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for those of you who are new to this, the music alliance pact is a monthly project with blogs from all over the world featuring their respective local music selections, initiated and organized by jason the pop cop from scotland. this month, we welcome another new member - club fonograma from mexico, which brings the map representation up to 22 countries. this time round, our own singaporean selection is indie rock band ...music alliance pact (february 2009 issue)

I can remember sitting in high school history class having discussions about Alexander Burr and Sonic Youth with Derek Robertson, the bass player for Kommie Kilpatrick. I also remember dancing in rock n’ roll frathouses with longtime friends Zak Frieling and Teddy Stavridis. Now one of my few memories with Kit Sabo, the guitarist, involves sitting in an apartment watching people play Mortal Kombat before a Black ...Midwest Music: Kommie Kilpatrick

Locally born pop/punk powerhouse Shindig hasnt been back to Charleston in a while. This, lead singer Ritchie Ray explains, is not their fault.We havent played Charleston in almost two years, he said. After the Brickhouse [in St. Albans] s…

Mike Purkhiser remembers artistic, music-loving brother who was a great inspiration

The Cuckoo’s Nest saw the birth of slam-dancing and the death of punk.

Despite going by the nickname Fat Mike for most of his adult life, Michael Burkett’s most prominent trait isn’t the fact that he’s overweight. The bathroom scale is actually a pretty petty concern when you consider that the 42-year-old is the frontman for the punk institution NOFX and the owner o…

Blink 182, the punk rock band of the ending 90’s believe to be the funkiest and funniest out of the box videos around the world of music videos. It is really a better start for them but the trio eventually split up.

February 8th, 2009Our buddy, Andre Shepherd, the fellow who deserted from his support battalion in Germany and spent a year hiding out with punk rock bands and Darnell Stephen Summers has finally had his hearing with the German government requesting asylum from the evil US government.The whole basis of his claim that he needs asylum is because desertion is a capitol crime. It’s not played up that much in the US press ...Andre Shepherd’s hearing

The 1st annual BlankFest Quebec will cover the city of Montreal with a blanket fundraiser on Saturday, February 21st 2009 at the city’s landmark venue Bar St. Laurent 2, located at 5550 St. Laurent (corner St. Viateur). Blankfest Quebec’s goal is to collect as many blankets for the homeless this year as possible and is asking guests to bring new and used blankets or comforters in good condition (minimum one per person) ...BlankFest Quebec to help homeless in Montreal - please donate blankets!

Starting out with a Velvet Underground/Talking Heads meets Replacements style of retro-sixties rock, Ariel Aparicio calls up the still-living spirit of Iggy Pop. The Hired Guns don’t do much for Ariel in creating a coherent sound, making the entirety of “Punk Rock Girl” sound more like a mashup of different half-assed tracks instead of something put forth as one specific entity. Maintaining some of the same stylistic, ...Ariel Aparicio w/ The Hired Guns – Frolic F*** (CD)

Punk-rock icon Lux Interior, who was the wild frontman of psychobilly pioneers the Cramps, passed away due to an existing heart condition at Glendale Memorial Hospital in Glendale, California at 4:30 AM PST on Febriary 4, 2009…

The Loved Ones may just be the most underrated band in punk rock today. Despite a handful of stellar records including last year’s stand out Build Burn, paint by number bands like Fall Out Boy and Paramore manage to snag magazine covers and stadium tours, while The Loved Ones continue to slog it out on the punk rock club tour circuit. The Distractions EP, coming in at six songs, may not be the effort that finally brings ...The Loved Ones – Distractions EP (CD)

This week marks the 30th anniversary of the death of Sid Vicious, who was the bass guitarist for the Sex Pistols. [God, I feel really, really old]. He died of a heroin overdose on February 1, 1979—the same night he was released on bail from Riker’s Island. He’d spent 55 days there after being charged with the murder of his girlfriend, Nancy Spungen, who died of a single stab wound to the abdomen and bled to death ...Death of a Punk: Remembering Sid Viscous

A top story from this week. Today’s roundup of quick music news stories

A top story from this week. Today’s roundup of quick music news stories

FOR some bands, long stretches on the road are a necessary evil.

New diatribe Blog Entry : Music to code by: The Gaslight Anthem I don’t read record reviews, or music magazines, or music web sites. I rarely watch music videos, and when I am in the car I usually listen to my own cds. It’s rare that I will ever be drawn into the hype around a band because I just don’t have the time or spend the necessary energy in places where hype is on display. So, a few weeks back ...2/1/2009 Music to Code By: The Gaslight Anthem

It really seemed like the most improbable thing ever that Thorns of Life could actually play in the basement of the Spencer King House in Santa Rosa. It’s more like an interrogation chamber than a basement down there, but in spite of our repeated warnings to the band in the last weeks that the downstairs was a tiny, 10-foot-by-15-foot concrete cell, they kept shouting their approval at us. It’s small? Sure! It’s ...Interview: Blake Schwarzenbach, Thorns of Life

Daily updates. As usual, weekly events first, followed by the daily calendar (check the weekly stuff first: tons of good residencies going on this month!) Because we get some of this info weeks in advance, it’s always good to check with the club (see our venues page) to make sure the show you’re interested in seeing is still happening… Sundays from half past noon to 3:30 PM, bluegrass cats Freshly Baked (f.k.a. ...New York City Live Music Calendar Plus Other Events for February and March 2009

Is rock still alive? Plasticized pop stars and three-chord pop-punk dominate the airwaves. Bands with the soul and purity of classic rockers like Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath and the power and energy of more modern rock gods like Stone Temple Pilots or Oasis are hard to come by.

Jan 29th, 2009by Will. Punk rock poet is a phrase seemingly bantered about a little too frequently for my liking. I have heard it in reference to Brett Adams of The Riot Before. And after numerous listens to Fists Buried In Pockets I can see why. The Riot Before aren’t your typical cookie-cutter political punk rock band. Adams certainly has a way with words as he tackles numerous worthy lyrical themes. Adams should ...The Riot Before: Fists Buried In Pockets