Justin Cervantes
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Feeding their growing fanbase less than a year after their sophomore album, Keep on Truckin’, the American-punk-core of Surfbort has released a new single. The next installment of their world domination, “Never Gonna Be What You Want Me to Be,” is a focused performance with a head-down directive opposite to the loud, deliberately messy, and wild record of last year.
It’s fair to say that Niis is one of the most punk-root bands in the current Los Angeles stratosphere that increasingly expands upon the repertoires of old-school punk. Not only sonically, but thematically, too.
Bonavega continues to be one of the most unique personas in the LA music scene. The 80s comes alive when this glam-rockstar takes the stage, coupled with the androgyneous style that emboldens Bonavega as an underdog to revitalize shock-rock, glam-rock — whatever your conservative parents hate to call it.
The Brooklyn-born quartet of punk-rockers, formally known as Surfbort, know how to make music so raw it spits in your face. Some months ago, we reviewed their debut studio record, Keep on Truckin’. Among those tracks we loved, “Lot Lizard 93” was a particular favorite - so when Surfbort dropped a music video for the track, we wanted to do a write up!
The Southern Californian quartet, The High Curbs, begins a new chapter with the drop of their single, “Try.”
From the horizons of Melbourne, Australia, Amyl and The Sniffers have been emerging like a volcano. What better jump-start to a musical career than to win the Australian Recording Industry Association’s award for best Rock Album in 2019? Coming from the success of their self-titled debut, the quartet’s recent record, Comfort To Me, is a spectacular follow-up.
It’s no secret — we love Kill Birds. Their 2019 self-titled debut was a gorgeous encapsulation of indie rock and punk that mystified and gripped us. While the record had its more deeper moments, the pervading score was like a fog slowly rolling in, slowly consuming.
Straight up: Surfbort's latest LP Keep on Truckin' is a galore of odd, funny, and droning lyricism floored atop of a congestion of deep guitar riffs and distant drum-blows. Entrenched in this weird record is a merit of cautious technique and buzzing infection. Like an ear-bug, Keep on Truckin' nestles itself in your ears and fucks shit up.
Fire. Not just in the “hey that’s awesome” sense, but in the “oh, wait, this is actually burning” sense—fire best describes “Utopia.” And, hey, it’s a motif of the track, too.
San Pedro’s finest, Slaughterhouse, is here with an engrossing piece of work. Their latest record, Fun Factory, is a blend of punk and grunge that beads your temple with sweat, keeps your feet stomping to the rhythm, and hurls your head back and forth in sync without your input.