LOOK: Room Full Of Strangers + Wolf-Face + Alias Punch + The Mother Machine + Die Rebel Scum at Local 662 08.24.12

Mick Dagger fronts Room Full of Strangers during the band’s set at Local 662 in St. Petersburg, Fla. on August 24, 2012. | Photo by: Brian Mahar © How much energy can actually be packed into a night of live music?  There’s no telling, but the limits were pushed last week Orlando, Fla.’s Room Full Of Strangers headlined a Local 662 set that also featured the likes of Alias Punch, Wolf-Face, The Mother Machine, and Die Rebel Scum.... Read More

GET LEARNED: Hot Dog Show 6 (Feat. Guantanamo Baywatch + Alias Punch + Guiltmaker)

Crowbar’s grillmaster — Mr. Tuesday Night — can apparently still smell the ketchup and mustard of years gone by on his original “Hot Dog Show” t-shirt (just watch the video at the bottom of the post), and as the annual celebration of summer, wieners, frankfurters, and ‘Murica nears, you can bet you ass that he is ready to put another historic Hot Dog Show on the books. SUB AP! CALENDAR: HOT DOG SHOW 6 (Photo via... Read More

LIVE REVIEW: Crypto Tongue, Alias Punch, Michael Christmas at Ramblin’ Rose 09.19.11

Bodies go airborne during Michael Christmas./Photo via: Zachary Tomlinson “It’s just really simple punk stuff and the drummer gets nervous.” This is how someone described Crypto Tongue to me, if that even warrants the notion of a description. The duo certainly is simple, but they’re conscious of it, and it’s why they come alive in bursts of amp noise and mangled chords. Christopher Nadeau has consistently created records that thrive in sheer... Read More

LISTEN: Antiwarpt 12″ compilation. (Get early bird tickets for just $12, too)

The 2nd Annual Antiwarpt Festival happens on July 30th in St. Petersburg. One of the most difficult things about going to music festivals is trying to figure out which bands you want to go see.  A quick glance at lineup sheets presents nothing but good (and not so good) band names that may or may not be attached to reputations for putting on an awesome live show.  Sometimes you wish there was some kind of mixtape that would allow you to preview... Read More

LISTEN: Alias Punch “Snakeskin” + The Broken Inn’s Leftover Knowledge

Tonight finds a trio of the area’s trippiest, hardest-rocking bands playing the patio at New World Brewery, and to celebrate we’ve gathered up two of the band’s latest sonic offerings for your consumption right here, right now.  So without further adieu, embedded below for your listening pleasure are Alias Punch’s ten-minute song, “Snakeskin,” as well as The Broken Inn’s second release, Leftover Knowledge. Both bands hail from Orlando,... Read More