Month: March 2011

  • Jump Back :: The Week in Review

    Patrons of Punk re-embraced a re-post of an article written a few weeks back…before the meltdown…about a band from Phoenix called Moovalya. I felt a bit bad as it was our technical difficulties that caused the article to disappear for a bit. More post-hardcore punk followed on Tuesday  with Thurdeen’s review of Sleep City’s debut…

  • The Exits Re-Enter

    artist: The Exits | genre: electronic, alt-rock | label: Criminal Records Many moons ago, our friends at Criminal Records contacted us about this band from Portsmouth, England that we just had to hear. Had to hear? Well, to be frank, I’ve heard that before and, on more than one occasion, have been duly unimpressed with…

  • The Joy Formidable's Spring Tour

    Froglix News. The Joy Formidable is hitting the road in the US this Spring.

  • Moovalya :: Old School Punk with a New Found Flair

    Now is the time to rejoice my fellow stage divers of old because your friends at Froglix have uncovered further proof that punk is not dead.

  • Jump Back…The Week in Review

    This week kicked off with some cool news about The Kut being considered for the video game Rock Band, pimped a video from Amsterdam’s Go Back to the Zoo for their song “I’m the Night (See You Later)” and followed up with a the latest single from Attention Thieves.  “Let It All Out” rocks out loud…

  • Reminiscing about Elkland and Discovering The Drums

    artist: The Drums | genre: indie pop | label: unsigned | [itunes link=”http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/the-drums/id313290516?uo=4″ title=”The Drums”] I just had a bit of a “where are they now” moment. Back in 2005 I went to see Erasure at the 9:30 Club in Washington, DC. A band called Elkland opened the show and it turned out to be…

  • Picking Up Where They Left Off

    artist: Small City Calling | genre: alternative, indie-pop | label: unsigned listen: Hold Me Closer :: Standing Room Only :: Satellites When last we visited Small City Calling they were racking up 2010 Froglix Music Awards in bunches. Fast forward to 2011 and we find this talented quintet from sunny San Diego on the verge…

  • Attention Thieves Let Out the Rock

    artist: Attention Thieves genre: Brit Alt-Rock label: unsigned buy now: [itunes link=”http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/let-it-all-out/id417188146?uo=4″ title=”Attention Thieves – Let It All Out”] listen now: Let It All Out Sometimes you just want rock. You don’t want gimmicks. You don’t care for the latest thing rock has been paired up with or some niche genre of rock. No synth-rock,…

  • Musical Zoo Food

    artist: Go Back to the Zoo | genre: alternative, rock | [itunes link=”http://itunes.apple.com/nl/album/electric/id384623232?uo=4″ title=”Go_Back_to_the_Zoo-Benny_Blisto_(Album)”] Very soon the indie world will converge on on the city of Austin, TX for a quaint little music festival that some of you just may have heard of…I believe it’s called SXSW!  Yeah, it’s only the largest indie music gathering/event…