Archive for April, 2009

April 30th, 2009

Record Review: NOFX – ‘Coaster’

No matter how you slice it, there’s no band like NOFX. They’ve led a generation of punks to water, turned it into wine — okay, beer — and are worshiped like gods, not that they believe in any. And on “Coaster,” the band’s 11th studio album, they’re still doing what they always have, thumbing their [...]

April 26th, 2009

Podcast #9: Songs About Touring

There’s undoubtedly something romantic about hitting the road with your band, crisscrossing the country in a tour bus or van, performing night after night for adoring fans, not to mention groupies, booze and adoration galore — which is no doubt why the topic has been such an enduring theme in rock & roll. From country [...]

April 19th, 2009

Rosa: A Short But Sweet Existence

In 2003, a Texas band named Rosa made their one and only record. If you blinked, you probably missed it, not to mention the band’s entire existence. Brad and Emmalee started the band, he on guitar, she on a single snare drum. They both sang, not harmonizing but singing together in a sloppily charming sort [...]

April 16th, 2009

Raise Your Glass: The Jagermeister Music Tour

It’s kind of fitting that Pennywise is co-headlining this year’s Jagermeister Music Tour. The alcoholic sponsor of said annual music fest frequently made us barf in our teens if we weren’t careful. And if there’s one thing Pennywise guitar player Fletcher Dragge likes to do, it’s throw-up. In an infamous appearance on the “Loveline” radio [...]

April 10th, 2009

Q&A: Sacha Gervasi, Director of ‘Anvil: The Story of Anvil’

Sacha Gervasi is, like, totally pumped to talk about the documentary he directed that follows an obscure Canadian metal band called Anvil. We can hardly finish firing off our first question before the British-born director, whose eclectic bio includes penning the script for Spielberg’s “The Terminal” and being Ginger Spice’s…

April 6th, 2009

Record Roundup-O-Rama

Here’s a look (and listen) to some records that have been cluttering up our desk and inboxes here at YuppiePunk World HQ. Though none of these titles inspired us to write 3000-word soliloquys, we figured we could at least muster 25 and an MP3.
ENEMY YOU – “FADE AWAY” (Nitro)
Like their previous two full-lengths, the latest [...]