I can not get enough of this band right now. Just the right amount of hardcore and Rocket From the Crypt with hints of cock rock.

Ladder Devils - Kids Get Meaner

The world needs more dirty rock tinged with metal/hardcore. Like a lot more.

You can download the album this song is from for “name your own price” (free) from Ladder Devils’ bandcamp page, as well as a couple of older releases.

This is the only thing that seems even close enough to pissed right now.

There is a line in the song Stay Positive by the Hold Steady that goes “There’s gonna come a time when the true scene leaders forget where they differ and get big picture ‘cause the kids at the shows, they’ll have kids of their own and the sing-along songs will be our scriptures.”

I’m old enough that this is happening now.

In light of that, I’m going to spend the rest of the year highlighting our scriptures.

Ugh, Mustard Plug. 

I’ve never really liked this band, even during the ska years or living in Grand Rapids, it couldn’t make a dent in that distaste. But this damn song,  goddamn this song. So catching and upbeat. It's perfect. Listen to it and not get it stuck in your head. 

Jehu is every bit as essential as The Ramones or Johnny Cash. 

One of my favorite local Detroit bands right now. 

Go see them, the show is fantastic. 

I never cared that much about this band. I even had an album on my computer that I had no memory of. Any time I ran across it I never remembered anything about it. 

Topshelf, a label that is currently killing it, is releasing the band’s first full-length and has a track from it on their website. I loved it.

I went back and gave their older material a real chance, and turns out I love that too. 

You can get three of the band’s four eps for free on their Bandcamp page. Real physical copies of those releases, as well as the new one, can be purchased at the Topshelf website, and a bunch of other great stuff.  

There is a line in the song Stay Positive by the Hold Steady that goes “There’s gonna come a time when the true scene leaders forget where they differ and get big picture ‘cause the kids at the shows, they’ll have kids of their own and the sing-along songs will be our scriptures.”

I’m old enough that this is happening now.

In light of that, I’m going to spend the rest of the year highlighting our scriptures.

There are about 5 Andrew Jackson songs that should be on this list, and there might be by the end of it, but we’re starting here.

Yelling the opening line of this song feels so very good. Doing it with a room full of people feels even better.

It probably says a lot about me how often the chorus of this song enters my head and how often it gets played in the car while driving home from work..

Slow and sludgey with just enough rock. 

The last 3rd drags a bit, but it's still a great song. 

Buy this, and their other releases at kowloonwalledcity.bandcamp.com

Don’t ever forget.

I’m in love with the piano in this song, and I’m not above listening to it 5 or 6 times in a row. 

There is a line in the song Stay Positive by the Hold Steady that goes “There’s gonna come a time when the true scene leaders forget where they differ and get big picture ‘cause the kids at the shows, they’ll have kids of their own and the sing-along songs will be our scriptures.”

I’m old enough that this is happening now. 

In light of that, I’m going to spend the rest of the year highlighting our scriptures.

Early New Testament. If you’ve never shouted along with this song, I have nothing for you.