Song We Like: Walking Wreck by Gak
Gak is every bit as intense as Suicidal Tendencies, Black Flag, and Fear. And “fuck you you fucking prick” – gets the Cinnamon Kennedy lyrics award.
Entries by Johnny P
Song We Like: Ro Sham Bo by Her Pilots
These suave mother-f*ckers have dropped some catchy rock all about love – you’re throwing your best game at her and maybe she’s playing the game, maybe?
Song We Like: Looking For A Date by Stevie and the Sleaze
I absolutely adore this mid-tempo garage rocker. There’s nothing fancy or over-elaborate and everything is perfect.
Song We Like: Christmas Time by Melting Alpha Coat
A more expressive and experimental Christmas carol. Very fascinating and interesting and dissonant at the same time – and then this collection of excellent ideas culminates into a chant “Christmas Time!” and an “oh for the birth of the baby king!”
Song We Like: The Devil Is Real by Supervillain
These boys are unapologetic rock. This is in your face. This age old story of going too far and having to pay the consequences, of a life that spirals out of control.
Song We Like: A Chinese Restaurant on Christmas by Jeremy and the Harlequins
Ohhhh I do like some doo-woop Christmas car wrecks. Yeah this singer is having a lonely Christmas at the Chinese restaurant – but he sings this song with so much fun and verve.
Song We Like: The Score by Gold Light
This voice is pure gold – and the story is wonderful. This love is traveling, across the landscape, down into Central America – and the beautiful thing here is that there is faith in this love, that the love will bring this couple back together again.
Song We Like: Another New York Christmas by Wyldlife
Every band should have a Christmas song – and every band should have a New York City Christmas song. There’s something so wonderful about the loneliness and heartbreak and bad behavior in New York City around the holidays.
Song We Like: Burnout by Goldenhorseshoe
These boys start with some cowbell and then the song rolls forward with a massive wave of sixties psychedelic guitar.