Sep 25, 2010
SWINGIN’
UTTERS
When discussing the Swingin’ Utters, “punk revival” takes on a unique meaning.
It is not so much that they are reviving punk, so much as using punk to revive
ailing genres such as folk, country, and barroom shanties. They profess a “proletariat
roots and blue-collar attitude,” and they display in the way they dig into
their riffs. With releases on Fat Wreck, TKO, BYO, and New Red Archives, they
have won over most of the punk universe, and their prepping for the launch of
their new LP Here Under Protest in
September.
THE
COPYRIGHTS
Irreverence pours out of every note played by The Copyrights, the snide power
punk upstarts from Illinois. Short and to the point, their tracks are humorous
takes on human folly, with titles like “Shit’s Fucked” and “Grown Folks Business,”
coming out on albums called Songs About
Fucking Up and Learn The Hard Way.
HAVE NOTS
No one wears their agenda on their sleeve quite like the aptly named Have Nots.
Their politically charged lyrics depict the emotional lives of the working
class over heart-pumping ska that leans heavily towards street punk. With dual
guitarist/vocalists at the helm, the Have Nots represent Boston with the fury
that the East Coast longs for.
