AGAINST ME! @ Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn – 9/5

Blowing up would be an apt way to describe Against Me!’s meteoric success story this year. Touring behind what Spin magazine described as “the best rock record of the year” and including appearances at Lollapalooza and Letterman, their current tour is in a whirlwind. This Gainsville, Florida quartet combines old school hardcore punk and folk/protest music to make music that, this is the fun part, sounds nothing like Green Day. These guys are not new to the scene by any stretch of the imagination, having been working on their craft for nearly ten years now, but sometimes it takes time for people to notice. You can go notice them this week in Brooklyn…just please don’t confuse them with Rise Against.


RIYL: Black Flag, Billy Bragg, Replacements, Bad Religion


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O'Death @ Sin-e 1/13

Brooklyn's genre straddlin' laddies O'Death seem to be playing about a bazillion shows in NYC these days. Their next appearance is this Saturday at Sin-e, with Mahogany, Daylight's For The Birds, and Relay, as part of the club's Friction series, a "monthly showcase of bands that are on the forefront of New York City's local independent music scene organized and sponsored by CrackersUnited.com."

O'Death fuses twangy country/bluegrass music (they've got banjos, fiddles, and the like) with a more agressive 'punk rock' feel. There's a hint of vintage college rock in there too (Tom Waits seems to be a clear influence- plus last time I saw O'Death, they did a bunch of Pixies covers). If you're looking for a full-fledged hootenanny this Saturday, go check them out.

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