Zlam Dunk!!

Do yourself a favor - Give yer iPod a good Zlam Dunking. From these guys.

(Before you point out our spelling fail - Nope, we got it right, that's how they spell it. What do you expect from a Punk band??)

That's them there. From left to right, we've got guitarist Brett Thorne, keyboardist Ross Bennett, singer Charlie Day, bassist Taylor Hughes, and on the far right, drummer Daniel Vega. [And Yep, that's the Manateam Group Ross Bennett.]

Let's not dissect them too finely - Punk's charm is in it's sincere thrashing and bellowing vox, which Zlam's got in spades. Give this cut a minute or so; see if you're not tempted to snatch up your air guitar and windmill right along:

Though Zlam Dunk does The Punk with righteous credibility, they prefer to call what they do "Dance Punk". Check out what they're talking about in this number, which waves their 80's banner with their keyboard and guitars -

Punk, though, implies a certain amateurish rawness that these guys have grown way past. Sure, their numbers are lean and full of quick, punk-like guitar chops, but their productions are clean and their compositions too diverse to really fall into that category. Here's what we're talking about; a number that gleams with synthy saw-toothed goodness before giving way to punkier leanness -

Screech-crunchy guitars, 80-ish organic keyboards, sincerely-howled vocals, pounding acoustic drum lines; serving up fun 80-ish lean rock in a 2011-ish club setting - What's not to like?

The guys burn up the regular venues in the Austin-San Marcos area - Their last gig was the UltraFest Summer Jam, where they played with stalwarts Say Say Say and Fresh Millions. Turns out they're regulars at the Triple Crown in San Marcos - They also burned it down at South by 78666 this year too. And look who they've played with in the not-too-distant past (at The Parish, no less):

Before you go, you've got to check out the release we've got stuck in replay; the excellent, two-thumbs up "Noble Ancestry":

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