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Brooklyn based Typhoid Rosie are making a sort of pop punk with just enough of an edge to still be considered punk, even though it's still very much pop. Their latest single, "Defend Your Temple," is a feminist anthem that sounds like Letters to Cleo auditioning for the Warped Tour. Rosie Rebel has a lot to say about this one in a press release, so I'm going to let her take it from here: "I would never sit a little girl down in front of a glowing screen to watch Cinderella. It’s not that I don’t believe in a good love story, it’s just the fact that generations of women have grown up with this idea that if we play dress up that some magical prince will come and save us. It’s a sham fairy tale about a girl who cries and waits for other people to come and save her- the mice, a fairy godmother, and finally a prince. She’s afraid that the prince won’t love her because she doesn’t have the right clothes. How is this any different than the plot of Pretty Woman? These ar...

Photo by Mark Doyle Brooklyn's Typhoid Rosie have this great alt-punk sound on their latest single. "Queen of Swords" is a fun, driving punk song, complete with gang vocals throughout. If anything, it's almost a by-the-numbers punk song (but done in the absolute best possible way). What keeps "Queen of Swords" from just being a standard song is Rosie Rebel's vocals. Typically punk vocals are filled with anger and ferocity which propels the intensity of the music. In this song, Rebel's vocals have more of a 90's slacker too cool to care vibe, although it's probably more just sick of dealing with nonsense. It makes Typhoid Rosie have a sound all their own, and I think we all know that not caring can make everything even more punk. Rosie Rebel says of the new song: "Sometimes you just gotta cut a motherfucker out of your life. Your survival, evolution, and the growth of your soul may one day depend upon whether or not you can turn your back...