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Kevin "Part Time Kevin" Day from Part Time PR often sends me press releases, which I've used for tons of coverage, as well as interviews, here on The Witzard and for an array of sites for which I contribute; some of those acts including Crossed Keys , Dirty Shrines , DIVIDED HEAVEN , Elway , and more. So, now, it's been a pretty cool, full-circle momemnt to be recieve press from/for and be able to cover one of Day's own bands. It's my pleasure to introduce Philadelphia's newest Punk band, ERRTH. Showcasing both current and former members of ASPIGA, Public Serpents, Reunions, and Seeing Snakes, ERRTH takes their love of bands from The East Bay & Chicago and adds their own Northeast attitude into the mix. ERRTH, actually, just played their first show as part of Crossed Keys' Believes In You record release show back in May. Their debut EP is made up of two blistering tracks that showcase two of the band's three song-writers. "Control,...

Elway L-R: William Orender, Tim Browne, Joe Henderer & Brian Van Proyen (CREDIT: Tom May) Elway have stuck with Red Scare Industries for a few years and, now, we've all been rewarded with their best album yet; or, at least, that's what they're saying. Elway's Tim Browne, Joe Henderer, William Orender & Brian Van Proyen, also, tell us that the prevailing theme of this collection of songs is, "... The Candide/Quixote Dilemma. As in, are we naïve for being optimistic?" Hoo-wee, sounds like Red Scare's gonna get rich off this thing! The Indie Punk quartet recorded a buncha songs out in their home state of Colorado and, then, they painstakingly whittled it down to the best 11 tracks for The Best of All Possible Worlds. All bangers here! Even though it's been lean times for Indie Rock/Punk tours during The Pandemic, Elway has managed to play some recent shows with The Lawrence Arms, Hot Water Music, and The Menzingers and we expect the good tim...

Dirty Shrines (CREDIT: Kristie Dehn) Dirty Shrines is a Rock band hailing from Fort Collins, Colorado founded in 2018 by long-time friends and musical collaborators and members of Elway, Chumped, and Gregory Alan Isakov's band. Dirty Shrines owe their sound to a sprawling medley of influences as far-reaching as Steely Dan and Hall & Oates to Jets to Brazil and The Killers. The result of a few years of tactful tinkering is Dirty Shrines' debut LP, Digital Ego: a begrudgingly self-aware commontary on the terminally-online world, via a 10-track flight of fancy that dabbles equally in 70's Rock, Power Pop, Punk, and Indie Rock. Dirty Shrines' Digital Ego is strongly suggested for fans of Everclear, Free Energy, The Menzingers, Red City Radio, The Strokes, and Thin Lizzy. Digital Ego is an unabashedly confident debut that finds the members of the band stepping out of the Punk realm and exploring 70's Rock, Power Pop, and Alternative. Here, you'll find stacke...