this week:

Old Blood - Subverso
Old Capitals - My Heart to Joy - Seasons in Verse
Human(e) Meat - Propagandhi - Supporting Caste
Time's Arrow - Thursday - Common Existence
Angela's Secret - These Arms Are Snakes - Oxeneers or the Lion Sleeps When its Antelope Go Home
The Past Two - Planes Mistaken for Stars
Blue Carolina - Alkaline Trio - Good Mourning
Don't Let Her Pull You Down - New Found Glory - Not Without a Fight
Angry Nerd Rock - The Ataris - Blue Skies, Broken Hearts... Next 12 Exits
Don't Take Me for Granted - Social Distortion - Sex, Love, and Rock n Roll
The Sad Waltzes of Pietro Crespi - Owen - At Home With
Gin and Platonic - Joan of Arc - How Memory Works
Lit Elephants - Madeline - White Flag
You Are Loved - Defiance, Ohio - Songs for the Icarus Project
Chris Ryan Added Me on Facebook - O Pioneers!!! - Neon Creeps
Private Radio - Bouncing Souls - How I Spent My Summer Vacation
Sarah's Game - The Loved Ones - Build & Burn
Call to the Comptroller's Office - Bridge and Tunnel - East/West
John Law - Dropkick Murphys
Chlorine Youth - Songs for Snakes - Songs for Snakes
From the Hips - Cursive - Mama, I'm Swollen
Welfare Bread - King Khan and the Shrines - What Is?!
Chelsea Hotel #2 - Lewis and Clarke - Light Time
Turn - Christie Front Drive - Anthology
The Boat - Chuck Ragan - Feast or Famine
I Coulda Been a Contender - The Gaslight Anthem - Sink or Swim
Here's My Destroyer - Let Me Run - Meet Me at the Bottom
There Are Times - Fake Problems - It's Great to be Alive
Black Derby Jacket - Rancid - Rancid (2000)
Something for Nothing - Left Alone - Left Alone
Walls - Crass - Stations of the Crass
Absolute Zero Drive - Hey Mercedes - Loses Control

disco before the breakdown.

last night i saw of montreal and they were even more amazing than the first time i saw them. you all definitely need to check them out before you die. or else. i saw appleseed cast on friday as well which was such a great show, they played with moving mountains and this adorable australian duo called an horse. it was well worth the ringing noises in my ears all weekend from forgetting earplugs!

tonight i went super indie on everyone. sorry/you're welcome. there was punk at the end! also steve thinks you should all fear 2012. yup.

Disco Before the Breakdown - Against Me!
Sun in an Empty Room - The Weakerthans - Reunion Tour
Nonpareil of Favor - Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping
Documented Minor Emotional Breakdown #2 - Los Campesinos! - We are Beautiful, We are Doomed
No Encontré Nada - Hello Seahorse! - Hoy a las Ocho
Corriander - Pomegranates - Everybody, Come Outside!
Fall-Triumph - A. Armada - Anam Cara
Andrew - Crystal Antlers - Tentacles
Don't Lie - Abe Vigoda - Reviver
No Future, Part 1 - Titus Andronicus - The Airing of Grievances
The Time You Lost Was Mine - Songs for Snakes - Songs for Snakes
Mama, I'm Satan - Cursive - Mama, I'm Swollen
Stay Alive - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
Radio Silence - Boy Genius - Anchorage
Old Devils - William Elliott Whitmore - Animals in the Dark
Red F - Dan Deacon - Bromst
Potemkin City Limits - Propagandhi - Supporting Caste
Drink Deep - Rites of Spring - End on End
Going Steady - Death from Above 1979 - You're a Woman, I'm a Machine
Astro Zombies - The Misfits - Collection I
Nazi Training Camp - DOA - Punk Rock Singles 1978-99
Shane - Let Me Run - Meet Me at the Bottom
The Kelly Affair - Be Your Own Pet - Get Awkward
Pussywillow - The Coathangers - Scramble
Styrofoam - Digital Leather - Sorcerer
Are You There, Margaret? It's Me, God - The Lawrence Arms - Oh! Calcutta!
Perfect Lines - The Promise Ring - Nothing Feels Good
Last One to Die - Rancid - Let the Dominoes Fall

Good news! Rancid (finally!) has a new song! And it's good!

