Discography

Super American, having just released both an album teaser, YOBWOC, and smash single, “How Big Is Your Brain"?,” are deep-diving into their hard drives to share some unreleased demos from their 2018 record Tequila Sunrise.

They are calling the list “Loose Ends” and it’s longer than you might imagine. Six unreleased tracks and one alternate mix have appeared on the band’s YouTube channel for 24 hours. These are “Tequila Sunrise,” “ Good Girl,“ “Way Too High!!!,” “Tears,” “Ballyhoo,” “Super Cute,” and Jacob Ewald’s mix of “Baby Blue.”

Update: They've kept the playlist available beyond 24 hours.

I didn’t grow up in a hardcore scene. I was a bit too young to be into much of anything more than Fall Out Boy or Green day in 2005. I’ve grown to appreciate the history of it though, and after browsing through the files Brian Kraus shared on Twitter today, I set off to archive and tag what I could find.

In doing so, I found the Rochester Hardcore History account on Soundcloud, a treasure trove of media from that particular scene. This is a passion project of superior detail that I’ve spent a good amount of time perusing and listening to as I work this afternoon.

From the owner of the page:

This page archives demo tapes, CD-Rs, 7"s and out of print CDs from Rochester, New York hardcore, punk, and metal bands. I made every effort to get permission from at least one band member before uploading these songs. I do not make any money of the streaming of these songs, in fact it costs me money, but it's my way of giving back to the music scene that helped guide my youth into a successful adulthood.

A few albums can be downloaded. Those albums are mostly ones that I played on, and felt that they never got their full mileage.

Please contact me if you want to have your hardcore, punk, or metal band on this page. We're all friends here, and I'll go out of my way to help you out. I have the ability to convert cassette tapes and records to MP3s if you do not have the capability to digitized them yourself.

Visit @rochesterhardcorehistory at Instagram for old fliers, live photos, and merch. If you do not want you band on this page, email me at rochesterhardcorehistory@gmail.com.

I love projects like these it takes time, patience, and heart to give forgotten music the attention it deserves. I’m sure others from Rochester and surrounding scenes appreciate this archivist’s efforts.

Bonus: I can’t believe bandtoband.com had not come to my attention previously. This is a vital resource for connecting the dots between bands like those listed on the Rochester Archive.

Will Pugh, lead singer of Cartel, has released a new EP under the name TAURIDS. The project is a collaboration with Adam Bokesch and Bobby Holland.

The new EP is available now, courtesy of Field Day Records. A share of proceeds will be donated to MusiCares for their COVID-19 Relief Fund.

From Will’s announcement on Instagram:

I’ve got a lot to say about this and that will come in the near future. For now, I’d just like to let you know that this is my first musical adventure outside of Cartel.

I started writing this a long time ago and finished it last year. My fellow creators on the production side are Bobby Holland and Adam Bokesch. They saw the vision I had for the songs I had written and got in the boat and started paddling towards the shore with me. I’m so excited to share this with everyone now because it was gonna be a while before we released this. With the situation at hand, it seemed like the universe was telling me “now.” The lyrical content and the overall theme of this EP are suited for what we’re all going through. This is for all of us now.

Punchline has recorded a delightful sonic plea to their fans in the form of “Just Stay Home.”

During this unprecedented time in humanity’s history , where the most we can do is nothing, Punchline have both embraced and technologically defied quarantine to record this new song remotely.

Hello dear friends— This strange window in time gave us a creative window to bring this song to life. Some songs take years to write and some come out in nearly real time. “Just Stay Home" was the latter. STAY HOME PEOPLE! This feels like 9/11 if someone told us that 9/11 was gonna happen, but not for 2 weeks, meaning there’s a chance we could save thousands of lives by not leaving the house.

It’s a lot to process. Mentally, it’s been a tough few weeks. It hasn’t hit as hard here yet in Pittsburgh, but following what’s going on in New York and Italy and in so many cities - it’s crushing. We hope this song gives you the feeling of hope and love. We’re thinking about yinz. 💕

We always talk in our band about how, in times of grief and confusion, we’re thankful to be obsessed with music, which gives us the luxury to open a recording session and get lost in recording a song. It’s wondrous thinking about all the books you’re writing, the meals you’re whippin’ up, the nintendo points you’re scoring, the miles of timelines you’re scrolling lol - it’s ok. We’re all doing it (Is it okay though??)

Thanks for listening. Please enjoy. Written and recorded by Punchline. Mixed by Marc McClusky. Mastered by Dan Coutant. Photo/art by Brendan Walter. PS Would it be cool if we made a music video for this out of footage submitted by all y’all of yinz in your homes? Let’s hear your ideas. <3