This is a list of bands, people, places, non-profits, labels, etc. that are doing really great things. I know it’s not like you’ll go through every one (though I do think you should check out the non-profits when you get a chance), but I figure you can just click around if you are bored or looking for something new to potentially get excited about!
AHHHH – I definitely know I forgot a LOT of people. I’ll try to add to this as often as possible, but seriously, if I forgot you, call me out on it!!!
BANDS
A Class Act – BTMI!-ish ska-punk from the SF bay area!
Algernon Cadwallader – Philadelphia homies making it happen 90s-midwest style!
Apologies, I Have None – UK jams that are sort of like Against Me!
Aspiga - Quiet-time indie rock from south Jersey!
Bangers – AWESOME three-piece that reminds me of ALL, but British!
Break The Habit – ALSO AWESOME Latterman-y BEST BUDDIES from England!!
Bridge and Tunnel – NYC punk rock, so kind of like The Casualties, right?
Broadway Calls – These OR-based homies have toured with all of your favorite bands!
Calvinball - British lads with throats made of sandpaper!
Capital - Super sweet Long Islanders that remind me of the Souls or Samiam!!
Carly Comando – Arguably the nicest human being on earth playing music that makes babies smart!
Colt Seavers – AHHH. Straight up skate jams from the UK!!! Like Bones Brigade!
Cynics – Our buddy Giles bringing some folky punk stuff, from the UK!
Cutting Class – Pop-punk from the UK!
Danger O’s – Long time best buddies from West Chester, PA – indie rock Lifetime!?
Danny J Y2K – Very sleepy time acoustic jams from another long time very best buddy!!
Dear and Departed – Mod-dy indie rock from Los Angeles!
Elliot Swauger – When he’s not bombing children’s hospitals in Spain, he is writing awesome songs in Philly!
Eskalators – Totally weirdo indie-ska collective from Brooklyn!
Everyone Everywhere – Promise Ring-y homies from Philadelphia!
Factors of Four – Instant best buddies!!! Discount-y indie pop from Havertown, PA!!
Fellow Project – Punk rock by people that can actually play their instruments! NYC!
For The Kid In The Back – Upstate NY homie playing heartfelt acoustic stuff!
Greater Enemy – Gruff and catchy West Chester-style punk rock!
Iron Chic – Punk rock cooked to Long Island perfection!
Jenny Owen Youngs – Sugary sweet indie-pop from NJ! Did a split with Dave House!
Late 90s – Our friends from the UK playing garage-y-ish-esque punk rock!
Lighten Up! – Fast, fun Kid D style hardcore from Philly!
Los Mendozas – Former luchas libres trying to get by in England!
Lost Tourists – Crazy, whacky, manic indie rock friends from Maryland!
Low and Away – Factors of Four v2.0!? Automatically awesome!
Mischief Brew – Philadelphia folk-punk staple!
More Than a Joke – Totally scary but amazing thrash from the UK!
Native – Yelly, spacey indie rock that (for once) actually ARE from the midwest!
No Regrets – Ska-punk from NJ that hold it down so hard, it’s crazy!
Netherfriends – Animal Collective-ish friends from Chicago!
Mike Park – A wonderful man playing cute and important indie rock!
Nightlights – New band that our friend Matt from No Harm Done is doing!
Ninjessa – Political two-piece from the Lehigh Valley! Fucking awkward!!
No Torso – Nine-hundred piece ska-indie homies from Norway that I miss a lot!
OK Pilot – Awesome dudes that remind me of No Motiv, but British!
Onsind – Political, acoustic two-piece from the UK!
Our Time Down Here – Super solid guys playing super solid hardcore from the UK!
Paramedic – Intense and addicting (for me, at least) indie rock from Philly!
Pterodon – Totally awesome weirdo punk rock from the south bay!
Shinobu – More totally awesome weirdo punk rock from the south bay!
Slingshot Dakota – Best people. Best band. Best everything. Just. Listen. AHHHH!!!
The Arteries – If I partied, this is what I would listen to!! From the UK!
The Menzingers – Longtime buddies that I wish I got to see more often -
The Steal – Everyone’s favorite UK hardcore figurative heavyweights!
The Tweeds – Friends I’ve known for a thousand years playing WAY spacey shoegaze!
Victor’s Lament – Soulful ska-punk from the Lehigh Valley!
Yo, Adrian! – Way nutty, yelly punk from upstate NY!
Zombie Dogs – Thrash from Brooklyn that rips so, so hard!
LABELS/NON-PROFITS/OTHER AWESOME PEOPLE!!
924 Gilman Street Project – The best and longest-running all-ages venue in the SF bay area!
Antique Cans – Art blog by Maddie “Mad Dogg” Eagle, the mastermind behind the Kitty Kat, Tiny Hat shirt!
Asian Man Records – The best record label in the world, run by superdude Mike Park!
Ava House Booking – Awesome house in south Philly run by our friends Tony and The Menzingers!
Banquet Records – Duh best record store/label/promotion thing in the UK!!!
Bar Sigma – Newish venue in Wales that puts on a lot of really good shows that good people book!
Beartrap PR- PR for punks?! It’s true! Chuck’s an awesome guy doing something no one else does!
The Cavern – Amazing punk-run venue in Exeter, UK – great people, great vibes, great space!
Creep Records – Long-running punk label run by our good friend Arik in West Chester, PA!
Deathwish, Inc. – Hardcore label that is putting out the new EOAY LP. So yeah, awesome!
Diner State – Zine/art/music collective craziness from south Jersey!
Discount Horse Records – Great distro and label from the UK!
Ghost Friend Records – New Philly-based indie rock record label!
Glass Door – Great DIY, all-ages space in Brooklyn, NYC!
Gravity DIP – UK-based label that has put out Dave House’s stuff there!
The Hangar – Awesome DIY, all ages collective in South Carolina!
Humane League of Philadelphia – What it sounds like – great people doing great things for animals!
Hydrogen Man Records – Best bud Andrew’s new label – putting out awesome political hardcore!
If You Make It- The only website you’ll ever need to visit – tons of e-downloads and streaming video!
Michael Norcross Design – Another totally best buddy making designs that are cute and weird, like him!
Modern Alchemy – Seattle-based label indie rock/hardcore label!
Monster House – House in Ohio that puts on amazing shows!
Plea For Peace – Long running non-profit run by our friend Mike Park that promotes peace and unity through music!
Punk News – Even if it weren’t self explainatory – you know the deal!
Punker Bunker – Punk rock record store in Brighton, UK that is amazing as it is teeny!
R5 Productions – Philadelphia show-promotion super-giant conglomorate!
Salby Records – Corporate scumbags that are distributed by Sony BMG – do not support!!
Secret Art Space – One of Pennsylvania’s all time best all-ages art/performance spaces!
Shirts For a Cure – Here’s the deal: you get gnarly shirts. Lower-income women with breast cancer can afford treatment. DONE DEAL!
Square of Opposition – Great punk rock label out of the Lehigh Valley!
Swansea Collective – AHHH! Amazing people that book amazing shows in Wales!
This One’s for The Crew Records – Yayyy! Our favorite distro and label from the UK!
Vegan Treats – SMORES CAKE NOW.
West Chester Nuclear Winter – The only message board I go on/don’t hate!
William Exley – Brilliant UK artist responsible for the best screen-prints ever!
Wilie Mae Rock Camp – Summer camp in Brooklyn where girls go to shred!? Wow. Really wishing I met the criteria for this when I went to summer camp!
Yo Yo Records – The dude that runs this label/distro has the reputation of a prophet. SUPPORT!