That is all I have to say for this week. I am the happiest person alive right now. yup.


Last One to Die - Rancid - Let the Dominos Fall
Seein' Diamonds - Hot Water Music - Til the Wheels Fall Off
Our Ballads - Polar Bear Club - Sometimes Things Just Disappear
Antwan - Bear vs Shark - Terrorhawk
Holes - Hostage Calm - Lens
Father - Make Do and Mend - Bodies of Water
Ghost - Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Our Life is Not a Movie or Maybe - Okkervil River - The Stage Names
Caveman - Cursive - Mama, I'm Swollen
Won't Want for Love - The Decemberists - The Hazards of Love
Guns of Navarone - Maritime - Heresy and the Hotel Choir
Id Engager - Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping
Calling All Skeletons - Alkaline Trio - Agony & Irony
Anchor Grill - Descendents - Cool to be You
Friends in the Armed Forces - Thursday - Common Existence
Cover the Roots/Lower the Stems - Moving Mountains - Pneuma
Thistly Corner of the Forest - My Heart to Joy - Seasons in Verse
Come Saturday - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
Fight Riff - Eula - Language of Threat
Stop Stomp Stompin' - The Coathangers - Scramble
End Result - Jeffrey Lewis - 12 Crass Songs
The Sea of Lights - Sundowner - Four One Five Two
Alligator Assassinator - Fake Problems - It's Great to be Alive
Supporting Caste - Propagandhi - Supporting Caste
Lean on Sheena - Bouncing Souls - The Gold Record
Listen to Your Friends - New Found Glory - Not Without a Fight
Body Language - Monotonix - Body Language
Cassius - Foals - Antidotes
Build Voice - Dan Deacon - Bromst
A Dozen Roses - Braid - Frame & Canvas

BASEMENT ROCK FEST.

Hai. So last week I was sick and couldn't do my show (thanks Steve!), but this week I was back and we had a special edition of The Big Takeover and played all local bands/bands from the north east/bands that play in people's houses.

Also. This weekend:

My Heart to Joy is playing a record release show on Friday, April 10 with Jettison, Cassilis, Transit, and Deadlights.

Make Do and Mend is playing a record release show on Saturday, April 11 with Hostage Calm, Phantoms, and Let Me Run.

Both of these shows are at the Wallingford American Legion and they are going to rule. A lot. Just thought I'd throw that out there.

Anyway, tonight's show went like this:

New Mexico Song - Johnny Hobo and the Freight Trains - Love Songs for the Apocalypse
Harmony Parking Lot Song - Johnny Hobo and the Freight Trains - Love Songs for the Apocalypse
The Wagon - Dinosaur Jr. - Green Mind
Without Formal Company - Subverso - Existence on the Shelf
I am the Black Hole - Young Freaks
Daniel's Striped Tiger - Tiny Hawks - Fingers Become Bridges
8105 - Moving Mountains - Pneuma
The Great Red Robbery - The Flaming Tsunamis - Fear Everything
Bird Watching & Vice-Versa - The Flaming Tsunamis - Fear Everything
Cherry Red - Tip the Van - Passion, Love, & Pride
Yale Song - Angleworm - Ruin Your Scene
Summer Song - Angleworm - This is Propaganda
Irish Goodbye - Coldsnap
Seasons in Verse - My Heart to Joy - Seasons in Verse
Giving My Hands Away - My Heart to Joy - Seasons in Verse
Daedalus - Jettison - Drag
Teeth - Jettison - Drag
Audible - Hostage Calm - Lens
Like a Fish - Let Me Run - Meet Me at the Bottom
The Line - Make Do and Mend - We're All Just Living
Motivational Song - Algernon Cadwallader - Some Kind of Cadwallader
I Hate Kevin - Boy Problems
Hoods Up - Street Smart Cyclist
Tryna Decide - Teenage Cool Kids - Queer Salutations
Don't Worry - Rogue Set - Shake Those Hands
Change My World - No One's Hero
Stuff That I Like - Bomb the Music Industry! - Scrambles
The Reason - Defiance, Ohio - Songs for the Icarus Project