So let's start with a clip from their Jimmy Kimmel performace:
Tom is trying way too hard to sing though.
New Rancid Record!
It's been 6 years since these East Bay punks have released an album, and many more since they went Platinum in '94 when punk went pop, but they still have it in them. It hasn't seemed that long, actually, because members of the group have put out four albums in between with solo records from both Tim (singer) and Lars (lead guitar), as well as a Transplants (you know, they have that song from the Fructis commercial) and b-sides album.
And it's a solid effort. Rancid records always have about 17 songs on them - as many as they can fit - which also usually means there are a lot of bad ones. Half the songs you'll end up repeating 40 times, and the others you'll skip every time. This one is different though - you can listen the whole way through. But it's also different in another way - there are none of those songs that you just have to hear, that you hit "repeat" on at the end of the track, that you listen a ton of times in a row and drive your roommate up the wall with.
Also worth noting, for any of you who still buy music, is the packaging. A quadruple-foldout with panorama images of the bay area, fans are treated to not just the actual album but an accoustic version, a DVD "making of," 3 posters, and 4 guitar pics with band member's faces on them - all cool stuff.
So stick that spider-web temporary tattoo on your elbow and check out the following songs from the record:
Last One to Die (single; official video)
Damnation
Pulley: Time-Insensitive Material
New 5-song EP from the veteran punk act! After a ton of years in the business, Pulley raised their game for their last full-length Matters. It was a perfect Pulley album; the problem was it was just too depressing to listen to all that much (see: Atmosphere, Elliott Smith). For the new EP, the content is still the same, but the songs have a little bit more of a hopeful twist to them. For example, Mandarin is a classic Pulley song with a few Disneyland "let's go celebrate" chords thrown in, which lifts the mood of the song enough to make it replayable.
Check it out here:
Why You Should Go To Warped This Year Tour Even Though Chris! Knocked It on a Previous Post
Sure, the tour is usually home to 3,000 12-year-old-boys with eye makeup. Every 3rd year or so, though, is a "Veteran Year" when all the older (see: better) bands come back; you can see a handful of really solid acts for $25, which is about the lowest festival ticket price you will find all summer. As an added bonus, sets for main acts are longer this year at 40 minutes a piece. On the main stage, highlights include Bad Religion, Bouncing Souls, Flogging Molly, NOFX, Thrice, Bayside, and Anti-flag.
Californians get an awesome bonus with the Old Skool stage, one of my favorite parts of the tour. This stage is where the tour digs out the oldest active punk bands (the Dickies, UK Subs, etc.) and pairs them with California 80's favorites (TSOL, DI,) for a 120-decibel history lesson. Icing on the cake is Punk Rock Karaoke, where members of Agent Orange, Bad Religion, and NOFX play the instruments and audience members sing the song.
Check it out; there's no way you can lose for the price.
Anti-Flag: The Press Corpse
Bayside: A Call to Arms
Flogging Molly: Drunken Lullabies
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