Swearin

“Being smushed up front while PS Eliot played = top 10 moment of 2013 And swearin is a top 10 band of the earth” – @heyheywellok Swearin’ at Silent Barn – 8/17/13 (photo via Marc Viloria) Salinas Records celebrated their tenth anniversary at Silent Barn on Saturday (8/17)…

The free House of Vans shows continued last night (8/15) with an all around great punk bill. Lo-fi pop punks Swearin’ opened the night, followed by classic-style punk from Dischord supergroup Red H…

We were just talking about The Julie Ruin‘s tour, which includes a sold-out NYC show with Brooklyn/Philly lo-fi pop punks Swearin’ on September 3 at Bowery Ballr…

This Saturday (8/17) at Silent Barn, Salinas Records will throw a tenth anniversary party, which is being dubbed “Punk Is Important.” Brooklyn/Philly lo-fi pop punks Swearin’ and related band Radiator Hospital (fronted by Waxahatchee collaborator Sam Cook-Parrott) are playing, as are Ginger Alford (of Good Luck), Little Lungs (whose Angie Boylan is now in Aye Nako), the now-defunct PS Eliot (whose lineup includes Swearin’s Alison Crutchfield on drums and her twin sister, Waxahatchee’s Katie Crutchfield, on vocals), the now-defunct (but don’t call it a reunion) The Measure (whose members are now in Pity Party, Worriers, and other bands), the now-defunct North Lincoln (who currently have a member in Wormburner), North Lincoln’s also broken-up pals The Gibbons, The Ambulars, The State Lottery, Delay, and All D……

Guided by Voices in Central Park in 2012 (more by Chris La Putt) This fall, Salinas Records (Swearin’, Radiator Hospital) will be releasing a 4-track tribute 7″ to lo-fi pioneers Guided by Voices by four bands who have taken influence from the genre GBV helped create…

Kid Dynamite at FFF Fest 2011 (more by Fred Pessaro // BBG) RSVP for the free Kid Dynamite, Joyce Manor, Red Hare, and Swearin’ show at House of Vans (8/15) opens today a…

Joyce Manor in Philly in March (more by Alyssa Tanchajja) California’s catchy, raw punks Joyce Manor are going on a short Northeast tour this August which includes their previously announced appearances in Brooklyn at House of Vans on August 15 with melodic hardcore vets Kid Dynamite, Dischord “supergroup” Red Hare, and lo-fi pop punks Swearin’; Philly with Radiator Hospital; and Connecticut with Ceremony…

Back in 2011, former Vivian Girls drummer and then Best Coast drummer Ali Koehler announced her departure from Best Coast, and other than a few solo tracks released around that time, she’s been pretty quiet since…

Bleeding Rainbow at Knitting Factory in 2012 (more by Amanda Hatfield) Philly shoegazers Bleeding Rainbow (who we can expect a new album from soon) are wrapping up their tour with Fat Creeps this week, and as discussed, that tour brings them to NYC for a show at Mercury Lounge on Friday (7/5), a good post-4th of July option for those sticking around NYC…

The Julie Ruin at Saint Vitus earlier this month (more by Fred Pessaro) As mentioned, Kathleen Hanna‘s new band The Julie Ruin will release their debut album, Run Fast, on September 3 via their own TJR Records (distributed by Dischord)…