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The Something Ain't Rights: Rainbow Alley
The Something Ain't Rights: Rainbow Alley
The Something Ain’t Rights’ debut EP, Rotten in the Brain, brings together punk, post-punk, country twang, and high-energy rock and roll, connecting decades of underground-scene experience with frustration over present-day America. Across nine concise tracks, the band moves between hardcore urgency, angular rhythms, roots-rock grit, dark humor, road stories, and small-town characters. “Rainbow Alley” represents the record’s broader, character-driven side, showing how the group’s punk foundation can expand into vivid backroad Americana without losing its momentum or edge. The result is a restless debut shaped by DIY history, contrasting musical backgrounds, and a shared interest in punk’s less predictable corners. Bandcamp lists “Rainbow Alley” as the sixth track, running 2:02, and confirms that the Astoria, Oregon band released the EP on July 22, 2026.
Gene Champagne: Gimme Ammunition
Hamilton, Ontario’s Gene Champagne steps out from behind the drum kit with “Gimme Ammunition,” a two-minute blast of sugar-coated punk carrying a darker emotional charge beneath its hooks. Driven by an aggressive beat, buzzsaw guitars, and bright harmonies, the song draws from first-wave punk, Ramones-style simplicity, New Wave, garage rock, and the melodic punk associated with Lookout! Records. Its ammunition metaphor is less about violence than finding the mental strength to withstand difficult times.
Backed by the fast, power-pop-leaning “She’s An Atom Bomb,” the release places Champagne’s own songwriting and performance at the center after years of work with Teenage Head, The Killjoys, and The Black Halos. The official Rum Bar Records page credits him with all vocals and music, as well as writing, arranging, and production. “Gimme Ammunition” runs 2:05, while its B-side runs 3:08; the pair is available digitally and as a limited imported 7-inch.
Taxi Girls: Say It!
Montreal’s Taxi Girls open Static with Say It!, a compact, confrontational song about emotional imbalance and the exhaustion of trying to understand someone who refuses to communicate. The narrator gives everything to the relationship but receives avoidance in return, missed eye contact, concealed feelings, and a familiar emotional mask. That frustration erupts in a blunt, repeatable chorus demanding honesty without qualification or performance.
The song’s strength lies in the contrast between vulnerability and insistence. Its verses describe uncertainty and emotional depletion, while the chorus turns that tension into a direct, shout-along challenge. Running 2:41, Say It! is the opening track on the nine-song Static, released June 26, 2026. The album is available digitally and in limited vinyl editions, including an eco-lavender pressing made from recycled PVC.