NYC noisepunk. Pretty cool.

Hardcore motherfuckers.

I love these motherfuckers so much I gave them their very own Berkeley Place tag. And normally, I post their songs before I even hear them. But this time I listened first.

Zombie Eyed is another blazing, screaming punk rock song. It’s what they do best. No, it’s not a stretch, but who needs to stretch when you can bang out a song that kicks ass?

And it’s free.

Fuckin A right jack. Punk. Edge. Hardcore. Even pop. All tossed into a blender and pushed to puree. Then given away.

I don’t usually post thrashy hardcore punky yelling.
But this…Yeah. Fuck yeah.

These mutherfuckas keep getting better and better. Makes me proud to have picked them for the 5th best EP of 2011.

I’ll post anything these dudes do.

This album makes me wish I liked Lou Reed’s music more.  People who sing Lou Reed songs sound so hip.  And that goes double for folks who dig into the Velvet Underground catalog.  I don’t hate Lou’s stuff, it’s just a little inaccessible for me.  It never makes me feel anything.  Except his “New York” album.  Loved that one.

But this isn’t about that.  This is about hipster covers of Lou.

Amanda Fucking Palmer, formerly of the Dreseden Dolls, has the punk cred to pull this off.

The album is mostly live, and she doesn’t try to pull out weird songs or avoid the expected: She covers Walk on the Wild Side, Waiting for My Man (best cut on the record), Satellite of Love, I’ll Be Your Mirror, and Perfect Day. She doesn’t do Heroin, but I’m fine with that. That song makes me want to die.

The album was recorded live, and it’s got a wonderful, warm feel–and terrific sound quality.

I loved it, and I’m not a Lou Reed fan. So you’ll probably dig it, too.

I don’t know why, but I seem to be hearing a lot of screamale music lately.  And quite a bit of it is pretty damn awesome.  Like Therapist‘s EP “Heart Beats.”

Stream it below. It’s like great 1990s riot grrrrl music–most of their songs begin with chants like “Every time you come it feels like the end of the world” and “Let me go let me go let me go!” I’m absolutely loving this. It makes me angry and happy at the same time.



This album is KILLER. RIYL L7, Ethly Meatplow, or the first Breeders record.

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