The Witzard

Not as They Do by Manikineter As many of you may well know by now, MANIKINETER is the Noise-Rap side-project of Philly 's very own emcee, producer, graphic/web designer, Noise-maker, and frantic one-man band Carl Kavorkian . We here at The Witzard quite honestly, can't get enough of MANIKINETER's beautifully aggressive Punk/Hardcore/Hip-Hop -melding output and luckily for us, Not As They Do EP is Kavorkian's third MANIKINETER release in just two short years. While we're ecstatic to be premiering the music video for "Rockatansky Memoirs (The Big Nothing)" here at The Witzard ; however, a few especially tech-savvy fans might have already been able to piece together the clip's URL from a series of cryptic Instagram posts shared by MANIK|NETER (@manikineter) just this past weekend: "new 4ideo soon.... -," "n3w video soon... hidden," "new v1deo soon. cultmembermusic.com," "new video 5oon..... corridor," ...

"Way back in 2006, three young Punk brothers from St. Albans , a grim satellite town of London , discovered 1950’s Rock "N" Roll and Rockabilly and The Zipheads were formed. Initially known as The Runaway Boys , a Rock "N" Roll revue [cover] band, they played every sweaty pub, town hall, and social club in South East [London] bashing out 50's classics with a Punk sensibility and more than a nod to the Pub Rock scene of the 70's," read part of a mysterious email I received earlier this week titled "The Zipheads—UK Punkabilly—new album" from Donagh O'Leary at Bomber Music . The Zipheads consists of guitarist and lead vocalist Ray Waters , double bass player and vocalist Tom Waters , and drummer Will Waters (Bennett) , who cite The Clash , Stray Cats, Ramones , Reverend Horton Heat, The Living End , The Pouges, 2 Tone Ska forefathers The Specials , and Oingo Boingo amidst "Artists They Also Like" on their band F...