Dem Waffle Houze Boiz - Free Money 2: The Duece Review

These dudes hit me up and wanted a review, after seeing the name I was instantly stoked to do this, I'm not really a huge hip-hop fan but this record is actually rad, the guys voices aren't the stereotypical rapper voices, they actually have some personality. The beats are great and production is actually really rad. I highly suggest downloading this and blaring it while driving down the street, it's sure to get some attention and I do mean that in a great way. This is actually really entertaining to me because this dudes aren't hyping everything up like the shit on the radio, I honestly feel this dudes are doing something real. The dudes get massive props for having a kick ass song called "chicken & wafflez" as i'm from the south aha. all in all its a great release to kick back to and listen to something different. Breakdown

Vocals 9/10
Lyrics 9/10
Production 10/10
Beats 9/10
Energy 10/10

In all honesty for hip-hop this is a solid 10/10 for me, even if a song or two is a gimmick. Touring bands should have these guys as there anthem since were always at Waffle House.

Check the dudes out at http://www.myspace.com/demwafflehouzeboiz

Thanks for reading.

Topshelf Records to Release Debut Album from Talons

Topshelf Records (Grown Ups, My Heart To Joy, Pianos Become The Teeth) is excited to announce they will be handling the vinyl release of the debut full-length from Talons (Hereford, Midlands, UK). Entitled Hollow Realm, the vinyl will see an official release on November 23rd via Topshelf. The release marks the label's first release from a UK band. British imprint Big Scary Monsters will be releasing the CD on November 15th.

Topshelf will launch pre-orders for the Hollow Realm vinyl in late October. The first pressing will be limited to 500 copies.

You can stream the first single, "Peter Pan", on the band's Myspace now!

Talons are an instrumental six-piece, who call the backwater town of Hereford their home. Forging the explosive energy of hardcore, the subtleties of post-rock and the complexities associated with math-rock, Talons possess a fascinating sense of urgency and drive, with a sound that both soothes and savages in equal measure. Comprised of eight brand new tracks, Hollow Realm was written as a single piece of music and combines all the elements we've come to love from Talons; the beautiful highs, the crushing lows and of course, the massive riffs.

The Wonder Years - Melrose Diner Music Video

Its hands down the video of the year/lifetime. Best ever, watch this shit now!

Bars Of Gold Lp Repress

Nothing gold can stay ... unless of course you're Bars Of Gold. In that case, your amazing new record gets a second pressing and a shiny new CD treatment, to boot. Hoorray for being awesome!

Of Gold, the debut LP from ex-members of Michigan legends Bear Vs Shark and instrumental noise outfit Wildcatting, gets a welcome repress and release from Friction Records today, October 12th.

Originally issued in late August and limited to 500 12-inches on translucent orange and translucent green vinyl, the second pressing of 1000 is evenly split between four colors: white, translucent light blue, translucent dark green and translucent purple.

Additionally, Of Gold is now available on compact disc. To pick up a copy of whichever format tickles your fancy (including digital) go here.

As the 50th release for Friction Records, Of Gold finds the Detroit quintet exploring wonderfully uncharted territories and embracing elements of soul, garage rock and Americana. Of course, the influence of vocalist Marc Paffi and drummer Brandon Moss' former outfit Bear Vs Shark can be felt throughout these eight amazing tracks. Simultaneously reckless and creative, Bars Of Gold wraps everything in ragged, pop-tinged bursts of sonic goodness. You won't just hear these songs in your head - you'll feel them in the pit of your stomach as the chaotic rumble gives way to a creaky banjo or whirling synths. These are gritty rock anthems for adults: a welcome, rollicking respite from juvenile themes and uninspired songwriting.

Currently Bars Of Gold is streaming three songs from the album on its myspace page, including "The Hustle," which you can also download here (free mp3).

