FEAR, MVLL CRIMES, Dragged In @ The Horseshoe, Friday

Lee Ving and his current FEAR crew tear up The Horseshoe Friday night as part of their FEAR Conquers Canada tour. 

You can get tickets for FEAR's show at The Horseshoe right here. For FEAR tour info, music & merch, visit their site. 

That time The Subhumans played The Calgarian Hotel in 1981

Fortunately, someone saved the footage of Canuck punk rock royals The Subhumans shot in Calgary back in '81. Check it out.  

Happy Birthday Penelope Spheeris!

Celebrating the birthday of filmmaker Penelope Spheeris with a chat about her brilliant Decline of Western Civilization series. 

Danny Garcia's Nightclubbing doc focuses on 70s NYC punk scene at Max's

Evidently, Nightclubbing – Danny Garcia's long-awaited film about Max's Kansas City – will be screening soon. Check the trailer.

Streetwalkin' Mofos

Streetwalkin' Mofos is the brainchild of filmmaker Danny Garcia and Joe Klenner (Corazones Muertos). While staying in Sao Paulo during the pandemic, Danny and Joe recruited a few local musicians to record a punk rock album of covers that range from The Boys ("Living in the City") to Black Flag's "Wasted", Elvis Presley's "Burning Love" or Iggy Pop's "Houston is Hot Tonight" and more.

Get a copy of Danny Garcia's Streetwalkin' Mofos album feat. Sonny Vincent right here. 

That time Teengenerate played Chicago's Fireside Bowl in 1995

Celebrating Fink's birthday with Teengenerate's 1995 show at Fireside Bowl. 

Watch the trailer for the new Saints doc "Stranded"

New TV documentary aims to introduce The Saints to Australian public obsessed with Justin Bieber and Demi Lovato.  

A Sweet Mess Of A Single

The other day an old pal was asking if I'd heard any great new punk rock records coming outta Toronto lately. Well, it just so happens that City Sweethearts knocked out a super-socko seven for Red Lounge Records which is based way outside the GTA in Karlsruhe, Germany but I'd say their ace three-song EP still qualifies.
Don't be put off by the fact that the City Sweetheart front dude Vassil never really sang before and used to bash the drums for the Heart Attacks and Diemonds (after serving hard time in the Drum Shop at Steve's Music Store but that's another story) while guitarist Curtis was riffing for Sudbury hardcore hooligans Vicious Cycle, bassist Andy was in Action and drummer Ter hammered away with Riot99 – what they've come up with together doesn't sound like what you might expect from their prior offenses. Drop needle on the A-side's snarling scorcher I'm A Mess and you'll be taken back to the distorted delights of the Dead Boys at their Youngest, Loudest and Snottiest. Check it out for yourself on Red Lounge's MySpace page (link below).

The first time I heard it, I had to play it three more times and then plunked down my five bucks on the spot without even bothering to flip the thing over. The B-side's two tracks Timeless and Can't Stop Shaking aren't too shabby but I'm A Mess is definitely the business here. From the three newer tunes I've heard, it sounds like their forthcoming Sleeping Through Modern Times (p.trash) album due out in January could be a winner as long as they keep Andy away from the sitar and steer clear of those cheesy (UK) Monks covers.

Links
City Sweethearts http://www.myspace.com/citysweethearts
Red Lounge Records http://www.myspace.com/redloungerecords
p.trash records http://www.ptrashrecords.com/ 
Live set and interview http://www.archive.org/details/EXD-09-06-07