The Dangits Come Alive Self Released August 2014 12" LP and Digital format

The Dangits formed in January of 2009 at Fuzzy's Taco Shop in Ft. Worth, Texas over a few fish tacos and several beers. Mike Noyes and Branden Smith were part of the vibrant Dallas music scene in the 90's; Mike in (REO) SPEEDEALER and Branden in THE SOUP. 

After years of extensive touring, both took some time off of music and met up later thru their mutual admiration for European motorcycles as members of the local 59 Club. Playing live, writing and recording is the band's chief objectives. Within a year of formation In 2010, they began recording their first batch of songs for the full length CD release “Greatest Hits Vol. I”. With that release and their growing local fan base, The Dangits were bestowed the Best New Artist Award from The Ft. Worth Weekly in 2010. Over the next few years and a few members later The Dangits were able to cultivate a strong local following along with a 7” record release in the fall of 2012.

With a solid lineup that now includes on drums Russ Genders who joined in early 2012.

The Dangits play local bills and have also played along side great touring acts such as THE SUPERSUCKERS, OFF WITH THEIR HEADS, ZEKE, AGAINST THE GRAIN, THE DWARVES, DIXIE WITCH, THE MURDER JUNKIES, ELECTRIC FRANKENSTEIN, THE HOOKERS, GUTTERMOUTH and THE QUEERS to name a few but to them, a show is a show and bring the same intensity for the music, a blistering live performance and a sense of fun knowing that this is all just for shits.

Few bands actual play real rock and roll these days. The Dangits do! These boys play the ever loving shit of rock and roll and they do it the only way it is supposed to be done, Loud, Loud, and Loud! This new 12" LP is no exception to their tried and true formula of playing loud, fast, hard rock and roll. If you're a pussy, this isn't the record for you. If you like to wear your sisters pants, step back this album isn't for you. 

If you dig drinking beer and rocking the fuck out, this is your god damned record right here!

3 spins in and this record is still kicking my ass so hard I can't even make a solid sentence that doesn't include the phrase "rock the fuck out" I'm kicking my self in the ass for not living in the DFW so I can throw my hard earned debits as these dudes every time they step foot on a stage.

Point of story - this is a damn good record - don't be a fuck - go buy it! 

listen to it here - click the link - give these guys your money. 

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The Timmys - Sangamon County Minefield 2012 - Self Release

Springfield is notorious for putting out neat little punk bands. Each poured in the same manner into the same mold. You know the kind the bands that are all up in your face non stop all the damn time. Kinda like that tiny, yapping, annoying ass furry think your girlfriend calls a dog. And then.. And then there's The Timmys. The Timmys are more like the guy that shows up to the party just to stand around like they don't want to be at the party but wind up becoming the party.

The Timmys are Brandon, Robbie, Tyler, Ian, & Gary. That's it.
Really, these kids have facebook, twitter, myspace, soundcloud, and a bandcamp and their names are all the information you can publicly find about them aside from their releases. And you know what? After listening to these guys you realize you don't need to know anymore about them at all.
I first heard about The Timmys on twitter - they were tagged in a post from some band about a show they had coming up so I figured I should look into them. I got hold of their 2010 release That'll Do and was instantly hooked. Are they Pop Punk? No. Are they Hardcore? No. They are just Punk Punk - the kind of punk that NOFX used to be. Party Punk - The kind of punk you want played at your house show. The kind of punk that has really a really tight composition, more than just three cords and asinine lyrics. OK, well, they have asinine lyrics. 

Enough chit chat - let's get to the business at hand.

Sangamon County Minefield is a 12 track full length that the Timmys released back in 2012.

Kicking off with with a track clocking in a a buck and quarter titled Nutshell, The Timmys set about quickly letting you know they know how to rock. The rhythm section is tight, the lead guitar is on spot and the vocals reek of young punk. Throughout the album they prove that harmonies aren't that hard to pull off. The whole album is track after track of well, oiled, properly channeled punk rock with the right mix of anger, idiocy, and crunchy guitars. It's difficult for me to analyze this album on a track by track basis as this is one of those releases that works so well as a whole. I will tell you that Life is a Game, IOU, Premature Intoxication, and Sangamon County Minefield are all stand out tracks very worthy of an EP release on vinyl.
I can't like this album enough and I think it is well worth your time and your 10 bucks.

Check it out for yourself and tell me if you agree, More importantly click the links at the bottom of this review and tell the band what you thought. AND more importantly than that - if you're in or near the Springfield, IL area get out and see these guys play live- they seem to like playing live more than releasing albums (they tend to have a 2 year gap between releases) Main Point of this review is this. 

THIS BAND REALLY ROCKS 

and is highly deserving of your time, respect and money.

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UGLYBoNES - Wrong Goods EP Review Self Released January 2014

If the ominously plunking bass opening the title track to UGLYBoNES’ (their pretty particular about the casing of their name)  latest EP isn’t enough to get you interested, you my friend, are a straight-up fuck. This Chicago area 4 piece act never fail to bring justice to the term “punk”. It’s what these kids do. At a buck-twenty per song, this 5 track EP is just what you need when you’re getting ready to go out and fuck shit up. I follow these guys on facebook and for the most part their daily lives seem pretty humdrum and average - they put off an air of “regular guy” then they get in the studio and each morph into their own versions of Mr. Hyde. These guys are insane in their music - to say they play with ferocity is such an understatement. Wrong Goods is definitely their most polished  release to date, in terms of writing, performing, engineering and mastering. 

This EP seems to take a darker tone than their previous releases - all of which stand up very well. 

So here I am, sitting in the dark, the only light source being my computer monitor and the flashing green and red of the EQ on my soundboard listening to this EP on repeat and gaining more and more respect for UGLYBoNES with each passing minute. 

Wrong Goods immediately sets a dark mood and then front man LV opens his throat and us know how sick he is of her/him/us. The track bleeds out into Failed Attempt - Jesus Christ, these kids are pissed and suddenly I want to go seek out anyone that ever told me   wasn't good enough and punch them in the throat! Jerkin’ It pretty much describes every Tuesday for me, laying around stoned with my left hand in a bag of chips and my right hand on my dick - I am beginning to think these guys work for the NSA. About halfway through Where It Ends I have to ask myself why the dumb bitch is still around - kick a bitch to the curb already! Fuck! This track puts certain co-workers in mind. Co-workers that really just need to die. And then we roll into the final track Basement. I've been following this band since 2011’s 180 Proof EP and Basement pretty much tells me everything I have learned and inferred about this band. They dig house shows, they love audience interaction and communication but they are smart enough to know when you’re feeding them bullshit, they aren't here to fuck around, they are here to rock your face off, end of story. 

Everything about this band is right. The guys fit together and really shows in Wrong Goods. This EP has the feel of a band that has learned and grown from one another over the years and have hit that level of maturity in their career to write and perform really fucking great music. May the deity of your choice bless these kids for years to come.

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