Attitude Adjustment – The Collection

Taang! records has compiled the three Attitude Adjustment full lengths onto one easy to carry C.D. Attitude Adjustment formed in the mid 1980′s when the Metal/Hardcore Crossover scene was in full effect and they seemingly found an easy niche with bands like Septic Death, D.R.I., Corrosion Of Conformity, Dr. Know, Cryptic Slaughter, and Christ On Parade. Read more

8 Types of People to Defriend on MySpace or Unfollow on Twitter

Seriously, there are alot of whack jobs and wanna-be’s and flat out nobodys all over MySpace, Facebook and Twitter. We’ve all seen them, the band that puts out a bulletin every hour to tell you about a show when in reality what they leave out of the bulletin is that their band has zero following and the continuous bulletins is in hopes that they can get a strong 15 or so to show up (by the way, the bands that are very good and worth seeing usually don’t put out bulletins all day long -just a tip). Then there is the faux Punk sites that all day long have to remind you how Punk they are(‘nt), the faux hipsters, to the straight up losers and complainers -Yes, we have them all amongst our friend list.

Everybody has people clogging up their social networking sites with frequent updates, annoying pictures, and general stupidity. If you know any of these people below, it’s time to cut the cord -These are the people you must ditch now.
The Overuser, The Oversharer, The Proselytizer, The In-Joker, The Replyer, The Meme Lover, The Fisher and The Nobody.

Here is a great article that help you ID these types. We could not have wrote a better article and the folks over at Gawker nailed it with this one. Read the entire article HERE >>>

No Regime – Self-titled EP

While No Regime is a band fairly new to the Southern California music scene, the band’s self-titled EP is enough to make you believe the band has plenty of experience under its belt. The band ties several influences together, including Ska and Reggae, while ultimately upholding Punk Rock above all. Upon playing the first song of the EP, the loud and rowdy Punk introduction "Echoes of Humanity" immediately seduces you, paving the way Read more

Moonshine – The Big Bang Gang

Swedish natives Moonshine are a band that brings Americans diverse music with unique concepts. Their most recent album, "The Big Bang Gang", is completely true to the ideas of DIY, as each record comes with a different cover, courtesy of the band. Moonshine intermingles genres that one would not expect to ever encounter together, Read more

Media Blitz – No Regrets

Anyone who knows me knows that the guys in Media Blitz are some of my best buds in the world. With this is mind one would probably assume that I would automatically like and support anything that they did. However over the years they have done a lot of things that I disagreed with- keeping the name Media Blitz Read more

Dappled Cities Interview

Interview by: Carl Pocket
Big Wheel Music Scene Reporter

I had the pleasure of having the chance to interview the Australian group Dappled Cities before their early set at the Aussie BBQ at The Echo recently. The Australian quintet consisting of Tim Derricourt (guitar and vox), Dave Rennick (keyboards, guitar, and vox), Alex Moore (bass), Hugh Boyce (drums) and Ned Cooke (keys), got a late start over to the venue due to the time change (thanks daylight savings time) and a night out drinking. The hung-over bunch, all adorned in sunglasses, chatted with me out on the streets of Echo Park. Read more

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