Feel That Celtic Swing (NMM)

Two words Mondayers - Celtic punk. Now, I know I'm about a month too late for St. Patrick's Day, but that doesn't mean I should forego posting about this unique not-so-little band who hail from Los Angeles. Flogging Molling is a seven-piece band Irish-American band that started making music in 1997, and haven't stopped since.



Flogging Molly has released five studio albums to date. This song, "Don't Shut Em' Down" is from their latest album, Speed of Darkness., which will be out May 31st. Fun fact? The band's name comes from their early experience playing in the bar, Molly Malone's, so much that they felt like they were flogging it to death. Hmmmm..., you know, there's a Molly Malone's in Cincinnati....

-Whitni

SMP Pic Of The Week

Fall Out Boy might be suburban punks, but Green Day rules the neighborhood. In 1987 (whoa!), the punk rock band was started by Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt, 15 years old at the time. The band was originally called Sweet Children, but later on they changed it to Green Day, referencing their fondness of marijuana. They went through several drummers before settling on their now permanent drummer Tre Cool. Their debut album, 39/Smooth, was released in 1990 (yea!). They were well known underground, but Dookie (1994) allowed them to break out to the rest of the world. They found immense success, and their next two albums, Insomniac and Nimrod, were received with largely positive comments. Their popularity began to decrease in the late 90s and early 2000s, but they bounced back with American Idiot in 2004. Their most recent album, 21st Century Breakdown, released in 2009, ended their longest break between album, and you can expect a new album in the near future. Green Day is well known for songs like, ‘Basket Case’, ‘Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)’ and ‘21 Guns’. But, more than anything, Green Day gives millions of teenagers the chance to sing/shout the feelings they can’t put into words, suburban or otherwise.

Help Is Here! New Music Monday

This week's new music comes after an explosive weekend. I know a lot of people don't watch the Superbowl, but we here at The SMP do, and were happy to watch the Green Bay Packers celebrate their victory against the Pittsburgh Steelers. I (Whitni) am sad for the Steelers, but Raivynn says f**k 'em. So much love.

Onto the music, today's song comes from a well known punk rock band I happen to love called Rise Against. Their new album, Endgame, is due in March and this is a single off that album.



The song is "Help Is On The Way" by Rise Against. I really like this song, despite the screaming that seemed to throw off some Youtube listeners. But Rise Against seems to find a balance between singing, screaming and awesome guitar riffs. I wouldn't be surprised if I heard this on the local hard rock radio any day now.

-Whitni