Far From Finished hails from Boston, Mass. You can already feel my bias forming. Fear not, this isn't straight edge, generic hardcore (my cup of tea).


The comparisons to the Dropkicks are warranted. Boston, punk rock, ... you can see where it would come together. But without the Irish, beer fueled tunes, of course. This album is fucking catchy as hell, for sure. But it isn't my bag so I'm not expecting a million plays.

One note: I noticed they recorded the piano and organs in Worcester, Mass at "The House That Keif Built." Now, there can only be one Keif in all of Worcester. And this one is a legit dude. Here's the story about the first time I met him, probably 1998.

I was walking through the WPI campus when there was some "chick rock" (his words) show in Alden hall. I see this blitzed punk rocker hanging out in front of the building. He was probably wearing some punk/hardcore shirt and I stopped to chat him up. Of course, he was blitzed so you can imagine there was plenty of confusion.

Me: yo, I'm Murphy.
Keif: [ ramble, ramble ] name is keif [ intelligible gibberish ]
Me: [ confused, considering he was drunken lisping ] Keith??

You know where it goes from there. We then made plans for me to buy his whole record collection, but 9 years later, I still haven't seen any of it. HAHAH. Legit dude. I still see him at Raw Bar shows and around sometimes.


Check out this album. I guarantee it will have you head rocking, singing along. Especially if you can get into punk rocking.

This is a one man, punk rock band from the middle of New Jersey. His name is Albert and he is Vayizuka. And his press kit looks real nice.



I would describe his style as early Blink (pre the "182" addition) or maybe Skarotum. Did I just compare a band to Skarotum? Hell fucking yeah, I did. You never thought the day would come, did you? Well, honestly, neither did I. For the last 6+ years, I've been waiting to bring out this comparison and TODAY IS THE DAY. I've done it. Vayizaku reminds me of Skarotum. Unfortunately, unless you live in New Hampshire and own a tape player, you have probably never heard Skarotum. And don't even try visiting http://www.myspace.com/skarotum because that is just some punker from Canada.

If you are into goofy power pop punk, this one man may be the band for you. Unfortunately, when playing live shows, he doesn't show up like this.