Video: Drive Like Jehu and Dr. Carol Williams at the Spreckels Organ Pavilion in Balboa Park (Full Show)

Nice, I’ve been holding off sharing any footage of the DriveLike Jehu reunion show that took place this holiday weekend at Balboa Park until quality film popped up. Chances are you’ve seen some videos in the last 48 hours but even Pitchfork’s shared footage was from a lousy angle and cut off Mark Trombino which as you know is a major sacrilege .  Well I’m here to let you know that if you are a fan and couldn't make it out to California for the gig some quality footage is now available to enjoy, but first things first.  If you are not familiar with Drive Like Jehu then please leave this website right now and go and spend some time discovering their music. I appreciate your interest and loyalty but they are much more important source of inspiration than any of the ramblings one can find here. If you are here because I’m usually the person who provides said information, here is a very brief rundown…

Drive Like Jehu were/are an American post-hardcore  band from San Diego California active from 1990 to 1995. Formed by rhythm guitarist and vocalist Rick Froberg and lead guitarist John Reis following the breakup of their band Pitchfork, the band's lineup also included bassist Mike Kennedy and drummer Mark Trombino. Their music was characterized by multisectioned compositions, interlocking guitar patterns, orchestrated builds and releases, and elliptical melodies that produced a distinctive sound amongst other post-hardcore acts and impacted the evolution of hardcore punk into emo.

Rick and John have both been pretty active since Drive Like Jehu ended and can be publicly seen performing on the regular with their various projects including but not limited to Rocket From The Crypt, Hot Snakes, Obits, Night Marchers and more.  Mark has made his impact from behind the scenes and is heavily responsible for not just some of the most important and influential post punk/emo albums of the era but really helped define the entire scene’s sound as a whole. As for Mike? It would seem that education was Mr. Kennedy’s priority as he went back to school to study chemistry.

The band has said this will absolutely be a one off show, but I find absolutes for these types of things to often be temporary. Rumor has it the reasoning behind the show was that it was a rare opportunity to be able to use the park’s organ which Dr. Carol Williams lends her talents to for the performance.

So with little further delay sit back and enjoy Drive Like Jehu and Dr. Carol Williams at the Spreckels Organ Pavilion in Balboa Park.



Sunday August 31st, 2014 at 6:45pm

1. Do You Compute
2. Super Unison
3. Sinews
4. If It Kills You
5. Luau

Performance supported by the Spreckels Organ Society (http://spreckelsorgan.org/), a volunteer-driven 501-C-3 non-profit (Tax ID 33-0299072) incorporated in 1988 to preserve, program, and promote the Spreckels Organ as a world treasure for all people.

Filmed on a GroPro HERO3+ Black
Video by Max Nanis (https://twitter.com/x0xMaximus)

Video: OFF! – “Hypnotized’

Hardcore supergroup OFF! are gearing up to release their new LP Wasted Days on April 8 via VICE. The band dropped a new Chris Grismer directed video today for a song called “Hypnotized” and it stars my personal hero, David Yow. The clip see’s the Jesus Lizard frontman as a crack-using superhero who faces off against his rival, T.S.O.L.'s Jack Grisham. Awesome!

Video: OFF! - "Wrong"

Funny or Die presents the new video from hardcore revivalists OFF! The visuals for the 50-second track "Wrong" from this year's self-titled album depict a fictional 1970s-exploitation-like film called "Lethal Justice", starring Jack Black as "the leader of a gang made up of the bands members who are looking to tussle with a mysterious loner named Jalisco.  Directed by Whitey McConnaughy. 

OFF! - Wrong with Jack Black from OFF!

Sunday Matinée - Celebrating Sunday's with a live clip - Rocket From The Crypt

Oh Rocket From The Crypt you truly were one of the greatest rock and roll bands off all time, any one who ever had the pleasure of seeing the band live knows it was always a euphoric experience so it was only right that I finally posted something from the boys for our Sunday Matinée.

Here’s the band playing their most widely recognized song “On A Rope” at Glastonbury Festival in the U.K. sounding like the well oiled machine they consistently were.

Video: Hot Snakes Live @ Maxwell's December 2, 2011

The much loved Hot Snakes recently reformed for a handful of shows in the U.S. and Europe taking place in December. The NY/NJ shows sold out in several minutes as they often did even when the band was properly touring so for all those who couldn’t make it to The Bell House in Brooklyn or Maxwell’s in Hoboken my good friend Matt and his buddy Joe from the very excellent Retisonic made it out to both nights and taped it all. Check out the Maxwell's set from the December 2^nd show in its entirety below, the venue was extremely dark so the picture isn’t the best but the sound is great which is what’s important. The band plays a selection of tunes spanning from all 3 of their studio albums and were as tight as ever even though it’s been years since they last played to audiences.

Part 1


Part 2


Part 3

Part 4


Part 5