Hot dog in a hallway

Howdy ho internet neighbors! It's not what you think, it's just another Wednesdays With Andrew, folks, your one stop digital shop for all things punk (and punkish!) rock. 

This week's episode is not some Fox News undercover report on young females wearing leggings; GASP. Before you freak out, just listen, yeah? Yeah.

This week's playlist includes some real heavy hitters from the likes of NOFX, The Dopamines, Blur, D.O.A., The Ergs! and more. So, what the fuck buddy, what are you waiting for...go listen, NOW:



Liner notes:

Here's the Spotify link for people trying to skew my podcast stats

Tracklist

• 1Hotdog in a hallway by NOFX
• 2Breakdown by Agent Orange
• 3Milkman by Bully
• 4Civilized War by Beat Obsolete
• 5Pavlovian Fixations by The Dopamines
• 6Unknown by D.O.A.
• 7Fade Away by Blur
• 8Emptying my head by Walk the Plank
• 9Jazz is like the new coke by The Ergs!
• 10Pussy liquor by Rob Zombie

Thanks John Oliver, for introducing me to this particularly enjoyable gif of Vince McMahon eating a butt

Here's that DOA cover of Led Zeppelin's Communication Breakdown

And here's prepubescent Fat Mike playing a song with his pre-NOFX band False Alarm

If you dug that song Civilized War, check out Beat Obsolete's debut album, here

Go say hello to DC's very own Walk the Plank, and check out their latest release, Void Treader


That's it for this week, thanks people, catch ya next week!

Undertaker, undertake!

Welcome to the latest episode of Wednesdays With Andrew, your weekly overdose of punk (and punkish!) rock.

Let's get right down to it, shall we? This week features, if I do say so myself, a very well curated selection of incredible punk rock tunes, as well as Wednesdays With Andrew's first ever blooper reel! 

If you're a fan of Swingin' Utters, The Bouncing Souls, King Gizzard and the Wizard Lizard, Choking Victim, Plague Vendor (or all or none of them), you should probably go listen, like uhhhh NOW:


Liner notes:

Spotify playlist

Tracklist

• 1New Comedown by Plague Vendor
• 2Dinkas when I close my eyes by Against All Authority
• 3 No Eager Men by Swingin' Utters
• 4Undertaker, undertake by Swingin' Utters
• 5Weed Pin by Drug Church
• 6500 Channels by Choking Victim
• 7What I'd Give by Battery
• 8Half-Full Forty by Cyber Twin
• 9Favorite Everything by The Bouncing Souls
• 10Rattlesnake by King Gizzard and the Wizard Lizard

Big shout out to Mike D for allowing me (without really knowing) to use a picture he took at Swingin' Utters' sunday show for today's art work! Check out his own hardcore/punk blog over at www.MidwesternHousewives.com

If you dug that song half full forty, check out everything Cyber Twin has put out to date, here.

And if you're a human pogo stick, go check out The Bouncing Souls' latest EP, Crucial Moments....here's to 30 more years, guys!

That's a wrap, tune in next week for more of this:

Paid in brains!

Welcome to the latest episode of Wednesdays With Andrew, your weekly overdose of punk (and punkish!) rock.

Now, because we're sooooo close to St. Paddy's Day, I have decided to feature....hahah no just kidding, go away, I'm not doing a Dropkick Murphys only playlist or something stupid like that. Just a normal Wednesday here, folks.

This week's playlist is pretty much the sonic equivalent of a kick in the nuts. We have some heavy hitting tunes from great bands like Direct Hit!, Union 13, Adolescents, The Messthetics, Voice of Addiction and more...so, what are you waiting for, go listen, NOW:



Liner notes:

Spotify playlist

Tracklist

• 1Kids of the blackhole by Adolescents
• 2Paid in Brains by Direct Hit!
• 3Buscando la verdad by Union 13
• 4Serpent tongue by The Messthetics
• 5Venom by Khiis
• 6Wrecking Ball by Voice of Addiction
• 7Cement Sidewalk by Pridebowl
• 8Just Can't Get Enough by By Divine Right

If you dug that track Venom from Khiis, check out everything else they have done to date, here. This is straight up, ripping hardcore outta Oakland. Soooooo good.

For all my DC and DCish people, if you feel so inclined, buy tickets to see The Messthetics and Ex Hex rock 930 Club on May 10...it'll be fun!

Here's the video for the Direct Hit! song, Paid in Brains...anyone else think this sounds a bit like Rocket from the Crypt? That's very high praise, by the way

Although Pridebowl is sadly no more, you can still get your fill of lead man Aaron Goulding with his new(ish) band, Setbacks. Go to their facebook page and say huuuulllloooo


I smell a theme here....AND BRRRRRAAAAIIINNNNSSS...i mean ice cream...

That's it, Andrew out, catch ya next Wednesday!

Black Lives Matter (still!!)

editor's note: I pronounced "Breathe" wrong at the end. haha come on, you know what I meant!


Well, go figure, Black Lives still Matter! Even those of the ones that aren't your token prop! Wow!

Welcome to the latest Wednesdays With Andrew, folks, and get psyched for some absolutely ear-pounding tunes. In between my ramblings that cover an array of topics, serious ones like suicide, and very-not-serious ones like Alanis Morissette, we play new music from The Specials and Pkew pkew pkew, newish music from Pennywise and Puff Pieces, and some classics from bands like Cigar, The Prodigy and more.

