
Record Label: Fat Wreck Chords
Genre: Punk Rock
Band Link: www.nofxofficialwebsite.com
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Cokie the Clown is the latest EP from NOFX. Well I guess I shouldn’t call this “latest” since this was released back in November 2009. Hey, I’m a busy guy ok! Anyway, Cokie the Clown’s album cover features Fat Mike looking like a clown, with Alice Cooper eyes. The music video is amusing because Fat Mike squirts all his friends with exploding powdered dust. I know I’d be pissed if that happened to me but what are you gonna do, its Fat Mike.
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Record Label: S/R
Genre: Rock
Band Link: www.myspace.com/shakydeville
High-octane, roadhouse rock n’ roll from Nashville. There’s enough punk energy and good twang to make up for their guitar soloing, southern rock wankitude.
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NOFX is releasing their new EP “Cokie the Clown” on November. MySpace has an exclusive premiere streaming right now, click here to give it a listen. You can watch a video below of Fat Mike dressed up as Cokie the Clown and squirting powder into people’s faces through a flower. It’s pretty funny!
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NOFX just played Riot Fest in Chicago. Now they have announced some more dates, this time in California and Central America. The band said that they will be touring next year as well so that’s always a good sign. On November 24th, NOFX will release Cokie the Clown EP/Vinyl 7″ that will be available through iTunes. Its five brand new songs by NOFX released on one CD and split up on two different 7”s. Get all the details here. See the tour dates below.
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There’s been quite a bit of news out of the Ludo camp lately. The St. Louis band whose 2008 major-label debut, You’re Awful, I Love You, sold over 100,000 copies (thanks to non-stop touring) was rather quiet the first half of 2009 but have emerged with all sorts of announcements. They’re re-releasing their first two albums on their own label September 29th, they’re playing nine shows this fall where they’ll be performing their 2005 rock opera Broken Bride in its entirety, and they’ve begun work on their next album for Island Records with producer Matt Wallace.
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Record Label: Black Box Recordings
Genre: Emo
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Decent emocore that’s a little more progressive than most, and not too screamy or full of themselves.
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Record Label: Run For Cover Records
Genre: Emo/Melodic Punk
Band Link: www.runforcoverrecords.com
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It’s impressive that this is their third release and the average age of the members is something like 10 years old. When I was 10, I played a penny whistle to Phil Collins songs. Though I have to admit I WAS a penny whistle virtuoso…
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Record Label: S/R
Genre: Indie Rock
Band Link: www.myspace.com/thecoldbeat
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Rockin’ indie with stripped-down guitars and yarled vocals.
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Record Label: Tallahassee
Genre: Indie/Garage
Band Link: http://myspace.com/onlythievesfla
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The cover art is an homage to Springsteen and the first track is suspiciously emo-y, but thankfully they don’t pursue either direction.
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Record Label: Rain City Records
Genre: Indie
Band Link: www.waterandbodies.com
Portland’s Water and Bodies is a new band project from Kaddisfly members Christopher Ruff, Beau Kuther, Kelsey Kuther, and Aaron Tollefson. The only member not present is bassist Kile Brewer. I’m not familiar with Kaddisfly’s music since I never got around to reviewing their CD. Water and Bodies EP contains 6 tracks in total and is available for download at Rain City Records website.
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