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The Bruce Lee Band Community Support Group EP For his first Bruce Lee Band release in nine years, frontman Mike Park recruited some ringers in the form of AP scribe Jeff Rosenstock (ex-Bomb The Music Industry!) on bass/vocals, Hard Girls/Classics Of Love guitarist Mike Huguenor and Chinkees drummer Kevin Higuchi. Though this lineup have never […]

AltPress can exclusively announce that the Bruce Lee Band will be releasing a new EP titled Community Support Group on Jan. 28, 2014 via Really Records. A vinyl pre-order is available here. Bruce Lee Band is fronted by Mike Park, owner of Asian Man Records and former frontman of Skankin' Pickle and the Chinkees; on […]

Sean Nelson Make Good Choices If you count yourself among the fans of the departed but not forgotten rock outfit Harvey Danger, you have to wonder what took that band's frontman Sean Nelson so long. Surely a mind as capable of startling turns of lyrical phrase and a singing voice so assured and emotional couldn't […]

In conjunction with their upcoming tour that kicks off tomorrow, we've asked the Menzingers, Cheap Girls and the Sidekicks to record some exclusive videos covering each other's songs for Altpress.com. Here's the latest, featuring the Sidekicks putting their own spin on Cheap Girls' “Communication Blues.” The song originally appears on Cheap Girls' new album Giant Orange, out […]

In conjunction with their current tour together, we've asked the Menzingers, Cheap Girls and the Sidekicks to record some exclusive videos covering each other's songs for Altpress.com. Here's the third, featuring the Sidekicks putting their own spin on the Menzingers' “Good Things.” The song originally appears on the Menzingers' new album On The Impossible Past, […]

The Sidekicks have released a new video for “Baby, Baby” from their brand new album for Red Scare/Really Records, Awkward Breeds. Check it out below.

The Sidekicks Awkward Breeds This review originally ran in AP 284. Cleveland’s Sidekicks have been one of Midwestern punk’s best-kept secrets for the past half-decade, but all that should change with the release of Awkward Breeds. The quartet have dropped any remaining gruff pop-punk influence and instead have embraced their amped-up Americana sound, which falls […]

Bomb The Music Industry! has launched a stream of a new song titled “Snow Charges;” you can listen to it here and read the lyrics below.  

Bomb The Music Industry! will be hitting the road this spring for a run of tour dates as they continue to support 2011's Vacation. Dates below. Mar 16     First Unitarian Church w/ Classics Of Love   –  Philadelphia, PA Mar 17     Death By Audio w/ Classics Of Love  –  Brooklyn, NY Mar 18     Black Cat […]

Check out this video of the Sidekicks performing “1940s Fighter Jet” during a Pink Couch Session. The band's new album Awkward Breeds is due out February 21 via Red Scare/Really.

Bayside has announced four headlining shows slated for next month; the Sidekicks will support. Dates below. Feb 23 – Chameleon Club – Lancaster, PA Feb 24 – The Chance – Poughkeepsie, NY Feb 25 – The Black Cat – Washington, DC Feb 26 – The Note – West Chester, PA

The Sidekicks will be releasing their new album Awkward Breeds on February 21 via Red Scare (CD/digital) and Really Records (LP); pre-orders for each are here and here, respectively. Check out the cover art and track listing below. 1. DMT 2. Grace 3. Peacock 4. Incandescent Days 5. 1940's Fighter Jet 6. Diamond Eyes 7. […]

Bomb The Music Industry! Vacation This review originally ran in AP 278. “The shit that you hate don’t make you special,” Bomb The Music Industry! braintrust Jeff Rosenstock howls at the climax of “The Shit That You Hate,” a six-minute drunken waltz loaded with harmonica, guitar squalls and violin crescendos. According to the record’s press […]