Category: Rad Girlfriend Records

Best of 2018 Albums and Ep/Lp Picks by CPRA’s Skabones

Posted on by SkaBones in 2Tone, Bredda Records, Celtic Punk, Colorado Music Scene, CPRA Shows, Denver Music Scene, Denver ska, Disconnect Disconnect Records, diy, Hardcore Punk, I Buy Records, International punk rock, Lockjaw Records, melodic hardcore, Melodic Punk, Mom's Basement Records, No Affiliation Records, oi, pop punk, Postpunk, Punk Legends, Punk Rock, Rad Girlfriend Records, Rad Sauce Media, Rock, Rockabilly, Seventh Circle, ska, skapunk, skatepunk, Small Label, Smartpunk Records, Something To Do Records, Sounds Rad Records, Speed Punk, The Blasting Room, Thousand Islands Records, Thrash, Weathered Statues

Best of 2018 Albums and Ep/Lp Picks by CPRA’s Skabones

It’s been a crazy year here at CPRA. We’ve reviewed so much amazing music this year. We debuted our very first show, “Happy Skanksgiving” at Tennyson Tap. By the way our last show of the year, “Merry Punxmas” is on December 29, 2018. I know we all get a bit tired of these end of the year lists. As admins we all couldn’t possibly agree on overall favorites. So we are going to individually announce our own personal picks.

giphy

Skabones’s Top Local Full Length Albums of 2018

1. Last Reel Hero – Last Reel Hero (S/T)
2. Came And Took It – Resume
3. Almataha – Kill The Leaders
4. Weathered Statues – Borderlands
5. The Wannabes – Goodbye

46753918_747118782307450_7136350713654804480_o

Skabones Top 5 Local EP/LP

1. Sunset Silhouette Detour EP
2. RASP State Of The Union
3. Younger Than Neil Never Quite Asleep
4. Married A Dead Man Haunt
5. People Corrupting People Red Herring

Skabones Top 5 International Full Length Albums

1. The Corps Tales From 2814
2. Dirty Work In The West End
3. Off The Mark Aging Disgracefully
4. The Shell Corporation Fucked
5. Fourbanger Never Let Go

 

46785112_747119055640756_9148355871774867456_o

 

Skabones  Top 5 International EP/LP

1. FoL Therapathy
2. Debt Neglector The Kids Are Pissed
3. Millie Manders and The Shut Up Millie Manders and The Shut Up EP
4. Upper Downer Upper Downer
5. The F/A How Riots Start

Flag_of_Colorado Anarchy greyscale

Skabones Honorable Mentions Full/EP/LP/S

The Rumjacks Saints Preserve Us
Grinning Barrets Riot
Alternative Ulster “Boobies, Banjos, Bagpipes & Beer”
The Dead End The Dead End EP
Oh See Demons Personal Issues
Bottom Bracket Is Something Else
Fair Dos Closing In

We reviewed almost 100 albums in 2018. So picking only a few was very tough on me. Happy Holiday and don’t let Krampus get ya! Be sure to pick up a CPRA shirt, patch, or sticker before Christmas! Email soon if you want one by Christmas!

CPRA Pics by Cricket Fox!

Advertisements

School Damage – Hello Cruel World

Posted on by SkaBones in Brain Candy, I Buy Records, Rad Girlfriend Records, Uncategorized

532271_721410357910354_3924931595075614215_n

 

Release Date: October 26, 2018                                           

Format: Digital and Physical release

Label: Collaborative  Rad Girlfriend Records , (USA), I Buy Records (Italy) and Brain Candy.

Location: Toronto, Canada

Current Lineup:

  • Brad Manners – Guitar/Vox
  • Jon Cabatan – Bass/Vox
  • Curtis Tone – Drums
  • Guest vocals on WE’RE DYING, DUDES and FOREIGN POLICY by Becca Chambers

Favorite Tracks: I Don’t Like What I’ve Become, We’re Dying Dudes. and Stranger Fruits

Sounds Like: Jagger Holly, Stray The Course, Dial Drive, and Came and Took It

44050940_2132325550152154_7596619531015946240_n

Toronto punks, School Damage have released their second full length album via collab efforts with Rad Girlfriend Records, I Buy Records and the band’s own Brain Candy. Canada is putting out some kick ass punks bands and that continues with School Damage! It’s awesome when bands are still releasing full length albums. It seems the full length is somewhat of a dying breed with the digital age. There’s no need to fear! This new album is stocked with some kick ass pop, skate, and even a tad bit of metal.

My favorite tracks would be, ‘I Don’t Like What I’ve become’, ‘We’re Dying Dudes’, ‘Stranger Fruits’, and absolute favorite, ‘Foreign Policy’. I think ‘Foreign Policy’ has a great chance of hitting the major airwaves. It’s raw, heartfelt, and you can relate easily. The lyrics are catchy, the drums are nuts, and the duet vocals with Becca nail this song down.

Tracks:

 

 

Links:

The Queers – Punk Rock Confidential (Revisited) (LP)

Posted on by SkaBones in Classic Punk, Melodic Punk, monster zero, Punk Rock, Rad Girlfriend Records, skatepunk

Release Date: 6/10/18

Format: Digital, Physical

Label: Monster Zero Records in collaboration with Asian Man Records and Rad Girlfriend Records

Location: Portsmouth, NH

Album Lineup:

  • Joe Queer – Guitar/Vocals
  • Cheeto Crash – Bass/ Vocals
  • Hoglog – Drums

Sounds Like: The Ramones, The Dead Milkmen, The Buzzcocks, and the Descendants

Favorite Tracks: Beat Your Heart Out, Motherfucker, Sayonara Sucker, Tamara is a Punk

Ad

Purchase Link: https://monsterzerorecords.bandcamp.com/album/punk-rock-confidential-revisited

Well, to start, what can I say about this band that hasn’t been said before? These guys are legends; 35 years of kicking some serious ass. So it makes sense that they look back and pay homage to a record that helped define their sound.

It’s been 20 years since Punk Rock Confidential first landed, but with the revisited release, it sounds like it could’ve been made yesterday. Having been a while since I heard this album, I was excited to hear it again. Within the first few seconds of the opening track, Tamara is a Punk, it all came rushing back. This is one of those albums you’d blast on a boombox during the summer while biking or skating around town. Yea, I’m old, shut up.

 

The Ramones influence has always been so palpable on this album, but not in a derogatory way. The music doesn’t feel like a rip off, rather like a continuation of the amazing music The Ramones created. In my opinion, its hard to do that, but The Queers make it seem effortless. The spirits of the Ramones clearly live on in these dudes.

Of course, this release wasn’t done without a little fanfare. Two new songs have been added from the original release (Punk Rock Confidential Revisited and Beat Your Heart Out) as well as two killer color choices, if you’re like me, and want the vinyl.

Bottom line, this revisited version is worth the time to check back in. It’s everything to be fondly remembered from 1998. Now, excuse me, I’m gonna go find my boombox.

Links: 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The-Queers-156515077754764/

Streaming: https://open.spotify.com/album/1qyWXt0qComRP2IASvsjhG

Asian Man Records: http://asianmanrecords.com/

Monster Zero Records: https://monsterzerorecords.com/

Rad Girlfriend Records: http://radgirlfriendrecords.storenvy.com/

Purchase the vinyl version: https://monsterzerorecords.com/products/queers-the-punk-rock-confidential-revisited-lp