Gnarly Love "The Long and Gnarly Road"

(Eugene Records) This is exactly what punk rock should be: driving, dumb, angry about stuff, and funny. Goofy hardcore that's pissed off about police brutality and and Dick Cheney, but gets equally worked up about bad Hollywood remakes and dumb sports teams. There's basically nothing wrong with this...any band with a song about a monkey seeking advice from a Buddhist monk, which leads to the revelation "Banana Banana Banana Banana!" deserves a MacArthur Genius Grant.