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Mikey Erg performing & chatting about NJ punk on The BrooklynVegan Show this week
Tune in Thursday (4/1) to Vans.com/Channel66 for our latest episode, which will be entirely dedicated to NJ punk and features Mikey Erg and his band joining us for a live set and a chat…
Plow United/Ergs members formed The Rentiers, releasing EP featuring Anika of Chumped (listen), making live debut
’90s Delaware punks Plow United have been reunited for a few years, and now bassist Joel Tannenbaum is also pursuing another project, The Rentiers…
Canadian Rifle on tour, playing NYC tonight with Crow Bait, Pity Party, and Outta Gas (stream their LP)
Chicago punks Canadian Rifle have made a pretty good mark on their local scene, opening hometown shows for Swearin’, Nude Beach and others, and they’re currently taking their show on the road for a tour which is about to wrap up in NYC TONIGHT (1/27) at Death by Au…
Lauren Measure's band Worriers announce new album on Don Giovanni (stream a track)
After The Measure broke up (not counting their one-off in August), the members have been keeping busy with other projects. One of those, Lauren Denitzio’s band Worriers (who recently played NYC with Noun, Modern Hut, and Shellshag), have announced that they’ll release a new album, Cruel Optimist, on October 29 via Don Giovanni (Waxahatchee, Screaming Females)…
P.S. Eliot reunited at the Salinas Records anniversary at Silent Barn w/ Swearin', The Measure [sa] and more (audio)
“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)…
Swearin' preparing second LP, playing a bunch of shows
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…
Salinas Records celebrating 10th anniversary w/ Swearin', PS Eliot, The Measure [sa], The Ambulars, All Dogs and more
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……