- An unhinged rock record, held loosely together with little emotional or instrumental restraint. 4/5 - Alternative Press
- Of Gold is definitely a force with a singular, yet scattered, vision, driven by big confidence and feverous dynamics. - Exclaim
- Bars of Gold glints and glimmers with its curiously absorbing amalgam of folk, rock, and post-hardcore. - Radio Free Chicago
- 8 new jams to satiate the BvS faithful ... the rock equivalent of babies and puppies laughing together underneath a double rainbow. - Punknews
- If Fugazi had David Yow as a front man, but played like they lived off a steady diet of funk and MC5 they'd sound a lot like this. Wow. - Metro Times
- Melodic and raspy ( think MC5 sung by a caffeinated Tom Waits ) with complex, often jarring instrumentation, abrupt breaks and tons of fiery energy. - One Thirty BPM

The Kitchen Sink Fiasco - Where The Flowers Grow EP Review

North Carolina is my old home state. Known for producing some of the raddest bands ever, Greensboro, NC's Kitchen Sink Fiasco is no exception. Filled with some of the catchiest pop melodies, and some almost jazzy like song structure, the bands new ep entitled "Where The Flowers Grow" is fersure to be one of the top listens of the year. This band is everything Jonas Sees In Color isn't, there actually good. Vocalist Joe Davis has one of the most unique voices that works so perfectly for the style of music this band is going for. The only problem with this ep is the fact that it is 3 songs long. Its more of a sampler to show what the band will be offering on a full length record that i'm sure will be a 10/10.

So heres the breakdown.
Lyrics 8/10
Vocals 8/10
Lasting Value 6/10 because its so short
Energy 7/10
Production 7/10
Artwork 8/10
Musicianship 10/10

Go pick this up on itunes or the bands bigcartel store. You have nothing to lose!

For more info on The Kitchen Sink Fiasco please visit http://www.myspace.com/thekitchensinkfiasco

Thank you for reading
- Codie PMF

Junior Battles has a new video and tour!

In an attempt to infringe on more copyrights and spend less money in two and a half minutes than any other band has dared in the past, Canadian punk quartet Junior Battles has unveiled the video for "Basements."

Created by members of the the band in one coffee-fueled night of stealing and editing, the video not only spits in the face of trademark law, but also the memory of nearly every movie from my childhood. To view the zero budget greatness, go here.

"Basements" is the first single from the Toronto outfit's Self-Titled 7", which was released earlier this year on Square Up Records. Copies of the vinyl are still available from the label. The 4-song effort can also be downloaded for free from our friends at If You Make It.

Beginning next week, Junior Battles will embark on a two week tour of the U.S. with Houston's O Pioneers!!!. The bands toured together earlier this year and recently shared a Split 7" on Kiss Of Death Records.

On a semi-related note, last week an apparently starved-for-content AV Club featured O Pioneers!!! in an article titled "Viva Hate: 15 anti-Morrissey songs." The accompanying video spotlights a live performance of the song by front man Eric Solomon with 3/4 of Junior Battles as his backing band.

Heinali & Matt Fineey - Lemonade EP review

Matt Finney shot me an e-mail over about two weeks ago asking me to hook his band up with a review. Upon hearing it was himself and composer Heinali, a duo based in two different parts of world, mixing spoken word poetry with industrial style music I couldn’t resist. The duo’s latest effort entitled Lemonade mixes a lot of elements of industrial, electronic, and sounds you’d hear in Terminator or any other apocalypse movie.

This album to me has been one of my absolute favorites to listen to, Matt’s voice can be both soothing and twisted, the poetry is dark, but tells a story. It’s everything you could want lyrically in an album. Combined with composer Heinali’s expert composing skills you have a soundtrack any movie could only dream of. Mixed with its dramatic dark moments and some incredible uplifting areas; this truly is a record that can be described as epic. I can’t really say much more about this record other than the fact it is jaw dropping and if you don’t pick it up, you are truly missing out. Everything production wise sounds perfect and clear.

Here is the breakdown,
Lyrics 8/10
Musicianship 10/10
Vocals 8/10
Production 10/10
Lasting Value 8/10
Artwork 7/10
Energy 8/10

I give this record a solid 8/10 so please go check these guys out, you can download their record as a pay what you want deal off of bandcamp, so throw them a buck or two and get some amazing music.

For more info and get your copy of the Lemonade EP please visit the bands bandcamp page at http://heinaliandmattfinney.bandcamp.com/
Thanks for reading
- Codie PMF
Look for our interview with Matt Finney coming within the next month.

Internet connections non existent but busy weeks coming!

Hey guys, i'm in the middle of getting settled in here in Mesa, Arizona. So the site will be very lacking when it comes to updates for the time being, I'm gonna try and atleast get a update posted daily as I can only use the internet betwen 9 and 5 PM in the office till my connections are taken care of. We got about 30 reviews getting posted within the next 2 weeks! As well as a feature on the Time To Bleed Tour, Anberlin's fall tour, and Lionhearts Built On Struggle Tour, so follow me on twitter and like us on facebook!

