Word: punkness
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...helped shape modern rock 'n' roll; while on holiday in Cuzco, Peru. Peel joined the BBC in 1967, the year Radio 1 was launched, and was the first DJ to broadcast songs by Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie and the Clash. He went on to help create an audience for punk and, later, for alternative bands like the Smiths and Nirvana. In the 1980s, he hosted the Peel Sessions, live performances by a range of acts, many of which became classic recordings. Described by friends as an eternal adolescent renegade, Peel was said to want inscribed on his gravestone a line...
Jess, a saleswoman at Hootenanny, a punk clothing and costume shop in the Garage, said that she had only sold a few Bush masks...
Midterms making you want to unleash your inner bitchy teenager? Scream along with Canadian pop-punk sensation Avril Lavigne, fresh from cutting a track for the Spongebob Squarepants soundtrack, and touring with Butch Walker. Really, Ec 10’s not that “Complicated.” Tickets $32.50-$37.50; call (617) 931-2000. 7:30 p.m. FleetCenter...
It’s not entirely clear to me whether the best way to describe Q and Not U’s latest is as “post-punk that lacks conviction” or “dance-punk that fails to make you want to dance.” All academic labeling aside, however—the quartet-now-trio (their bassist left after the first album) hailing from DC and on Dischord Records falls short in its third attempt at a “new sound” in as many albums. After their first album...
...genuine innovation and feeling. At the risk of telling you what you’ve probably already heard, listen to their first album, where they actually manage to rock a bit—or if you must, listen to their second album, where they generally pull off the dance-punk vibe much better. The long term solution, though, is to avoid the band altogether and throw on some Black Eyes instead...