One of the best photojournalists in NY right now Natalie Keyssar (also good friend of thatsthehookup) gives us a look at one of the musical pimps from the golden years. Read More

W.E.E.D is the acronym for the group We Evolve Every Day featuring Schwayze, Mark Rosas and one of the dudes from LMFAO. The E.P. dropped a few months ago and I have been listening to this E.P. non-stop. How does it sound? AWESOME. The key tracks on this E.P. are “Summertime” and “Scrooge McDuck”. This is a great mix between electronic production, hip-hop, pop and acoustic jams. Buy some limited edition merch HERE.

The Day the World Went Away directed by Pierre Debusschere and visuals done by Studio 254Forest is a pretty rad video that combines graphics and models. That is just a wining combo right there! Read More

2011 was seriously an incredible year for music. I’m a pop punk kid, and I always will be, and this year was the year pop punk, emotional hardcore, punk,  whatever you want to call it came back with a vengeance. I feel like people finally got sick of click tracks and auto tuned lyrics about shaking it, and some quality music began to make its mark again.

PLEASE NOTE: There is no particular order to these records. They all make themselves stand out records for different, but equally great sounding reasons.

Joyce Manor- Joyce Manor

Favorite track: Beach Community

I really like music that tells a story not only lyrically, but also in the way that the sound progresses, songs that feel like they are moving, songs that ebb and flow, swell and crash from verse into chorus.Besides having this perfectly rough vocal that walks the line between yelling and singing, that is what Joyce Manor’s self titled release does for me.

Mansions- Dig Up the Dead

Favorite track: City Don’t Care

 When I used to see Mansions in high school, I somehow pegged him as a wannabe Chris Carraba with an acoustic guitar and a backpack full of self hatred. He is anything but. That backpack is more like a suitcase, and it’s full of all all the hatred he’s got for everyone else. Let’s face it, everyone fucking sucks.

Dig Up The Dead is ten tracks of everything you’ve ever resented in everyone articulated almost too perfectly. When I saw Mansions perform at Piano’s in October, I almost had to leave halfway through the set, because I got so upset hearing him perform….which was everything I was supposed to feel, and everything his performance was supposed to do to me.  Now hows that for Emo?

I Am the Avalanche- Avalanche United

Favorite Track: You’ve got Spiders

I already wrote this record up here, but straight up it is solid and everything you’ve been waiting the past 6 years for. You should listen to it, simply because.

Lemuria – Pebble

Favorite track: Pleaser

I am generally not huge on bands with female vocals, but Lemuria plays on their dueling male/female vocals in a way that that remains playful all while still being punk.

The Front Bottoms- The Front Bottoms

Favorite Track : Swimming Pool

Listening to this record kind of feels like you’re watching a rain soaked teenager peel his clothes off, song by song to reveal an awkward bony kid with pruned fingertips and holey socks. It’s honest, and infectious, and you should listen to it.

Into It. Over It. – Proper

Favorite track: Write it Right

A really solid debut LP from the king of EPs. Evan Weiss tells stories through his songs, and although he mostly tours acoustic, the full band brings so much depth to his music.

Balance And Composure- Separation

Favorite Track: I Tore You Apart In My Head

This record is just solid emotional punk. Its not to heavy, but heavy enough. At first it didn’t stick out to me as a top 10 record, but then I realized how often I listen to it, and how it has made itself the soundtrack to my every day life.

Touché Amoré- Parting The Sea Between Brightness And Me

Favorite Track: Condolences

This record is a frontrunner in the resurgence of punk and hardcore  that happened in 2011. It is heavy, it is fast, the songs are short, and MAN it is self loathing. Every song has a handful of quotes you want to scribble on your trapper keeper, as you think about how much everyone in your town fucking sucks. If you could wear out an mp3, I would have worn this record through at least a month ago.

“If you fantasize about your funeral, I understand I’ve been there before.

 If there’s more importance in the music played, than who’d attend, we are the same.”

Little Comets- In Search of Elusive Little Comets

Favorite Track: One Night In October

Little Comets were my favorite surprise of SXSW 2011. They put on performance that warmed me up and out of my hangover, many thanks to their clothesline of percussion. Like many UK  indie pop bands that I love, they drop girls’ names like wildfire, and pine away. Although this is technically a much awaited re-release. I’m countin’ it!

Grouplove- Never Trust A Happy Song

Favorite Track: Tongue Tied

Infectious, bouncy pop that’s just hip enough to be acceptable. Despite having a girl rap in the middle of Tongue Tied, and being incredibly jingly, Never Trust A Happy Song never gets too cheesy.

What are your favorites from last year? Was there anything that I missed?

Lets hope your holidays and new year go a little something like this… Read More

If you thought tickle me Elmo was all the rage a few years back then just wait until you hear CHRISTIAN DUBSTEP~! Even a drug fueled culture can be cleansed by the lord! If you don’t believe me, check out the hilarious comments below! Yes folks, this is real and available online here.

THIS IS THE WORLD’S WORST DUBSTEP I HAVE EVER HEARD. THE CREATORS OF THIS SHOULD DEFINITELY BE CONDEMED TO HELL AND ALL THOSE TRYING TO FOLLOW THIS AWFUL,TERRIBLE,POOR,UNCONSIDERATE, style. SHOULD DIE. Jesus told me that in my prayers.

This is absolutely ridiculous. Not only is this not dubstep, but the gratuitous use of horrible autotune, terrible composition, and unedcucated mastering makes this an awful, awful creation. If jesus was real he’d tell you not to listen to this garbage. A word of advice to those who put out this ‘album’: seek another hobby.

For a long time, I’ve been talking with friends about the lack of Christ in rave culture. This album, and all of WOW records catalog, fills that void. As ravers, we party non stop til the break of dawn. We get a little sideways (sometimes a lot), but we do it all in honor of our lord and savior, JC. So, having a catalog of fresh dubstep anthems that share that feeling of salvation is a major blessing. When we’re rolling or trippin, we often talk about JC, his life, his love. We talk about our lord who art in heaven, and all of the angels, and saints, and our man in the Vatican with his killer wardrobe and hat collection. And, as I’m sure many ravers have done for a long time, we talk about the lack of Christ in Rave. Now, we don’t have to wait. We can party on, and give praise to the lord. Amen.

Ladies, if you learn one thing from this video it is not to pick up a sexier than thou hitchiker with your boyfriend. Read More

I was as giddy as a school girl when I heard that Blackstar was making a new album. I played the first album on my discman till that shit cracked in half. Read More

THIS VIDEO IS CRAZY!!! These Euro house sluts are DOPEEEEEE!!!!! Read More