The Wonder Years - The Upsides Album Review

I'm Not Sad Anymore, that is phrase that has held true to thousands of kids worldwide who have been inspired by Philly realist pop-punk band The Wonder Years. Having been a D.I.Y staple and writing songs that hit home with anyone, the band really hit home when they released 2010's album of the year "The Upsides"

From the opening verse of "I'm not sad anymore" in opening track My Last Semester the band shows that they have a lot to be happy about, and we should to. Centered around stories from tours, getting out of Philly, to songs about people being homophobic assholes, and being stuck in the middle of nowhere. The Upsides hands down wins album of the year lyrically. The songs are insanely catchy and will get stuck in your head faster than some shitty R&B gimmick song.

Hope and looking on the brightside is what "The Upsides" is all about, but even then it also has its dark sides, songs about remembrance, and broken hearts. But this is no pussy pop-punk record. This record is for those who need some Hope in their lives, The Wonder Years have become a band that people believe in, and "The Upsides" has become the record that saves lives.

Now as of recently the band had signed a record deal with Hopeless Record's and re-released "The Upsides" with four brand new songs. The first song of four called "I was scared and I'm sorry" is about dealing with a break-up. It is one of the hardest hitting songs on the album. The band also did a campfire version of Dynamite Shovel which had all the guys clapping and singing along. It really turned an already fun song into a amazing singalong. Logan Circle: A New Hope gives Logan Circle a whole new take and just shows some of the pure emotion in Soupy's voice. Closing track We Won't Bury You is one of the hardest hitting home songs around, showing the bands dealing with the loss of a friend.

This is the album of the year, hands down, nothing has came close to this record, I highly suggest picking it up and seeing them out on the Tonight We Feel Alive Tour.

so heres the breakdown
Lyrics 10/10
Musicianship 10/10
Production 10/10
Vocals 10/10
Production 10/10
Lasting Value 10/10
Energy 10/10

For more info on The Wonder Years please visit http://www.myspace.com/thewonderyears
Thanks for reading. And huge thanks to Mike over at Earshot for granting PMF the honor of reviewing this album.

Carpenter's US/Canada tour begins today.

Beginning today, Vancouver, BC's Carpenter will embark on a six-week tour through Canada and the United States in support of its newest record, Sea To Sky.

The quartet's sophomore full-length was released digitally and on CD in Canada last week (09/21) by Goldstock Records, a new imprint created by Carpenter front man Daniel Sioui and Stu McKillop (Daggermouth, In Bear Country). To grab a copy, go here or you can pick one up from the band on tour.

Carpenter recently joined the esteemed roster of Gainesville punk label Paper + Plastick, which will be releasing the album digitally and on 12" vinyl. The LP will be officially out on October 26th (pre-orders up soon!) while digital should be available at iTunes and other online retailers within the next couple of weeks.

You can stream the first two tracks on Sea To Sky, "Mean Things" and "Common Law," here.

Formed in 2005 from the ashes of some of Vancouver's biggest post-punk bands (All State Champion, By A Thread, Daggermouth), Carpenter's rock n roll assault sprung from singer Daniel Sioui's obsession with the 1982 John Cougar classic American Fool. Like Mellencamp, Sioui took aim at writing material that was lasting, catchy and heartfelt whilst retaining the intensity and DIY ethics of the members' punk and hardcore roots.

As the follow-up to the outfit's acclaimed debut, Law Of The Land, Sea To Sky was recorded with engineer Stu McKillop at Rain City Recorders (Broadway Calls, Living with Lions) and features 10 tracks that embrace its musical roots. Hints of 90s emo and post punk seep into the band's established rock n roll sound. It's an evolution that keeps its members inspired to forge ahead and work tirelessly to spread the word of Carpenter.

As always, if you'd like to attend a show or speak with the band, drop me a line here.

