Top 5 of 2011: Frankie B
Frankie B is a total hassle… He does Campfire Island (this website). You can find out more about this nerd in the “About The Show” part of Campfire Island.
… I would just like to say how super appreciative I am of everyone giving me “Top 5″ lists this year! Here’s mine …
Top 5 of 2011: Ginger Alford
Ginger Alford is the super rad person that is 1/3 of the super awesome band, GOOD LUCK. So there. She sings half of everything, I suppose, and plays bass. Ginger was also in the band, ONE REASON – and her new band is TRAVELING. Once, her and Paul Baribeau got toured together playing only BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN covers. Awesome.
… after lunching with Ginger in Tampa, I assume that she always travels and lives life with an entourage of groovy Bloomington-ites – shouldn’t we all?
Top 5 of 2011: Todd Congelliere
Todd Congelliere is the head honcho at Recess Records. He also keeps a lot of musical projects going: THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD TO CANDYLAND, TOYS THAT KILL, STONED AT HEART, and he plays stuff under his own name, too. These projects are super-powered by adding Jimmy on drums and Cha Chi on about everything else.
… Todd is some wild force of nature, for sure. He’s super great and easy going – but like some weird spirit making crazy fun things happen …
Top 5 of 2011: Mariella Luz
Mariella Luz is the longtime general manager of K records. She’s also the founder of the Olympia All Ages project, which operated the Northern venue in downtown Olympia. With the success of their recent kickstarter project, they’re still doing shows and looking for a new venue space.
… Mariella’s really cool because she gets things done – like BIG things! She’s really wonderfully un-hippy-ish too, which is fresh air in a town like Olympia …
Top 5 of 2011: Lucas Andrews
Lucas Andrews plays guitar and sings in Know Your Saints, a band out of Oakland, CA. He does graphic design work for albums, t-shirts and funerals as A Flight of Yesterdays. His band’s latest release is the Landmarks EP (La Escalera Records & Solidarity Recordings).
Lucas been a huge contributor to Campfire Island and it couldn’t be awesome without his help.
Weekly Radio Show: January 14th, 2011
Campfire Island has a weekly radio show playing Punk, Post-Punk and Hardcore on KAOS 89.3FM in Olympia, WA. Frankie B did the first set. Timothy Grisham (Happy Noose, Dead End Social Club) was once again our awesome guest for the second set.
Accordion Crimes – “Extractor” from Songs to Drive Wives Away (Cash Cow)
Lenguas Largas – “Yardsale Heart” from Lenguas Largas (Recess)
Post Teens – “Crust Lust” from the Post Teens 7″ (Sound Study)
Dark Ages – “Can America Survive, Part II” from Can America Survive? (Sorry State)
The Steve Adamyk Band – “Gonna Die” from II (Dirtnap)
Slight Slappers – “I Won’t Belong to Your Side” from their Split with Asshole Parade (No Idea)
Mauser – “Lunatics” from End Of The Line (Vinyl Rites)
Top 5 of 2011: Matt Lebens
Matt Lebens runs the record label Radio is Down from Olympia, WA. He’s a drummer, his most recent project being WISDOM TEEF. Matt has a long history of booking shows, playing in bands, and putting out more international music than most American underground record labels. He also is an awesome repeat guest on our weekly radio show.
… a super sincere and hardworking guy. I dig Matt. We connect over a bit of Touch and Go meets Dischord sound, which is the type bands of that his labels been putting out for years …
Top 5 of 2011: Kris Cunningham
Kris Cunningham is the drummer for WESTERN HYMN. He’s been in a number of bands, most recently, Nudity with Dave Harvey. He also tattoos at Lit Fuse in Olympia, WA. A new project Kris is involved with is CRAIG EXTINE AND THE EXILES..
… having Kris on the radio show this September was super awesome. Like making an instant friend. Now I just need to save some tattoo money …
Top 5 of 2011: Matt Murillo
Matt Murillo has a new daughter named Ruby Mae! HOORAY!!! But he also plays guitar and sings in THE MAXINES and THE JETTYCATS. He is one cool Texas cat with a garage rock sound. Matt and Kelly (also of The Maxines) were recently interviewed by Nardwaur – which was funny and weird.
