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Drago’s Morning Drive…Stomp Style

alt-rock, grunge, hard rock, punk, reggae, ska, Stomp Records, The Aggrolites, The Brains, The Creepshow, The Dreadnoughts, The Resignators 1 Response »

May 122011

My morning drive today came courtesy of a “care” package that we recently received from our friends at Stomp Records. I had recently conversed with Stomp’s Mike Magee over email and mentioned that we really liked what they were doing and would love to hear from them. Bang! The package arrived yesterday and I could hardly wait to pop the disks in the CD player.

Started with the punk-polka (that’s right, I said polka) of The Dreadnoughts, next came the reggae/dub sounds of The Aggrolites, followed by Third-wave ska/punk of The Creepshow and The Resignators and washed it all down with the rockabilly/punk stylings of The Brains. My life will never be the same again.

- Drago

Flashback: Bad Brains

flashback, grunge, hardcore, punk, reggae, videos, Washington DC 2 Responses »

Apr 292011

This is one of my all time favourite bands…and one of my all time favourite songs! I distinctly remember waiting up all night to catch this video the first time it aired on MTV’s 120 Minutes. It was so worth it.

I was fortunate to catch HR sit in with Fishbone a few months back when they visited 930 Club in Washington, DC. They did a version pf “Banned in DC” that was truly epic. So glad I was there to see it live. There are very few bands, if any, around today that could pull of what Bad Brains did back in the day. They’re a bit older, a bit wiser…but still rockin out loud!

- Drago

Drago’s Morning Drive

alt-country, alt-rock, alternative, Black Knight, grunge, hard rock, indie, rap, rock, Sharif, Shortbus, singer/songwriter No Responses »

Apr 042011

Longbeach Shortbus, Talk Talk, Connells, Foo Fighters, Hoodoo Gurus, Sharif, AC/DC, REM, RedRum, Black Knight and Snow Patrol.

Jump Back: The Week in Review

alt-rock, alternative, grunge, indie, Jawbox, Ledaswan, punk, rock, Vetoes, weekly recaps 2 Responses »

Apr 022011

NUM83R5, the new album by Ledaswan was the subject of Monday’s review complete with (3) new tracks for your listening pleasure. Don’t forget about the video post from the previous week for their single “Faulkner.” Next up was the Vetoes, British alt-rockers now working with SpaceRay Music and Adam Whittaker whom, you may recall, also introduced us to Grimus and Attention Thieves. Mid-week we promo’d a new digital sampler for the Sounds Like Brisbane. More than a dozen independent artists and their respective labels coming together for a flat out phenomenal compilation. Click here to download the entire collection or just the individual tracks for free….way cool. Finally, we flashed back to an indie band from the 90′s underground. Jawbox and their video for “Savory.” Classic.

Join us next week for even more music, reviews, news and general meanderings from Drago, DMitch and Thurdeen.

Froglix Flashback: Jawbox

Desoto Records, Dischord Records, flashback, grunge, hard rock, Jawbox, punk, rock, videos, Washington DC No Responses »

Apr 012011

The year was 1993 and Jawbox had pulled off what many thought to be the unthinkable. They left the legendary label of DC hardcore, Dischord Records, for the greener pastures of a major label (Atlantic to be exact) and not too long after we find bassist Kim Collete, front man/guitarist Jay Robbins, guitarist Bill Barbot and drummer Zach Barocas debuting on MTV in 1994. The song? “Savory” from the album entitled For Your Own Special Sweetheart.

Probably one of the more under appreciated bands of the era, their 2nd album did well on college stations but failed to produce a mainstream single so they were dropped. Damn it. So, where are they now? Eventually the band broke up and its members went on to pursue other projects and passions. Collete and Barbot started Desoto Records, which is still in existence today. Barocas went on to either start or join other bands as did Robbins, who can also add successful Producer to his list of accomplishments.

I liked this band…still do. Am I biased because Jawbox got started in the DC area where I happen to be from? Yup. What of it?

- Drago

Drago’s Morning Drive

acoustic, alt-rock, alternative, Attack Ships On Fire, Azoora, grunge, hard rock, hardcore No Responses »

Mar 312011

Metallica, Azoora, Dashboard Confessional, Trusty, Fugazi, Soundgarden, Nena, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Cure, Attack Ships on Fire, Rancid and Beastie Boys.

It was a veritable rockin’ rollercoaster…dig it.

- Drago

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