Bitter Amercian Live and Loud

The Cricket Cemetery family runs red with thick blood. Label mates, Bitter American, a true testament to the hardcore punk rock of the 80′s, tore the seams from the carpet as they destroyed a set to pieces at American University this last Friday. Honest, and angry, and certainly not kids, friendships and working relations be-damned, [...]

LTW – TOTAL GARBAGE review

Fotis Patikas from Take your shot was nice enough to sit down and type out how he feels about the new LTW 7 inch – TOTAL GARBAGE. Take your shot has been doing obnoxiously excellent reviews of hardcore and metal since 2004. We love Greece. Chirp Chirp. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Record Review: LTW “Total Garbage” 7″ Cricket [...]

2011 CC Halloween Shirt

Halloween is by far my favorite holiday.  This has been a real big year for the label (the only year, but that’s ok).  I wanted to celebrate this evil, tooth decaying holiday and rep my hood a little at the same time.  Ringspun cotton-limited to 32 pieces-sizes youth large through extra large. These damned garments [...]

DC pours the shit out of Philly

Latte art. Latte art is one of the things that differentiates specialty or “third wave” coffee from other coffee and coffee shops.  I covered the May TNT (Thursday Night Throwdown) which was held at BIG BEAR CAFE. Art was poured free hand. Brains became dizzy from beer and cocktails.  Floors were danced upon (see one, Mr. [...]

The Bam Bams: Live Video from the Black Cat

As you may or may not know, the District of Columbia was fortunate enough, several weeks ago, to host America’s queens of bubblegum, The Bam Bams, on the Black Cat mainstage. Star crossed between Baltimore and Chicago, this hasn’t stopped the dynamic duo from churning out track after track of grade A maple syrupy pop [...]

The Wierd Affairs of No Love Lost

So, nature be damned, last week saw Sean Gray and I returning to the epic spires of New York to spin, as No Love Lost, for our favorite NYC party, Wierd. As always, it takes a lot of misanthropic people wrapped in black, to be the nicest, and most supportive community between the DMV and [...]

Our Name is Legion//Our Projects are Many

Well, well, well, it seems I’ve returned to my own vizion, and with the same carni-barking hustle in tow. Those of us living in the EV are often deeply contorted through a multitude of projects, and while I can’t speak for the total mass, I will say that Sean, Ian, and I are in the [...]

THE BAM BAMS DEBUT 7INCH AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER

These girls are going to fuck yr shit up so hard. I saw them for the first time about a month ago at velvet lounge and was knocked on my ass. Anyone who has seen them knows exactly what I’m talking about. Their DEBUT 7INCH drops September 6th on Cricket Cemetery. However you can order [...]

Beasts of No Nation Play Fort Reno Tonight in DC

Just a quick heads up that punk rock stage slayers, Beasts of No Nation are taking the helm of DC’s longstanding Fort Reno series tonight. Lions & Tigers & Whales were slated to play with them in NY last night, but do to some american complications, they were forced to pull out of the bill. [...]

More Shameless Self Promotion

And I’m not even sorry….. If you thought last weekend was a fucker of mothers, get ready for this one. Tonight, though I’ll be dropping random jamz at Little Miss Whiskeys, I’ve got two epic events for you, if you live in DC, and hang around the U St. area: First, my epic broodren in [...]