… I pretty much accosted Matt in downtown Olympia and just said hello – in a really non-Olympia way – to tell him that the Maxines are awesome. I figured he could handle it ’cause he’s from Texas …
Top 5 of 2011: Nicole Kibert
Nicole Kibert showing up is the sign of being at something worthwhile. You’ll find her up front – camera in hand – flashing a big smile. Her pictures can be found at ELAWGRRL – her photo site. She shoots SO MANY bands, but her favorites are xhardcorex!
… the fun of being places with Nicole is that she’s ALWAYS excited about whatever is happening, whatever there is to see, and whereever there is to go …
Top 5 of 2011: Matt Sweeting
Matt Sweeting is the guy who’s been boxing your records from No Idea for over 10 years. Part of his persistent involvement in the Gainesville scene. He makes magic happen in all kinds of ways by playing in bands (TUBERS, STRIKEFORCE DIABLO, ASSHOLE PARADE, UTILITY).
Matt set up shows for a long time, both the awesome shows and the “give a band a chance” shows, at both the Hardback Cafe and the Utility House before that. He also co-founded Wayward Council, which never would have happened without him.
… I’ve known Matt a long time, and I clearly remember him talking to me about the importance of people making the commitment to stay in a place over the long term in order to make things happen there …
Top 5 of 2011: Ben Trogden
Ben Trogden, is the drummer of WEIRD TV and more notoriously writes the fanzine NUTS! – which is on it’s 8th issue. Each time a new issue comes out, Ben stages an even more epic release party. The last one was in a huge burned out warehouse space and EVERY band in Olympia played.
… Ben is a super posi person. He’s always doing something cool and excited about what’s going on…
Weekly Radio Show: New Year’s Eve ’11
This was a special radio show for New Year’s Eve, I counted down to Midnight by counting backwards through the years of punk from 2011 back to 1976. It was awesome…
Not intended to be a “Best Of” really, it was more an exercise in trying to fit as many artists on the skeleton as possible. I was thinking more about bands than a particular song, so I had to find a release year of their work to fit something awesome into the set list. They’re all great bands and amazing songs, but I wasn’t calling any of these the “song of the year”.
2011 – Fucked Up – “Serve Me Right”
from David Comes to Life (Matador)
Okay, but this is the album of the year for 2011 anyway. In a year of so much great music, this album stood above the rest in epic glory. So there. They’re writing their own ticket.
Top 5 of 2011: Tim Razza
Tim Razza, apart from his other professional activities, is a field producer for Campfire Island, principally serving as our FEST guide for a number of years now. We need it – he makes it happen. It’s all about momentum, baby…
… for years, Tim has been a major influence on what music gets onto Campfire Island…
Top 5 of 2011: Matthew Shearer
Matthew Shearer is a boy done good. He makes music with KING FRIDAY and formerly was in FAY WRAY. King Friday’s 2011 album, Everything is Not Okay was released by A.D.D. records. As the sporadic 4th member of RADON (invited or not) he made a serious dent in the hearts and minds of Gainevillians in the 90s. Way back, he rocked it as part of Miami’s MINIMUM WAGE.
… Matt has the wisest head and biggest heart of any person I’ve ever met, with the scars to prove it…
Top 5 of 2011: Aaron Sainz
Aaron Sainz runs the awesome record label Team Science out of Houston, TX. Team Science has released records by The Energy, Franz Nicolay, Matt & Kim, The Sidekicks, The Measure [SA] and others.
I met Aaron at Chaos in Tejas. We talked Olympia music over lunch by food trucks.
Top 5 of 2011: Mack Menkins
Mackenzie Menkins is a local community organizer in Olympia, WA. He puts on shows, gets people stoked about stuff, and helps make shows (and bands) about something bigger and more important.
Mack is one of those people that is so positive and excited about punk and hardcore, that it makes you more excited, too. Awesome!
Top 5 of 2011: Timothy Grisham
Timothy Grisham has been going to shows and playing in Olympia bands a hell of a long time! You might know him from Aires and Graces, with their recent interview in MRR, but his current band is called Happy Noose.
Tim is super-supportive of Campfire Island and he’s my favorite last minute guest!
