fallon, Livestream, New York News

With songs played like "The '59 Sound," "Miles Davis & the Cool," "The Backseat," "Bring It On," and their latest single, "45," Gaslight Anthem had the crowd rocking and rolling for the near two hour set.

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WATCH: Gypsy Punk Party On Delayed Flight

Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Punk, Air Canada, Video, Lemon Bucket Orkestra, Gypsy, Air Travel, Airlines, In-Flight Entertainment, Canada, Travel News

Passengers on a delayed Air Canada flight from Toronto to Frankfurt were treated to an impromptu concert on Wednesday when the band Lemon Bucket Orkes...

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Refused Finally Arrive in NYC

Salvatore Bono | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Sick of It All, Hardcore, Refused, Punk, The Shape of Punk to Come, Coachella, Reunion, New York News, Terminal 5, Live Review, Nyhc, New York News

Now back and better than ever, Refused can bring their message and agenda back to the masses at a time when the masses may need it most.

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1-2-3-4 Go! Records -- Why Record Stores Should Still Matter

Melissa Webster | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Oakland, 1234 Go Records, Green Day, Punk Rock, Prima Donna, Kepi Ghoulie, Live Music, Alternative, Music, Record Stores, Punk, Records, The Phenomenauts, Emily's Army, The Dollyrots, California Bands, Video, Entertainment News

I refuse to buy an iPod, a Kindle, or download any movies that go straight to my computer or television. Face to face social interaction and good times, that was the true value of these businesses.

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From Green Day to Bruce Springsteen

Craig Werner | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Punk, Green Day, Rock and Roll, Bruce Springsteen, College News

Three months ago I couldn't have told you the difference between Bruce Springsteen and Rick Springfield. If asked back in August what my favorite music was, I would have answered with some version of punk.

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'A-Sides With Anti-Flag': Rock Against Santorum?

Jon Chattman | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Antiflag, Video, Punk, Justin Sane, Chris #2, Anti-Flag, Punk Rock, A-Sides, A-Sides With Jon Chattman, Rick Santorum, The General Strike, Music Conservatory of Westchester, Barack Obama, Entertainment News

Earlier this month, members of the band Anti-Flag -- Justin Sane, Chris #2, Chris Head and Pat Thetic -- stopped by the Music Conservatory of Westchester to record an "A-Sides" session.

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Sex Pistols Ink 2012 Record Deal: The Story of John Lydon (VIDEO)

Michael Vazquez | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Punk, Johnny Rotten, John Lydon, Music, Sex Pistols, Punk Music, Video, Culture News

What becomes a legend most? It depends on how accurate the legend is in relation to the person. In the case of John Lydon, you might start with h...

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Go Wild In The Urban Jungle

Posted 02.22.2012

Read More: New Wave Film, Fashion Photography, See Jungle! See Jungle! Go Join Your Gang, New York Art Exhibitions, Punk, Hip Hop, Jayson Keeling, Third Streaming Llc, Bow Wow Wow, Pop Art, Jamaican Art, Porn, Yeah. City All Over! Go Ape Crazy, Keeling, Arts News

Jayson Keeling's photographs are violent and sexy, glam and grotesque, they invoke stereotypes only to have them come crashing down. His work pulls fr...

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GUESS WHO?

Posted 01.29.2012

Read More: Video, Punk, College of William and Mary, Jon Liebowitz, Jon Stewart Moshing, Dead Kennedys, Jon Stewart, Jon Stewart College, Young Jon Stewart, Jon Stewart Young, Richmond, Comedy News

UPDATE: Andrew Necci of the Richmond-based RVA Magazine has done quite a bit of research, and has come to the conclusion that the guy identified as St...

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A-Sides With Jon Chattman: They Might Be Front Bottoms and Black Taxi Rides

Jon Chattman | Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: Punk, Blink 182, A-Sides, Tightrope, The Front Bottoms, Black Taxi, A-Sides With Jon Chattman, Brian Sella, Music Conservatory of Westchester, Mountain, New Jersey, They Might Be Giants, Matthew Uychich, Video, Culture News

They might be the next They Might Be Giants or perhaps they'll follow punk icons like Blink 182, and yes I hate calling that latter band "icons." Their best bet, however, may be becoming the first ever Front Bottoms.

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Ian MacKaye Discusses Fugazi Live Series

The Huffington Post | Rachel Tepper | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: DC News, The Kojo Nnamdi Show, Punk, Video, Fugazi, Charity, Dc Around Town, Fugazi Live Series, Wamu, Kojo Nnamdi, Music, Ian MacKaye, Impact, DC News

WASHINGTON -- Legendary D.C. post-punk band Fugazi hasn't played a show since 2002, but languishing fans can now revisit their favorite performances o...

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Early Preview: Punk Rock Activist Collective Documentary

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: IMF Protests, Bikini Kill, Robin Bell, District of Columbia, Riot Grrls, Progressives, Documentaries, Music, Pershing Park, Dc, Video, Punk, Fugazi, Positive Force, Film Screenings, Fire Party, Q and Not U, Dc Around Town, Events, D.C., DC News

WASHINGTON -- Get an early preview of the in-progress documentary "Positive Force: More Than A Witness," about the District of Columbia's 26-year-old ...

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Little Victory: Punk Rock Parking Lot Apocalypse

Joe Schraufnagel | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: New York City Bands, Punk Rock Ethos, Gay Bashing, Punk Rock, The Cramps, Punk, Little Victory, NY Around Town, New York Music, New York News

Throughout the past couple months a slew of NYC bands, Making Friendz, Light Asylum and Little Victory to name a few, have been sexing up downtown barroom dance-floors with a take-no-prisoners punk rock swagger.

