Artist: The Bronx 

Hails From: Los Angeles, CA

Musical Style: Punk, Hardcore, Metal

For Fans Of: New Bomb Turks, Queens of the Stone Age, Rocket From The Crypt, Turbonegro

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Why You Should Check Them Out:

The Bronx – ironically not from New York – are one of the hottest and rocking-est acts to come out of LA in years. Known for their punishing sounds and kinetic live shows, the band can know add acting to their resume, as they perform a cameo as the legendary Black Flag in the impending biopic of Germ’s lead singer Darby Crash.

Background Check:

The Bronx are sort of like George Foreman: they insist on uniformity when naming their offspring. Whereas Foreman named each of his sons ‘George,’ The Bronx dubbed each of their three albums The Bronx. This propensity for eponymous titles varied – slightly – with the release of 2009’s mariachi-themed album, Mariachi El Bronx.

The band’s stock and trade is an aggressive brand of hardcore punk mastered by bands like Drive Like Jehu: adrenaline-fueled bombast and high-voltage, in-your-face vocals. Each subsequent release retains the group’s energy while adding ever more catchy choruses and hooks to the high-octane mix.

The Bronx are now back where they began on their own White Drugs label after a foray on a major. And as they approach almost a full decade of existence as a band, there’s no better time to catch them perform in either their original incarnation or as their alter-egos, Mariachi El Bronx. One word of advice: if you go see the former, bring some earplugs.

–Matthew Dube

Where You Can Find Them In Cyberspace:

myspace

thebronx.com

On Tour:

jambase: The Bronx

jambase: El Mariachi Bronx



Artist: Goblin Cock

Hails from: San Diego, CA

Musical Style: Heavy Metal, Rock

For Fans of: Black Sabbath, MC5, Pinback

 

Why you should check them out:

A new era of metal has arrived, and it comes in the name of Goblin Cock. Whether it’s their long black robes or the severe guitars their message of metal sends through Goblin Cock is redefining what it means to rock.

Background Check:

Forged from the creative mind of Pinback’s Rob Crow, Goblin Cock emerged in 2005 with their debut, Bagged adn Boarded, full of heavy distortion, catchy hooks and Crow’s characteristic smooth vocals. This isn’t the metal of doomsayers and screamers, this is metal wrought from the likes of Black Sabbath and Judas Preist, and others who favor parties and power over the doom and gloom. Let’s face it, anyone with a guitar can write a song, but only a true metal master can write such devastatingly hard hitters as, “The Revenge of Snufalufagus” and ”Winky Dinky Donkey”.

While Goblin Cock may be metal purely for the fun of it, their album is nothing to take lightly.  Following up the success of their penetrating debut, the five piece have returned to the studio for the up and coming double disc adventure, Come with me if you want to Live, due out in 2009.  Don’t wait for their next album before delving into the depths of the Goblin Cock experience,  hear them now and your dark metal hearts will not be dissapointed.

Where you can find them in Cyberspace:

MySpace page

Absolutely Kosher

Wikipedia

On Tour

JamBase