Artist Info: The Dimeras

In spite of its primitivist ethos, straight-ahead punk is one of the hardest forms of rock music to truly nail. Be too dismissive of pop songcraft and you risk becoming a tuneless thrasher, amusically flailing about. Go too far in the other direction and you're in cloying kiddie-punk territory. Which is one of the reasons the Dimeras are so impressive - despite rocking out recklessly, they never fall off that thin edge of perfectly stripped-down, sneering, aggressive rock 'n' roll. [read more...]