Is everyone excited for Memorial Day Weekend? Are you heading out of town or sticking around for the mayhem that is the Chaos In Tejas festival? It’s a busy weekend for me but I’m going to take in at least a few shows.
At the top of my "must see" list is The
Marked Men, a punk band out of Denton that crafts quick
hitting jams with a surprising pop sheen. But don’t mistake
these guys with some shitty power pop/punk band out of
Southern California (I’m looking at you Blink-182). With
songs like Too Pretty Too Fuck, Whip Myself and
Sadist, this isn’t your parents punk band. Of course, the
tunes aren’t nearly as dark as the song titles might
suggest. Listen to almost any of their records and you’ll
instantly latch on to the big hooks, snappy lyrics, and
furious rock. Check out these tracks from their Ghost
album, which was released in January of 2009:
While I’m talking about The Marked Men, I have to give props
to the Side One: Track One podcast for introducing me to Mind
Spiders. The band is a solo project of Mark Ryan
from The Marked Men. I instantly loved the garage pop
goodness of World’s Destroyed when I heard it on the
podcast. If you’re a fan of Jay Reatard or Kurt Vile
(and why wouldn’t you be?), I suggest you down the new Mind
Spiders EP pronto.
- Dan Corbin -
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