Didn’t think I’d ever see a “RIYL” for the band Leatherface and then when it’s combined alongside the likes of Jawbreaker and Joan Jett, I just kind of figured it would blow my hair back a bit. Sure did. Hailing from the crowded punk scene in Boston, Deadly Sins bring experience in Brendan Maguire (Reach the Sky) and Stephanie Dougherty (female vocals w/Dropkick Murphys on occasion–best known for their single “The Dirty Glass”), and Billy Brown (Crash and Burn). Their fiery brand of gut-wrenching harmonies attest to their superb version of nuanced melodic punk. Songs like “Barely Breathing” no doubt will offer the sort of phat riffage and throaty vocal sing-a-longs at any Boston pub worthy of this group’s performance.
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XX Teens – Welcome to Goon Island
British slop punkers XX Teens had their latest produced by the U.K.’s own Sheffield-based Ross Orton (Fat Truckers, MIA). Swampy melodies are smelted with Lemmy-oriented hymns and stripped down rhythms. The guitars are often quite dense but yet somewhat poppy still. Churning rock ‘n’ roll that will appeal to late 40-somethings as well as their kids.
Cute is What We Aim For – Rotation
Forget the tragically angst-riddled lyrics and the even more tragic band name, “Rotation” is an array of surprisingly decent pop-punk and emo anthems wrapped in a catchy enveloping hug. But all hugs and disses aside, Cute is What We Aim For is Fueled By Ramen‘s latest mall-driven pop that features a single “Practice Makes Perfect” that soccer moms will be singing along to, despite any irony whatsoever. On, tour with Powerspace, Danger Radio, and Ace Enders, Cute is a band that will no doubt be unheard of in another couple of years but who knows, maybe they’re the second coming of Dashboard Confessional. I mean there’s flooding in Iowa that hasn’t been seen for some 500 years, anything is possible. Enjoy their new video that MTV is spewing out whenever MTV tries to remember what the “M” stands for in their acronym.


