Help the Durkins Fund Their Documentary
Click HERE for more info. Note: if it was not for the Eric Durkin’s hard-work and dedication to our band retreat in Canojohairie last summer, none of it would have been possible.
Let Me Run Announce Album Details
by Colin Jay
New Brunswick, NJ’s very own melodic punkers Let Me Run have announced this week they will be heading into the studio next month to record their new LP “Mad/Sad” This will be their first full length with the current line-up and will be produced by former Jawbox/Government Issue front man J. Robbins. The album is currently set for a summer 2012 release as joint effort through XOXO Records/Taking Flight Records.
You can read a statement from the band and also keep up with the bands studio progress over at letmerun.net
NEW GNGSGNS EP
Today we are graced with a debut EP from GNGSGNS (pronounced GangSigns). The band is actually a side project of Our Daily Fix, but roles are reversed as Thom (drums) is taking charge of the riffs and guitarist/vocalist Bryan is on the “skins” for this project. 
While GNGSGNS is a side project, it is not that far off from the traditional math sound you commonly find from ODF, but packs just as large of a punch with such minimal sound. So just picture mathy-noise rock that clearly has a punk drive to it. If you find yourself not liking it, it may not be your cup of tea, but at the end of the day, you cannot deny the talent of the two and it is not even their main project.
So if you like things along the line of the strange, non punk tracks on the Tony Hawk game soundtracks, with a little bit of Hella influence GNGSGNS is perfect for you. You can download “EP” on bandcamp.
- GNGSGNS at a house show by Andrew Giacomazza
Where’s a Yuppie’s place in Punk Rock/Hardcore
Now, there’s a lot out there on what punk is and isn’t and who’s punk and what it sounds like and yadda yadda….Fuck all that. This isn’t about that. This is an honest attempt to understand my personal relationship with the genre, subculture, lifestyle…whatever you wanna call it…let’s see what happens. I am just reflecting as I write. I am sure I can expand and add to this later. There are a lot of questions in this…some answered, some not. I just want to get them down. Also, prepare for some self indulgence. So, without further ado…
I’ve decided to try and make sense of something that I could never quite fully understand…me. For the last 10+ years I’ve identified and have been directly involved with the entity known as punk rock/hardcore. I am not attracted to the violent aspect of the whole “scene” (for lack of a better term) or extremely driven by anger and angst, however, sometimes some of those aspects surface in not-so elegant ways and they do so publicly, hah. So, where does it come from?
NEW MUSIC ROUND UP!
It’s been a busy week for some hardworking local bands ie: lots of new songs/albums have been made available to the public. We’ve gathered them all together and tossed them up here for your convenience! Enjoy them all below! It looks like 2012 has been off to an active and productive start. Hopefully we’ll have more local music to post soon! Don’t be afraid to submit news/music by clicking the submit content/contact button above…
Etiquette released their EP, “Let it Burn.”
Four Fingers released “Sewage,” a track off of their upcoming 12 inch ”Custodians of Light.”
Melissa & Paul released a non-album track called “Summer,” as they wait for their records to return from the plant.
Orange County, New York’s Our Daily Fix released their debut “Elephant.”
Etiqutte Post EP for Streaming
North Jersey’s Etiquette secretly posted their debut EP, “Let it Burn” on bandcamp for stream and it’s raw as fuck! Check it out below especially if you’re a fan of super melodic punk that rocks like Rival Schools. If you or anyone you know would like to play drums in this band message us here or hit them up via their email.
New Compilation Filled with NJ Bands To Be Recorded
by Colin Jay
For those that haven’t realized, we here at Bedside Manner are trying to widen our demographic a bit, by not only talking about bands we’re involved in, but we’re also trying to give you updates about the latest going on in the NJ/South NY scenes.
Here what we have is news about a compilation featuring some of New Jersey’s finest bands ranging from New Brunswick’s own Let Me Run to the newly formed I Am Heresy. What caught my eye about this is that not only will this compilation feature new recordings from all the bands on it, but they will all be live recordings done by engineer Chris Ross.
The compilation/project, titled “One Hour from Anywhere,” has just begun tracking today with hardcore trio, Less Life. For further updates on “One Hour from Anywhere” be sure to check out the project’s Facebook page. A release date has yet to be announced, but with a solid set of bands confirmed for this, you will definitely want to keep your eyes peeled.
