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Generic Insight Radio: Out Of Context

Bryne has given me the okay to do a new, semi-regular feature at WWH which I came up with today while on a Greyhound bus back from Providence, RI.

You may or may not be familiar with Punk Rock Confidential. If you aren't, basically it's Fat Mike's quarterly punk rock gossip magazine. In it they have a feature called "Out Of Context" in which they take various comments/sayings/statements from band members pulled from interviews in other mags and websites. Specifically, if it's a comment that's really bizarre or off the wall, of course its going to be awesome to read if you don't know the back story behind it. So my feature is a direct influence from this column in Punk Rock Con, except I will be taking random statements made by band members pulled directly from interviews I've done with them for Generic Insight Radio. I'll try and have a few listed and do this regularly.

So for this week's Out Of Context, I present the following gems (note: some of these may not be verbatim):

• "I wish someone would get stabbed at one of our shows. That would be killer!" - Zack, bassist of Shook Ones
• "Big straight lines that go right up my penis" - Josh Agran, guitarist of Paint It Black (Dan Yemin's reply: "You snort coke off your penis?!")
• "Supersize dat ho! You got a fry? Supersize it!" - Josh Mikel, drummer of Look Mexico
• "Shit... I'm sorry, I swear... I don't do drugs" - Franky, former bassist of Much The Same
• "Ireland... home of the world's greatest chicken sandwich" - Mike Supina, guitarist of A Wilhelm Scream

That's all for now. More soon!

Rediscovered: Big In Japan

Not to be confused with the Liverpool band of the same name, Big In Japan released two full-lengths and  a posthumous EP, calling it a day in 2006. While their Honest Don's (remember that label?) debut, Destroy The New Rock was lined with more grit and pop-punk crunch, the band's 2004 full-length Who Really Needs A Heart Anyway? was a straight-up homage to skinny-tied power-pop akin to bands like The Knack and The Records.

More words and streaming music after the jump.

Cheeky updates us on their status

Brooklyn's Cheeky have posted an update on some of their future plans:

Hey all -

We just thought you should know that after a long while, Cheeky will be back to life shortly.

We have just recorded two songs for an Art of the Underground single (which we are so stoked to do!) which is due out around the end of October. Speaking of the end of October, we will be playing THE FEST 7 in Gainesville this year!

We won't be playing many shows this fall, as Kate is going to be away for a month or so. We should be playing a New York show before then.

The band's last release was the Choke On A Cheeseburger EP in 2007 via Quote Unquote, which if you didn't know, means it can be downloaded for free. But seriously, donate something if you can.

The Gaslight Anthem

Today, the ever popular Gaslight Anthem have released their new record The '59 Sound (Sideonedummy). It's pretty fucking awesome and definitely one of my albums of the year. You can check out the stream here.

Weatherbox posts new song

San Diego's The Brian Warren Project, I mean Weatherbox have posted a song from their upcoming full-length. Cosmic Drama is slated to drop in 2009 via Doghouse and follows up the band's critically acclaimed 2007 debut, American Art.

Check out "Don't Say Nice Things" at the band's myspace page.