Top 5 of 2011: Travis Bacon
Travis Bacon is formerly bi-coastal. Now he’s back home in NYC in the band Grudges, but he was also formerly in Sixes out of Olympia, WA. Travis was nice enough to do an interview with Campfire Island this earlier this year.
The awesome shows Travis set up, while living on the West Coast, helped re-establish Olympia as a destination for touring bands.
Top 5 of 2011: Pat Maley
Pat Maley is best known for the Yo Yo a Go Go festivals that used to happen in Olympia, WA. He also recorded a bazillion of the bands you love at the Capitol Theater and other live shows as part of Yo Yo Recordings. Pat is a drummer and has played with everyone from Lois Maffeo to the Lincoln Elementary Parent Band.
All of Pat’s ADATs and reels of amazing bands are currently parked in my basement… Lync, Fugazi, Crayon, Karp, Unwound, Beat Happening, etc..
Top 5 of 2011: Matthew Welch
Matt Welch started Transitions Art Gallery (the best all-ages space ever) in Tampa, FL. In addition to legendary pre-FEST events, Transitions has shows all year round, as well as art openings and dance parties. Matt used to sing in the band Devout, but he’s got some new thing brewing.
In addition to being a humble scene king, Matt also just helped me take my kids to Disney World…
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Weekly Radio Show: December 10th, 2011
Campfire Island has a weekly PUNK radio show on KAOS 89.3FM in Olympia, WA playing Punk, Post-Punk and Hardcore every SATURDAY starting at 10pm!
The Maxines – “White Out!” from the The White Out! EP (La-Ti-Da)
Pygmy Lush – “Yellow Hall” from Old Friends (Lovitt)
Fucked Up – “The Other Shoe” from David Comes to Life (Matador)
Lemuria – “Wise People” from Pebble (Bridge Nine)
RVIVR – “Paper Thin” from the Belebend EP (Yo Yo)
Swingin’ Utters – “Kick It Over” from Here, Under Protest (Fat)
Billy Raygun – “Same Animal, Different Disorder” from their Split with Lipstick Homicide (John Wilkes Booth)
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Weekly Radio Show: December 3rd, 2011
Campfire Island has a weekly PUNK radio show on KAOS 89.3FM in Olympia, WA playing Punk, Post-Punk and Hardcore every SATURDAY starting at 10pm! Frankie B was the host and Ben Trogden, (Nuts! Fanzine, Weird TV) was the guest for the second hour!
Loma Prieta – “Our Condition” from LIFE/LESS (Discos Huelga)
Good Luck – “All Good People” from Without Hesitation (No Idea)
Lenguas Largas – “Just Because I Can’t Divide” from I Feel (Tic Tac Totally)
Know Your Saints – “In It’s Place Was Your Reflection” from their Landmarks EP (Solidarity)
Des Ark – “It’s Only a Bargain if You Want It” from Don’t Rock the Boat, Sink the Fucker (Lovitt)
Shores – “Allotropres” from To Volstead (No Idea)
P.S. Eliot – “Troubled Medium” from Introverted Romance in Our Troubled Minds (Salinas)
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Photos of Shows: Lemuria, Dogjaw, Lung Life
This was a great show that happened at the Midnight Sun in Olympia, WA on December 2nd, 2011. Lemuria (Buffalo, NY), Forest Park (Portland, OR), Sharkpact (Olympia, WA), Dogjaw (Olympia, WA) and Lung Life (Olympia, WA) played.
LEMURIA was super fun! They played a whole range of their songs to a crowd of dancing, smiling kids. I have a video or two linked in the comments section. They were nice enough to come by the studio before the show, so we recorded some interviews, too.
Weekly Radio Show: November 19th, 2011
Campfire Island has a weekly PUNK radio show on KAOS 89.3FM in Olympia, WA playing Punk, Post-Punk and Hardcore every SATURDAY starting at 10pm! Frankie B flew solo.
