Damones are old school punk rockers from Norman, Oklahoma who've been around since 2010 and feature a current line up of Tommy Sturdivant (guitar/vocals), Derek (bass/vocals) and Brian (drums). They recently released a new Self Titled album on their own K.I.A. Records. Recorded, mixed and mastered by Marky Kobane, they're hoping to have a vinyl release later this year with a couple of extra tracks but it's available digitally now : https://damones47.bandcamp.com/album/damones
Influenced unsurprisingly by The Ramones plus the likes of Riverdales, Queers, Head, Screeching Weasel, Vapids etc they're an old school pop punk that tick all the right boxes and you can get more info on them here : https://www.facebook.com/DAMONES47/
If you like your pop punk to be of the sort that'll get the guys at Ramonescore Fanatics to go weak at the knees then you'll love the album. This is called Invaders From Mars....
So the new Lillingtons album, Stella Sapiente, is set for release on October 13th. Any fan of old school pop punk will be eagerly counting down the days. To some, it may seem a long way off yet but don't despair! There's a killer old school pop punk album already out (though if the reports of bumper sales are anything to go by, you probably already know).
The Putz are the Indianapolis trio made up of Billy Putz (bass/lead vocals), Dougie Tangent (drums/backing vocals) and Patrick McVay (guitar/backing vocals) who've previously appeared on here a couple of times and who's releases include albums Hole In One & Knock It Off; eps Beach Bound & Cut The Shit and a split 7" with Horror Section, Eaten Back To Life and The Young Rochelles.
Now they return with a brand new album, Clinically Inane. As you would expect from the band, it's catchy as hell, dumb and lots of fun. Produced (and featuring occasional guest appearances by) Queers frontman Joe Queer plus keyboards by Cassie Oh, it's one of this years best releases. You can check it out, along with their earlier stuff, here : https://theputz.bandcamp.com/album/clinically-inane
Being a sucker for pop punk/sci fi crossovers, today's song is this tale of love amidst the destruction caused by an invasion by men from Mars. When The World Ends...
Whenever I'm asked what my favourite album of all time is, there's no definitive answer, I'll either reply The Clash's debut or London Calling. Or Stiff Little Fingers' Inflammable Material. Or The Lillingtons' Death By Television. For me, music doesn't get any better than those classics. Unsurprisingly, the news of a new Lillingtons record was rather exciting.
Formed in Newcastle, Wyoming, The Lillingtons are one of a multitude of pop punk bands influenced by The Ramones. In my opinion, they're the only pop punk band that, at their best, were better than The Ramones. As I've mentioned, their piece de resistance was 1998's Death By Television, a pretty much perfect melding togeher of proper old school pop punk with sci fi themes. No doubt you've heard it already but if for some reason it's thus far flown under your radar then seek it out immediately.
2001 saw them release The Backchannel Broadcast, a very decent album but one which in my opinion paled a little in comparison to it's predecessor and then the band went their seperate ways (frontman Kody Templeman joining the wonderful Teenage Bottlerocket, a band that definitely helped fill that massive Lillingtons sized hole in my heart). Fast forward to 2006 and they returned with The Too Late Show, another classic about Martians, Commies, zombies etc and then yet again, that was it.
Radio silence was briefly broken in 2014 when they contributed the song Pyramids for a Red Scare 10th anniversary compilation but despite the occasional gig I was never confident there'd be a new record. Happily I was wrong.
This month sees the release, via Red Scare, of the 4 track Project 313 ep. There's already been a video release for Rubber Room and now one has emerged for the title track. It's as though the band has never been away. Lining up with original members Kody Templeman (vocals/guitar), Cory Laurence (bass) and Tim (Timmy V) O'Hara (drums) is Alex Volonino (guitar), they're still as awesome as they ever were.
