What We Hate

(Finally) an official release date for Gatorface's Sick and Stupid EP

After some ambiguity over when it would see the light of day, Orlando's Gatorface have set a release date for their debut EP, Sick and Stupid. The record is set to drop November 25, and Paper + Plastick has set up a pre-order for it. You can check that out here.

Resonance - Transfuse

Review written by Mike French, who still lives in the Stone Age, thus his computer being unable to handle TypePad's next generation editor. Thanks Mikey!

Personally, I can’t stand bands that sound like Kid Dynamite but aren’t Kid Dynamite, so my stubborn, fanboy ass was reluctant to pick up Resonance’s Transfuse after numerous said comparisons in the past. Though, with some obvious nods to the band and the preceding and possibly more influential Lifetime, Resonance’s sound is just as rooted in the late `80s D.C. scene as New Jersey; in fact, between the perfectly imperfect nature of the unstable shouts to off-key singing and the shifty major chords (with that slight arpeggio…Dan Yemin knows what I mean), this record sounds like Embrace got back together and did a Kid Dynamite cover album. So have I found a band that’s challenged my own standards? Yes.

More words after the jump.

Two Cow Garage - Speaking in Cursive

Review written by Mike French, who still lives in the Stone Age, thus his computer being unable to handle TypePad's next generation editor. Thanks Mikey!

I asked my 10th grade English teacher once for advice on writing, and she replied with the "write about what you know" cliché. Ah, and success it was; I walked away a different person with this newfound knowledge and planned on applying it to future written efforts. Later the other night, after immensely enjoying Two Cow Garage's Speaking in Cursive, I thought to myself: "Come on, Mike, you're punx; why listen to anyone?" So here I am writing about a subgenre of punk I have very little knowledge about and the chances of making an ass of myself are pretty high. As long as I have an opinion, it should make me somewhat qualified...I think.

More words and streaming music after the jump.

The Swellers post new tour video

Friends of WWH The Swellers have posted a new tour video chronicling some of their adventures on their tours in the past couple of months. Absolutepunk.net is hosting the video and you can check it out here.

And if you look closely, you can catch a glimpse of a new song from the band's new record due out in 2009, as well as yours truly in the crowd during the band's set at THE FEST. I'm the guy standing there looking pissed, so I shouldn't be hard to find.

New episode of Rocket Fuel now available

Our good buddy Jeff writes in to let us know that a new episode of the Rocket Fuel podcast is available. In this episode he plays new music from The Bouncing Souls, Cruiserweight, Scream Hello and Fatter Than Albert and classic tracks from Descendents and Dag Nasty, and reviews the self-titled debut from WA's To The Waves and interviews Ian from Cheap Girls.

Check it out here.

Monikers - Wake Up

I've heard this before and so have you. Gruff, gritty pop-punk. Sub-two minute stories about drinking, shitty jobs and slacking. Bands like Monikers seem to be a dime a dozen these days (even the press release I got with this thing openly acknowledges that), so why do we the listeners value some bands over others? Timing? Availability? Relatability? Memories? It could be all of those things or none of them, I'm not really sure. What I do know however, is that I should love Wake Up a lot more than I do, but I just don't and it bums me out because music like this is typically right in my wheelhouse.

That's not to say you won't love it, though.

More words after the jump.

The Thorns of Life show footage

I hate everyone who got to go this. Blake Schwarzenbach's new band (with Aaron Cometbus on drums) playing their second show ever at some house party in Brooklyn.

They're called The Thorns of Life and uh, this shit sounds amazing.

Videos after the jump.

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Spin is hosting an exclusive stream/download of a new song from The Riverboat Gamblers. The song will be on their forthcoming full-length Underneath the Owl which is slated to drop on March 10, 2009.

Check out "A Choppy, Yet Sincere Apology" at this page.

Suburban Home Records has announced the signing of Gainesville, Florida 'Outlaw Country' sextet The Takers. The band features members of Whiskey & Co. Expect their Suburban Home debut to drop in early 2009.

Orlando-area whippersnappers No Harm Done are about to embark on another American tour in support of their Think Fast!-released debut full-length, Escape.

Check after the jump for the tour dates.

The Riverboat Gamblers - "A Choppy, Yet Sincere Apology"

Spin is hosting an exclusive stream/download of a new song from The Riverboat Gamblers. The song will be on their forthcoming full-length Underneath the Owl which is slated to drop on March 10, 2009.

Check out "A Choppy, Yet Sincere Apology" at this page.

Suburban Home signs The Takers

Suburban Home Records has announced the signing of Gainesville, Florida 'Outlaw Country' sextet The Takers. The band features members of Whiskey & Co. Expect their Suburban Home debut to drop in early 2009.

No Harm Done tour dates

Orlando-area whippersnappers No Harm Done are about to embark on another American tour in support of their Think Fast!-released debut full-length, Escape.

Check after the jump for the tour dates.