Basement – “Every Single Word” from I Wish I Could Stay Here (Run For Cover)
Career Suicide – “Means To No End” from the Cherry Beach 7″ (Dirtnap)
Punch – “Time Apart” from the Nothing Lasts EP (Deathwish)
Ampere – “For Automation” from Like Shadows (No Idea)
Trainwreck – “Thorns and Shroud” from If There Is Light It Will Find You (Vitriol)
Defeater – “Warm Blood Rush” from Empty Days & Sleepless Nights (Bridge Nine)
Rational Animals – “Someone Like You” from Bock Rock Parade (Katorga Works)
High Tension Wires – “Lose Your Grip” from Welcome New Machine (Dirtnap)
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Weekly Radio Show: November 12th, 2011
Campfire Island has a weekly PUNK radio show on KAOS 89.3FM in Olympia, WA playing Punk, Post-Punk and Hardcore every SATURDAY starting at 10pm! Frankie B was the host and Sean Blomgren was our guest dj in the second hour of the show!
Waxahatchee – “Be Good” from American Weekend (Don Giovanni)
Good Luck – “A Song to Comfort the Sick” from Without Hesistation (No Idea)
Screaming Females – “Bus Driver Man” from Baby Teeth (Don Giovanni)
Basement – “Plan to Be Surprised” from I Wish I Could Stay Here (Run For Cover)
Hail Seizures – “Last Transmission” from For the Ruin (Black Powder)
Chuck Ragan – “Nomad By Fate” from Covering Ground (Side One Dummy)
Songs for Moms – “Come True (How They All Do)” from I Used to Believe in the West (Thrillhouse)
Weekly Radio Show: November 5th, 2011
Campfire Island has a weekly PUNK radio show on KAOS 89.3FM in Olympia, WA playing Punk, Post-Punk and Hardcore every SATURDAY starting at 10pm! Frankie B was the host and Mack Edwards was our guest dj in the second hour of the show!
Hail Seizures – “House on the Water/Flies” from their Split 7″ with Blackbird Raum (GoxRecords)
Brutal Youth – “So What? Sew Buttons” from Spill Your Guts (Death to False Hope)
Good Luck – “The Others” from Without Hesitation (No Idea)
P.S. Eliot – “Tangible Romance” from Introverted Romance in Our Troubled Minds (Salinas)
RVIVR – “Paper Thin” from their Belebend 7″ (Yo Yo)
Banner Pilot – “Forty Degrees” from Heart Beats Pacific (Fat)
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Weekly Radio Show: October 22nd, 2011
Campfire Island has a weekly PUNK radio show on KAOS 89.3FM in Olympia, WA playing Punk, Post-Punk and Hardcore every SATURDAY starting at 10pm! Frankie B did his somewhat annual pre-FEST set and Jennifer Sea was our guest dj in the second hour of the show!
Kid Dynamite – “News at 11″ from Kid Dynamite (Jade Tree)
Jumpers – “Kite and Key” from No Idea Presents: Fest 8 (No Idea)
P.S. Eliot – “Hail Mary” from Introverted Romance In Our Troubled Minds (Salina)
Good Luck – “Sleep With No Bad Dreams” from Into Lake Griffy (No Idea)
Averkiou – “I Don’t Wanna Go Out” from Throwing Sparks (Claire)
Dead to Me – “Cruel World” from African Elephants (Fat)
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Weekly Radio Show: October 15th, 2011
Campfire Island has a weekly PUNK radio show on KAOS 89.3FM in Olympia, WA playing Punk, Post-Punk and Hardcore every SATURDAY starting at 10pm! Frankie B hosted this show and Alex P. Keaton (Doc Hollywood, Hollywood Kill Krew, ex-Pasties) was our guest for the second set.
Ceremony - “It Rained In My Head” from Scared People (Bridge Nine)
Please Inform the Captain This Is a Hijack – “Karma Collection Day” from Defeat or Humiliate the United States of America (Cleanplate)
Nomos – “Changeling” from the Notes From the Acheron 12″ (Deranged)
Ampere – “Chasing Ghosts” from Like Shadows (No Idea)
Daniel Striped Tiger – “Wait Outside” from No Difference (Cleanplate)
Witches – “Roy” from Forever (Bakery Outlet)
Defeater – “But Breathing” from Empty Days & Sleepless Nights (Bridge Nine)
Chuck Ragan – “Seems We’re Ok” from Covering Ground (Side One Dummy)