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OCT 02 – Vancouver, BC @ The Media Club
OCT 06 – Revelstoke, BC @ Outabounds Nightclub
OCT 07 – Banff, AB @ The Devil’s Gap
OCT 08 – Calgary, AB @ Broken City
OCT 09 – Edmonton, AB @ Filthy McNasty’s
OCT 09 – Leduc, AB @ Burnsy O’Flannagans
OCT 10 – Saskatoon, SK @ Amigos
OCT 11 – Regina, SK @ The Exchange
OCT 12 – Winnipeg, MB @ The Royal Albert
OCT 13 – Thunder Bay, ON @ Black Pirates Pub
OCT 14 – Sudbury, ON @ Myths and Mirrors
OCT 15 – Kingston, ON @ The Mansion w/ Cheap Girls, Cobra Skulls
OCT 16 – Ottawa, ON @ Cafe Dekcuf w/ Cheap Girls, Cobra Skulls
OCT 17 – Montreal, QC @ Foufounes Electriques w/ Cheap Girls, Cobra Skulls
OCT 19 – London, ON @ Call The Office w/ Cheap Girls
OCT 20 – Hamilton, ON @ The Casbah w/ Cheap Girls
OCT 21 – Toronto, ON @ Sneaky Dee’s w/ Cheap Girls
OCT 22 – Buffalo, NY @ Mohawk Place w/ Cheap Girls, Two Cow Garage
OCT 23 – Brooklyn, NY @ Europa Nightclub w/ Bomb the Music Industry, Cheap Girls, Laura Stevenson
OCT 24 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Fire w/ Cheap Girls, Laura Stevenson, Everyone Everywhere
OCT 25 – Baltimore, MD @ Charm City Artspace w/ Cheap Girls, Laura Stevenson
OCT 26 – Richmond, VA @ The Tighthouse w/ Cheap Girls, Laura Stevenson
OCT 27 – Durham, NC @ Duke Coffeehouse w/ Cheap Girls, Laura Stevenson
OCT 28 - Athens, GA @ Go Bar w/ Fake Problems, Cheap Girls, Bomb the Music Industry, Laura Stevenson, more
OCT 29 - Gainesville, FL @ THE FEST
NOV 01 – Baton Rouge, LA @ The Warehouse
NOV 02 – Austin, TX @ Red 7
NOV 04 – Midland, TX @ Pine Box Collective
NOV 05 – El Paso, TX @ The Percolator
NOV 06 – Phoenix, AZ @ Yucca Tap Room
NOV 07 – San Diego, CA @ The Ruby Room
NOV 10 – Sacramento, CA @ The Press Club
NOV 11- Chico, CA @ Cafe Flo
NOV 13 – Seattle, WA @ The Fusion Cafe

Pre-Order Grown Up's new record More songs.

The North American re-release of More Songs, the critically-acclaimed full-length from Chicago's Grown Ups, is now available for pre-order from Topshelf Records (My Heart To Joy, Pianos Become The Teeth, Defeater).

The Midwestern quartet's debut will see an official Stateside street date of November 9th on both CD and LP formats. Originally issued in May of 2010 by Big Scary Monsters, the British imprint will continue to carry the record as part of its catalog in the UK and Europe

Limited to 500 12-inches on four colorways (100 Coke Bottle Clear / 100 Off White / 100 Clear Gold / 200 Black), Topshelf has several special package deals available and the label will be giving away a test pressing to one random pre-order. Moreover, anyone who ordered the first pressing of the BSM-released More Songs is eligible for a free, exclusive screen-printed poster. Go here for additional info.

To celebrate the pre-order launch and upcoming release, Grown Ups and Topshelf have partnered with Absolutepunk.net for a test pressing contest. To enter, go here.

A U.S. tour in support of the rerelease is currently being booked and Grown Ups will be playing this year's Fest in Gainesville, FL as well. Stay tuned for show info in the coming weeks.

You can stream three tracks from More Songs at Grown Ups' myspace page.

- One of the most tightest and most consistent records this year. 4/5 - Alter The Press
- Do not sleep on Grown Ups ... an early contender for best release of 2010. - Exclaim
- A gloriously upbeat mix of throaty punk rock melodies and taut, complex riffs. - Rock Sound
- Grown Ups take Castevet’s post-hardcore noodling and wed it to Lifetime’s sweet hardcore jams. - Punknews.org
- More Songs delivers more jams, sing-a-longs, emotions, and creativity than some labels' entire catalogs. - National Underground

Hello Phoenix, Quick up date on status of the site.

Hey guys, I'm writing to you all from some shitty wifi in a Motel 6. I've just arrived in Phoenix, so the site updates are gonna be slim this week. We'll have some unsigned band reviews, The Upsides, and Hello Astronaut this rad kid who knows how to do solo-pop music. So keep watching the site and follow me on twitter.