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 Banner Pilot
Heart Beats Pacific (Fat Wreck Chords)
release date: 10/25/11
"And I know when you're living under sheets of snow/ it can look like the world's gone black/ but remember that the sun comes back/ At least they say it does." Yeah, we can definitely get behind this "Alchemy" and this Minneapolis band. |
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 Dead To Me
Moscow Penny Ante (Fat Wreck Chords)
release date: 10/25/11
San Francisco's Dead To Me display shades of the UK band Consumed on the hard-driving "Undertow." That kind of burly, forceful punk is always OK in our book. |
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 Star Fucking Hipsters
From the Dumpster To the Grave (Fat Wreck Chords)
release date: 10/11/11
You might not be caught in a mosh while listening to "Death Is Never Out of Fashion," but we've got nothing but sympathy for you if you're not at least dancing to these 150 seconds of early Suicide Machines-style boogie. |
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 New Found Glory
Radiosurgery (Epitaph Records)
release date: 10/4/11
Florida punk rock success story New Found Glory thrives due to their heart-baring lyrics and the distinctive delivery of Jordan Pundik, and both of those traits are in full effect on "Anthem for the Unwanted." |
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 Cobra Skulls
Agitations (Fat Wreck Chords)
release date: 9/27/11
Many a marriage has been shattered on the rocks of Reno, so while you're there, you might as well hear some good punk rock, like "Solastalgia" from the Cobra Skulls. |
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 Dangerous!
Teenage Rampage (Epitaph Records)
release date: 9/20/11
Aussie quartet Dangerous! bring some screamo to the rock sound of their debut, Teenage Rampage. Mixed by Ulrich Wild (Deftones, Pantera), "Movers N Shakers" is from the new album. |
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 Old Man Markley
Party Shack (Fat Wreck Records)
release date: 9/20/11
Old Man Markley mix bluegrass and Americana with their punk, which conjures fine memories of how John Doe and Billy Zoom would bring their fondness of roots rock to X back in the day. "Party Shack" is the title track from their most recent EP. |
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 Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
Sing In Japanese (Fat Wreck Records)
release date: 9/13/11
Me First have never been afraid of being quirky, so it should be no surprise that they've put out an EP sung entirely in Japanese. Is "Hero" anything less than what we'd expect from Fat Mike and the gang? |
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 Falling In Reverse
The Drug In Me Is You (Epitaph Records)
release date: 7/26/11
Pop punk/screamo singing over Avenged Sevenfold guitarwork? Yeah, we're in. Former Escape the Fate vocalist Ronnie Radke returns after his incarceration, spitting lyric venom left and right. "I'm Not a Vampire" is a real standout track on this great hit, terrible miss debut. |
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 About The Mess
Anthem of Imperfection (Whoa Records)
release date: 7/13/11
Glorious late '90s pop punk goodness, complete with whoa whoas, songs about drinking, and drumming to get your ass moving. Crack a beer and click here to hear the whole album! |
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