So, go ahead, take some pre-playlist Advil and go listen, NOW:



Liner notes:

Spotify playlist

Tracklist

• 1Politicians in my eyes by Death
• 2I Don't Matter At All by Pkew pkew pkew
• 3Back to home by Cigar
• 4We Set Fire by Pennywise
• 5Do Nothing by The Specials
• 6B.L.M. by The Specials
• 7I Love My Kennel by PEARS
• 8Mindhead by Puff Pieces
• 9Breathe by The Prodigy

My wife (literally..like, she talks like an alien and everything), every time we have friends coming over:

Check out Puff Pieces in their glorious totality, here.

While you're at it, make sure you give Pkew pkew pkew's new album, entitled Optimal Lifestyles, a spin too.

Annnnnnnd if you're into blaring, blistering melodic hardcore, as you should be, go see if PEARS is playing near you! 


Well, this certainly doesn't look consensual..

Think about donating, getting involved, spreading the word or otherwise generally supporting organizations that help with suicide prevention....here are just a few examples of available resources:

• https://samaritanshope.org/
• https://afsp.org/ 
• https://save.org/
• https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org

Remember, no man (woman) is an island! You are never, ever alone, and do not be afraid to reach out to someone if you're ever feeling down.


Alright that's a wrap, smell ya folks next week!

Wednesdays With...Jake?!?!

Happy Vietnamese Doctor's Day (hopefully if a certain particular person gets sick over there today, all the doctors will be on vacation...), and welcome to the latest episode of Wednesdays With Andrew, your weekly overdose of punk (and punkish!) rock.

This week I was lucky enough to catch up with the amazingly talented and technically unflappable Jake Kiley, guitarist and longtime member of fast, melodic punk band Strung Out.  20 years after the release of their infamous Twisted By Design record, and these guys are still going strong, exploring new sonic frontiers and keeping longtime fans happy with a healthy touring schedule.

Join me as I chat with Jake about all sorts of shit...from how it feels to be in a punk band 30 years later....to get a bit more insight into how metal/punk fanatics like Strung Out can turn down from 11 to write an acoustic album...to learn about how Strung Out ended up with their own beer... and, keep it in your pants music dorks, to hear all about the upcoming new record Strung Out plans to release later this year.

What are you waiting for (ok you can take it out your pants)....go listen, NOW:

Liner notes:

If ya wanna check out today's playlist on Spotify, get it here

Tracklist

• 1Razor Sex by Strung Out
• 2Ice Burn by Strung Out
• 3The Architect by Strung Out
• 4Noweheresville by Strung Out
• 5Catch my breath by Satanic Surfers
• 6What lies below by Phantom Darlings
• 7Lost? by Strung Out

You know we love craft beer here on Wednesdays With Andrew, so you best believe I'm gonna plug Strung Out's new brew, Astrolux Golden Ale, that they did through Lucky Luke Brewing...support (your) local music, and your local beer!

For those of you who haven't already listened to my advice a million times, LISTEN TO SATANIC SURFERS' GODDAM NEW ALBUM. Back From Hell is a total ripper, so glad these guys are back in business.

Also, go discover and listen to Strung Out's friends, Phantom Darlings. There's something in there for everyone!


Alright that's it for today. HUGE shout out to Jake for sharing his time and stories with us, and thank YOU, as always, for tuning in. Catch ya next week!

Electric Messiah

Guys! I missed last week, so let's just cut to the chase. 

This week's episode of Wednesdays With Andrew is a roller coaster of emotion, flirting w/ a diverse range of musical amuse-bouches. We got Satanic Surfers. We got Ex Hex. We got High on Fire. We got Sublime, Circle Jerks, Husker Du, and so much more. 

Go listen, like, RIGHT NOW:


Liner notes:

Here's the Spotify link for people trying to skew my podcast stats

Tracklist

• 1Veteran by Ignite
• 2Cosmic Cave by Ex Hex
• 3Electric Messiah by High on Fire
• 4Date Rape by Sublime
• 5Hope by Sublime
• 6Leave me alone by Circle Jerks
• 7Something I learned today by Husker Du
• 8Madhouse by Satanic Surfers
• 9Orange Crunch by U.S. Bombs
• 10New Pony by Bob Dylan

For all of you interested, here is The Dead Weather's cover of that tune, New Pony. It is also aaa niiiiiccceeee 

OH! And here is that Satanic Surfers' cover of Iron Maiden's Sanctuary. So good.


OK that's it, make sure to give the proper offering to your electric messiah, and come back next Wednesday for more punk (and punkish!) rock

  

Well, that was boring as hell

Welcome to Wednesdays With Andrew, your weekly overdose of punk (and punkish!) rock. 

A lot has been going on...the Super Bowl sucked, Ralph Northam did a real dumb, racist thing a while ago, and FIDLAR has a brand new album that kicks ass. And you best BELIEVE I will be talking about all of that on today's episode.

Featuring music from a host of great bands, not least of which are FIDLAR (duh), Masked Intruder, Marginal Man, NOFX, The Smashing Pumpkins, Skankin' Pickle, and oh so much more. So, what the fuck you waiting for, GO LISTEN NOW:



Liner notes:

Here's the Spotify link for people who don't understand how any of this works

Tracklist

• 1Anxiety Attack by Skankin' Pickle
• 2Lies that lie by 1208
• 3By myself by FIDLAR
• 4Dance with you baby by The Devil Dogs
• 5Mr. Jones by NOFX
• 6No Apologies by Symphony of Distraction
• 7Beyond a shadow of a doubt by Masked Intruder
• 8Marginal Man by Marginal Man
• 9Skim milk by Flasher
• 10Pissant by The Smashing Pumpkins

Alright for all of you dorks who haven't yet listened to FIDLAR's latest album, Almost Free, go do so, here....or here!....but not here

Oh, and please, please, please support your local artists...wherever you live...and assuming they don't really suck. Go check out DC's very own Flasher...their new album, Constant Image, is a dang good listen

Alright, that's it, I'll catch you fools next week