UK punks kick up a fuss What do you get when you mix three leather-clad vixens with the raw power of punk and the infectious grooves of disco?A bit of British bullocks known simply as the Ping Pong Bitches. The Bitches — Emily Hell, Louise Prey and Mandy Wong — introduced themselves earlier this year with a five-track debut album put out by Alan McGee’s Poptones label. It’s like a walk... 

Loco garage punks’ hairy recording caper Local punked-out garage band the Exploders are just a taste of things to cum.From their new album title — New Variations — and the pimp leather vests they wear, to songs like Put On Your Wig, Fifteen Dollars and Teethclencher, this is a walk down Porn Boulevard with four raunchy tour guides. “I hope all my old girlfriends realize how much time,... 

Roof-raising Punk:Rancid and the Warped Tour shake the Skydome This year’s warped tour unceremoniously jammed fans into the concrete arena of the Skydome, where crowds had to share space with all four stages, a wrestling ring, a skateboard vert pipe, a BMX ramp and a dozen-plus merchandise tents, not to mention way accessible ATM machines. The two smaller stages may have offered talented... 

It’s been a long time since the word “alternative” meant anything in the music industry. But “alternative Latin” — the phrase used to describe the Latin American rap, rock and metal bands who played King West’s dilapidated Lamport Stadium Sunday night — is completely accurate.These bands have been breaking into the mainstream thanks to festivals like the...