Warped Tour 2003
Compilation (Epitaph). Review by Troy Jewell.
Compilation (Epitaph). Review by Troy Jewell.
dead flowers, bottles, bluegrass and bones (Fat Wreck Chords). Review by Rob Walsh.
Never Bet the Devil Your Head (Cosa Nostra). Review by Brian Kruger.
Twenty years after founding the Better Youth Organization, Mark and Shawn Stern are still running their pioneering DIY label. They get to surf in Hawaii, bowl with Rancid and be their own bosses. Brian Broccoli pays a visit to the Stern Brothers, who will keep their day jobs.
A Melody of Retreads and Broken Quills (BYO). Review by Terry Eagan.
Various Artists (Side One Dummy). Review by Julio Diaz.
I first listened to this album in my truck with the windows down, in thick, f…
Hard to believe it’s been 18 years since the seminal documentary Another State of Mind made Youth Brigade a favorite among punk rockers. The Stern brothers have kept both the band and their indie label, BYO, going for all this time. Sean Carswell met up with Shawn Stern to discuss the past, present, and future of BYO, Youth Brigade, and punk rock.
Brazen Head EP (Fat Wreck Chords). Review by Patrick Rafter
Lilys’ East Coast tour begins February 10, 2023, and will include shows in Philadelphia, Baltimore, New York City, and more.
Soul’d Out: The Complete Wattstax Collection overwhelms Carl F. Gauze with 12 music CDs reprising the 1972 benefit concert to rebuild Watts, Los Angeles, seven years after the riot.
OG Skate Rock Band JFA Is Back With Its First Studio Album In Way Too Long, The Last Ride, out May 2023.
Elizabeth Moen may have started life with Midwest roots, but the singer-songwriter’s incredible talent has taken her to the international stage. Jeremy Glazier talks with the Iowa songbird on today’s episode.
Rifling through a boxful of ravaged old records, Christopher Long locates a flea market LP copy of the Ozark Mountain Daredevils Don’t Look Down — for a quarter — and speaks with the band’s co-founding bassist, Michael “Supe” Granda, about his amazing discovery.
Winter Park Playhouse regular Carl F. Gauze enjoys Tales from a Hopeful Romantic, a musically outstanding love story, courtesy of spotlight chanteuse Tay Anderson.
Blood, guts, and kicking butt in France — it’s the age-old story of Shakespeare. Carl F. Gauze once again enjoys the salacious violence and complicated plot points of Henry V, in the moody dark of Orlando Shakes.
Infidelity, agoraphobia and Ice Capades. Carl F. Gauze attempts to find an answer to the question “How Florida can you get?” in The Great American Trailer Park Musical at Theater West End.
Jeremy Glazier catches Ian Noe at the Rust Belt, where they discuss putting Between the Country together, some of the influences that affect Noe’s songwriting, and his dislike of EPs.