Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Green Day rant

I like Green Day, if you take each album for what it is face value. American Idiot was a good rock album, as was 21st Century Breakdown. But calling them punk would be a stretch for those records. That said, their first four records, 39/Smooth, Kerplunk!, Dookie, and Insomniac are all catchy pop punk albums. The first two are great Lookout-era albums. Nimrod and Warning are good albums, but can hardly be called pop punk. So basically, 1/4 of Green Day's albums are great, half are above average, and another quarter are listenable. The last two, skip them.

/rant


(I wrote this at 3 am, after thinking over how they were Rolling Stone magazine's top punk band)

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Fake Problems



Let's face it; Florida has some of the best punk. Hated Youth, Against Me!, Less Than Jake, and my current love: Fake Problems. I saw Fake Problems on Warped Tour of last year. They put on my favorite performance and quickly became a favorite band of mine. Aside from making great music, the band is super nice. Right now I have How Far our Bodies Go spinning on my record player. I can never tell which record is my favorite. Each album is different from the others, and that's definitely a huge plus for me. If you get a chance, listen to some of their songs; they're a great band and great guys. Buy some of their stuff too, it's pretty great.



http://fakeproblems.tumblr.com/

P.S. -I'd like to give a shout out to Sarah Saturday. She started a kickstarter campaign and has successfully raised enough money! I'm stoked to hear her second album. Sarah's pretty much the most down to earth and nicest musician I have ever met. I also saw her at Warped last year and then ventured up to La Crosse to see her a second time. She has very intimate shows and really cares for her fans. If you wanna help her out, you can still donate money to her kickstarter campaign! It's a great thing to donate to!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gna/send-gardening-not-architecture-to-record-her-seco