vcpunx

3.10.12

WET NIGHTMARE ON SATURDAY 10/6/12 9PM

FEATURING

STIFFBOYS- hxc from Albany
http://stiffboys.bandcamp.com/

FINS- noisy g'rage punk from CT
http://xfins.bandcamp.com/

MAMOJAM- funk punk from Westchester or something
http://mamojam.bandcamp.com/

This blog isn't dead yet, but u r

29.3.12

Break Yr. Bedroom, Exhibit B: Shoppers / Panzram 7"

(the current music you should destroy your stuff to)

Shoppers / Panzram: Split 7" (Feeble Minds & IFB)

Shoppers:
1. I
2. II

Panzram:
1. Born With A Bad Haircut
2. Cause Celebre

Everyone has a crush on Shoppers. Or at least, I have a crush on Shoppers. This, their most recent effort, does not disappoint. The two songs presented here see the band taking what I could call a more melody-driven approach, but at the end of the day, this is still the same blown-out, noisy punk rock that everyone loves, and it lines up nicely with their previous offerings. The lyrics are great, the packaging is charming, and everyone at Maximum RocknRoll will probably put this on their "Best of 2012" list. Shoppers played here at Vassar back in December, and they were tight. They're even nice kids! If you get a chance to see this band, see this band. They'll get you through the bad times. Upstate knows what's up.

And now, personal anecdote to make up for lack of knowledge: I caught Panzram once at Stolen Sleeves in Brooklyn, playing with I think Slobs, and maybe CREEM? At the time, I didn't think much one way or the other about the band; they played last, and I remember their set mostly as a lot of feedback, sweat, and long-hair. I did like the dude's voice, but in the end the image of the band that I took away from that show was of "those two weird metal dudes." Panzram's side here might be a sleeper for some people, especially people like me, for whom it takes a week or two to actually turn the record over. Happily, it is in fact a ripper. The band fills up their five-minutes-and-change (okay, twenty-seven seconds of change, I'm not cool or casual) with blown-out, noisy hardcore, though admittedly after a different fashion than Shoppers. I still really like the vocals. If I'm going to make comparisons, the first band that comes to mind is Brooklyn's Pollution. There's also a moment in "Born With A Bad Haircut" that does noise like The Locust does noise, but someone can beat me up for that comparison later.

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You cannot defeat the darkness, you can only be the light.

14.2.12

A ROMANTIC EVENING

vcpunx presents: MALCOLM TENT / PANTHYON & THEE ARK / THE MIGHTY SCHNITZEL / CHRIST'S BONER

friday, february 17th : : the mug at vassar college : : 9 pm : : free as always but be kind to the bands

MALCOLM TENT

acoustic punk maverick / mobile mogul of Danbury, CT

malcolmtent.net

PANTHYON & THEE ARK

pysch rockers from a little up the river / fronted by Anthony Parks of ten

THE MIGHTY SCHNITZEL

Highland heartthrobs / a bunch of hardcore florists

https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Mighty-Schnitzel/163080656264

CHRIST'S BONER

blasphemous grindcore / not associated at all with the 2-1-5

vcpunx@gmail.com for directions and instructions

individuals with disabilities requiring accomodations or information on accessibility should contact the vassar college campus activities office at 18454375370

7.12.11

BACK WHEN SHIT WAS COOL

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9TH in THE MUG

SHOPPERS
noisy syracuse queer punkers / fucking rad

DIPERS
serious guy punk rock'n'roll / light their fucking farts

DEAD PEOPLE SCREAMING
dead philly dead punx / cassette loyalists?

you'll be bummed if you miss this.
free as always, so be kind to the bands!

mssg 4 directions if yer not sher: vcpunx@gmail.com

10.11.11

that punx radio

ninety one point three quarter-turns to raw fucking life

wvkr ninety one point three

wvkr ninety one point three

wvkr ninety one point three

wvkr ninety one point three

wvkr ninety one point three

wvkr ninety one point three

wvkr ninety one point three

wvkr ninety one point three

wvkr ninety one point three

wvkr ninety one point three

some acolytes gotta be that radio swag, dig:

sunday twelve a.m. to one a.m. // "goth milk" // dj violet krauth // goth, etc.

tuesday twelve a.m. to one a.m. // "big fun" // dj liz lemon & dj parker posey // noise pop & surface rock (or: they play the men sometimes)

tuesday one a.m. to two a.m. // "stay up late on the greatest state" // dj ross perot // nyc & nys raw-/pop-/crust-/noise-/hardcore-/etc.-punk.

wednesday one a.m. to two a.m. // "foxes and fuzzboxes" // riot grrrl // dj deadly nightshade (we don't know zir, but we'll always rep. that riot)

wednesday six a.m. to eight a.m. // "telephasic workshop" // idm electronic music // dj martian lawrence & dj woody alien

thursday one a.m. to three a.m. // "bedroom triumph" // joel // punk, lo-fi, d.i.y., & some hudson valley local

thursday three p.m. to four p.m. // "ballrooms of mars" // evan // psychedelic

thursday ten p.m. to eleven p.m. // "babylon" // international electronic // dj lil'boi & dylan

& finally, tune in "crust never sleeps" al newtown radio ek bushwick il tuesday alle ten p.m. to eleven fifty-nine p.m.

da punks stay dead fo shoots

26.10.11

MISCHIEF NIGHT

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28TH at 9 PM in THE VILLARD ROOM
fuck up everything. bleed everywhere. shamble'n'ooze.

AMNESIA SCHOOL
. . . members The Body Electric Afrofunk Band!
(no site in sight)

ENDTIMES_INFINITY
vc industrial 3-piece? Rafferti Raderno
(always.com/never)

NETHERFRIENDS
mid-fi psych from Chicago
(netherfriends.bandcamp.com)

THE SEDIMENT CLUB
Brooklyn no-wave revivalists-- no more earth!
(thesedimentclub.blogspot.com)

message for directions if ya need em.