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Astoria Characters: The Young Man Looking for Love

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 11.06.2011

Read More: Heavy Metal, London, Industrial Rock, Astoria, Punk, Manga, Maki Hirose, Photographer, British, Astoria Characters, Girlfriend, Japan, Digital Imaging, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, University of Chicago, New York News

Maki Hirose is full of promise. He just turned 26, but he looks 16. He's so proper that he eats French fries with a fork and cuts melted cheese sandwiches into bite-sized pieces.

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British Charity Releases Punk Album

AP | JILL LAWLESS | Posted 10.04.2011

Read More: National Trust, Punk, Punk Rock, X-Ray Spex, Gbh, Never Mind the Dovecotes, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Jam, Music, Sex Pistols, UK Arts, Arts News

LONDON — Punk rockers once wanted to smash the state. Now they're helping preserve stately homes. The National Trust charity, which oversees Br...

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PHOTOS: The Wandering Nomads Of The East Village

The Huffington Post | Jonah Green | Posted 09.06.2011

Read More: East Village, Crust Punks, Steven Hirsch, Nomadic Culture, Punk, Crustypunks Blog, Homelessness, Nomads, Crustypunks Nyc, Homeless, Slidepollajax, Crustypunks, New York News

If you are walking through the East Village, you may find a group of street wanderers that seem to stick out from the rest. Those with tattoos and spi...

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The Clash -- 30 Years Since Bond's on Broadway

Salvatore Bono | Posted 08.20.2011

Read More: CBGB's, The Clash, Punk, Broadway, Topper Headon, Mick Jones, Joe Strummer, Paul Simonon, Sandinista, Bond's, New York News

Between May 28 and June 13, 1981, The Clash, in their only American appearance that year invaded New York City and changed the way concerts were sold ...

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Faces of Telluride, Part 2: Dave Simonett, Furious-Pace Face

Michael Bialas | Posted 08.14.2011

Read More: Dead Man Winter, Coachella, Robert Plant and Band of Joy, Punk, Dave Simonett, Telluride Bluegrass Festival, Bluegrass, Duluth, Low, Colorado, Trampled by Turtles, Minnesota, Delfest, Entertainment News

The quintet that once performed shows in front of 10 to 20 people in Colorado headlined a sold-out concert on April Fool's Day 2011 at Denver's Ogden Theater. Now they are poised to make their first appearance at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival.

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Neville Staple: The Original Rude Boy

Salvatore Bono | Posted 06.18.2011

Read More: England, The Clash, Punk, Original Rude Boy, Interview, Brit Pop, Ska, Neville Staple, Two Tone, Tony McMahon, The Specials, Mick Jones, Joe Strummer, Fun Boy Three, Entertainment News

In 1977, inspired by the attitude and message of punk, a band with distant island sound formed and changed the musical landscape forever. That band was The Specials.

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Best Coast and Wavves Live: Let's Go Trippin'

S.X. Rosenstock | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Punk, EMP POP Conference, Bobb Bruno, The Music Box at the Henry Fonda Theater, Nirvana, Wavves, Punk Rock, Bethany Cosentino, Ali Koehler, Lesley Gore, Nathan Williams, Stephen Pope, Loretta Lynn, Best Coast, Los Angeles News

You can feel the sand between your toes and the sunscreen on your nose when Bethany Cosentino sings any song off of Best Coast's 2010 smash album Crazy for You.

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Punk's Not Dead

Alex Mallory | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Punk, No Age, Punk Rock, Cutters, Cutter Slang, Cutters Band, Cutter Dough, Music, New Music, Entertainment News

This newly formed punk "super group" wasted little time getting down to business. Purists, Cutter released its recordings as a four track 7," Slang and a twenty-two track tape, Dough.

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The Bestest 2010 -- Tunage

Marc Ruxin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bestest, Punk, Top Ten, Power Pop, Pop, Soul, New Wave, Indie Rock, Entertainment News

In a world without record stores, live shows fill the void, and the universal language of music is never more tangible than experienced from right in front of the stage at Fillmore, Coachella and the Greek, and this is what I listened to.

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Punk Meets World

Michal Shapiro | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lee Konitz, Dutch Jazz and World Meeting, Punk, World Music, Konono, The Ex, Jazz, Arnold De Boer, Katherina Borenfeld, Catch My Shoe, Afework Nigussie, Guus Janssen, Wolter Wierbos, Lufuala Ndonga, Arts News

The Ex may have all the trappings of a punk band... the pigeon-toed stances, awkward moves and the impossibly low slung guitars, but don't let that fool you.

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The Damned at CBGB: The Night Punk Was Officially Born in the USA

Binky Philips | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cbgb, The Planets, The Damned, New York Dolls, Punk, 1977, Binky Philips, Entertainment News

In early April 1977, The Damned were the first no-kidding British Punk band to come to the States. They were one of the very few already notorious amongst the cognoscenti in New York.

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Does Chevron Think We're All Stupid?

Rebecca Tarbotton | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rainforest Action Network, Punk, The Yes Men, Commercial, Chevron, Advertising, Parody, Spoof, Stupid, Amazon Watch, Ad, We Agree, Funny or Die, Greenwash, Green News

Have you seen the way big oil has tried to rebrand itself since the BP oil disaster started six months ago? Each company wants us to believe it is the...

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