GREENSBORO, N.C. — An aging drum kit living with local parents Barbara and Sam Willett has no imminent plans to leave, despite staying in their…
ALLSTON, Mass. — Local musician Doug Robinson attempted to borrow a bassoon last night for his set with folk-punk octet Rat Solidarity, assuming one of…
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Touring punk band Ghost Manor ended their headlining set at a basement show last night by exiting stage left and cramming…
OAKLAND — A first date at a crowded DIY basement show is going about “as good as one would expect,” witnesses close to the tentative…
BELLINGHAM, Wash. — 25-year-old Kyle Booth suspects that his new punk friends only like him for his basement, now that he’s befriended a local hardcore…
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Local punk band The Gutter Owls were forced to push their New Year’s Eve headlining set from 11:59 p.m. to 12:30…
FERNDALE, Mich. — Amateur woodworker Larry Tashlin finished his latest birdhouse last night, complete with a functioning, and admittedly adorable, little basement venue at the…
CHICAGO –– The guttural moans and profanity-laden shrieks emanating from the birthing tub of Kia Armetto “really added a certain something” to a DIY basement…
WASHINGTON — White House Press Secretary Jay Carney spent the week stationed at Kinko’s printing flyers for “the biggest rager to ever take place in…
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Cupcake, a popular local dog, upstaged touring hardcore band Strong Reaction by captivating the audience with his adorable antics during a basement show…
AUGUSTA, Maine — When newlyweds Rachel and Martin Coogan closed on their first house three months ago, they anticipated a few quirks and oddities in…
OLNEY, MD – Thomas Callow, the 17-year-old founder of Iced Out Recording Studios, is looking to make a splash in the Maryland punk community with…
MONTCLAIR, N.J. —Emo band Asthenia Falls grew frustrated with the perceived “lack of professionalism and utter disrespect for musical expression after the third consecutive power outage…
BRIGHTON, Mass. — Legendary basement venue The Pizza Dungeon is being converted into just a normal basement, leaving a large vacuum in local, awful smelling, poorly…
ASK A PUNK, USA — Boot Bone, a streetpunk band out of Gainsville, Florida opened their set with a killer performance of their song “Fight…