Music
Music for our Spring 2010 issue:
Hard Girls
San Jose, CA
www.myspace.com/hardgirls
Max – drums
Mike – guitar, vocals
Morgan – bass, vocals
Hard Girls are 1/4 Shinobu, 2/3 Pteradon, and 3/4 Classics of Love, sounding not much like any of those bands. Archers of Loaf, Dinosaur Jr., Lifter Puller, GBV, and a few others get mixed up and then out come Hard Girls songs.
Beach Party
Evening Constitutional
Lazer Parade
Lemuria
Buffalo, NY
www.lemuriapop.com
Alex Kerns – Drums / Vocals
Sheena Ozzella – Guitar / Vocals
Kyle Paton – Bass
Lemuria formed in the Fall of 2004 and has been consistently touring and releasing 7” singles on Art of the Underground, along with their debut album “Get Better” on Asian Man Records. The trio combines many influences from indie and punk bands such as The Lemonheads, Superchunk and Dinosaur Jr. Currently they are in the process for writing their sophomore album.
The Damage Done
Seattle, WA
www.myspace.com/thedamagedoneseattle
Chris Eligaza – Bass
Connor Koreski – Drums
Ryan Koreski – Vocals
Jace Vice – Guitar
Seattle’s The Damage Done will play anywhere and bring the house show atmosphere to whatever stage they find themselves on. Their influences are apparent – Dillinger Four, Jawbreaker, Hot Water Music, Kid Dynamite – both in sound and work ethic. They strive to put on the best performance possible while keeping an open dialogue between those who are watching and those who are performing.
Smokejumper
Seattle, WA
www.smokejumperseattle.com
Chris Crusher – Guitar/Vocals
The Cheif – Bass/Vocals
KII Kay – Drums/Vocals
Seattle band Smokejumper rose out of the ashes of Dateless in the Spring of 2009. With evident pop-punk influences (the Ergs!, the Queers, the Dopamines) the band has taken the West coast pop-punk scene by storm through extensive touring and a wide variety of local shows.