Hunx & His Punx

White Lung's Mish Way on Canadian Rock and the Prejudices of Male Bouncers

Mish Way is the lead vocalist of Vancouver, B.C.'s White Lung, whose sophomore full-length Sorry from 2012 is a relentless gust of uptempo, melodic punk. Notable as much for its instrumental ferocity as critical lyrical intelligence, Way draws from her experiences as a formal student of gender studi ... More >>

Wax Idols: Show Preview

Shannon and the Clams Sign to Hardly Art, Announce New Album

Shannon and the Clams, the ridiculously fun Oakland garage-pop outfit helmed by Shannon Shaw and Cody Blanchard, has a new label. For the group's new album, out May 21, they'll be moving to Hardly Art, the Sub Pop imprint that's also home to Hunx and His Punx, The Sandwitches, and Seapony. The next ... More >>

Hunx's Seth Bogart: His Secret Applebee's Haiku Revealed

His ass-cheeks weren't hanging out in the old picture, but we knew it was Hunx as soon as we saw his 16-year-old self vamping in the pages of an obscure book from 1998. Seth Bogart is featured as one of the fanzine producers in the book Zine Scene: The Do It Yourself Guide to Zines (Girl Press). Tu ... More >>

Seth Bogart's New Label Released a Porno Record and a Kid's Record on the Same Day

Seth Bogart -- or Hunx, as he is better known when fronting homosexually themed garage group Hunx and His Punx -- isn't shy about his interests. His lyrics and stage persona are charged with flippant sexuality, beauty-industry clichés and girl-group style relationship melodrama. But, the notorious ... More >>

Watch This Trailer For Hunx's Glitterally Fucked-Up New Variety Show, Hollywood Nailz

Okay, so a variety show involving the likes of Hunx and His Punx's Seth Bogart was always going to be a pansexual trash-fest. As longtime watchers know, any new thing from San Francisco's loudest gay garage-rocker and hair salon/vintage boutique proprietor is basically guaranteed to bring the unholy ... More >>

Live Review, 6/1/12: King Tuff and Shannon and the Clams Rule the Go! Go! Fest Finale

THE GO! GO! Night Six: Hunx & His Punx, King Tuff, The Bobbyteens, Shannon & The Clams, King Lollipop, Elvis Christ Friday, June 1, 2012 New Parish Better than: Any 50 year anniversary tour of a rock band will ever be. Before the music began, the scene resembled some kind of retro rock 'n' roll su ... More >>

Power-Pop Wonder King Tuff Talks Surrendering Control and the Magic of Trash

Kyle Thomas is the singer, songwriter, and sole permanent member of King Tuff. His first album, facetiously titled Was Dead, garnered a rabid cult following, despite it being so difficult to get a hold of. Fans have so quickly snatched up each limited vinyl pressing that they continue to command hig ... More >>

Pansy Division: Show Preview

Cassette-Only Labels Are Thriving, But Is It Just a Fad?

Seth Bogart of Hunx and His Punx Is Going Solo with Hairdresser Blues

Hunx​ Without a doubt, Hunx and His Punx's Seth Bogart is one of the most colorful characters in the Bay Area's underground rock scene. So we're excited to learn that next year, Bogart plans to release his very first solo album, Hairdresser Blues, under the simple name Hunx. The title is of ... More >>

Your Very Own Handpainted Hunx Doll, Only $79.95

They do not appear to be blow-up size, in case you were wondering.​ In case the lascivious Twitter feed, saucy oldies rock records, hair salon/vintage boutique, and upcoming TV show weren't enough, now there's another way to get Bay Area gay-punk agitator Hunx (aka Seth Bogart of Hunx and His ... More >>

Hunx and His Punx' "Lovers Lane" Video Is as Grainy and Melodramatic as It Should Be

​ This feels like the quintessential Hunx and His Punx: Hunx (aka Seth Bogart) prances around on a dingy street corner, gets picked up by a crew of rowdys in a vintage convertible, and heads off to a trashy/classy dance party to perform a song backed by the Punkettes', his all-female band. Lov ... More >>

Times New Viking Struggles to Follow King Tuff at the Rickshaw Stop

Ian S. PortKing Tuff at the Rickshaw Stop last night.​ Times New Viking King Tuff Spencey Dude and the Doodles @ the Rickshaw Stop June 14, 2011 Better than: A doubleheader of Williamson-era Stooges, and then a 14-inning ball game. It seemed that most of the crowd at the Rickshaw Stop last n ... More >>

Music Links: Hunx at Daytrotter, Up Close with Tyler, the Creator, and More

Hunx and His Punx' Daytrotter illustration by Johnnie Cluney​ Hunx and His Punx record four songs at Daytrotter. [Daytrotter] Think all the controversial band names are taken? You haven't heard of Glittersnatch. [The Bay Citizen] Yours Truly gets up close and personal with Odd Future's Tyler ... More >>

Video: The Wrong Words Have an Oakland Adventure in "Wrong Again"

​More promising local power-pop: S.F.'s The Wrong Words get silly in this new clip for "Wrong Again," a jangly, attention-deficient breeze of a song. The video was shot partly at Down at Lulu's, the Oakland vintage boutique and hair salon haunted by Hunx and His Punx's Seth Bogart. It's a great se ... More >>

Hunx and His Punx' New Video for "Bad Boy" Is Shitty-Awesome

And it gets better.​Yes, we used the word awesome in a headline. But this here new clip for "Bad Boy" is pretty awesome ... in a shitty, Desperate Living kind of way. We spoke with Hunx's Seth Bogart the day after he and the band filmed this vid, and while his original comments didn't make ou ... More >>

Hear a New Sonny & the Sunsets Song, "Mr. Lucky," Before Next Week's New Album

New Sonny & the Sunsets album out next week.​It's a been whirlwind spring for releases from the grainy corner of the S.F. indie scene, with new records from Hunx and His Punx, the Sandwitches, a new Ty Segall record on the way, and, next week, a brand-new collection of songs from Sonny & t ... More >>

Coming Soon: Screen a Garage Rock Documentary Featuring Thee Oh Sees and the Black Lips for Free

Have you heard this rumor that San Francisco music people have an obsession with garage-rock? We know, it's crazy. San Francisco garage rock? Here in a town where nobody actually has a garage? Why would anyone think those two things go together?We're not sure how they did it, but it seems the ... More >>

A Trip to the Gay Bar with Hunx and His Punx's Seth Bogart

Alex PenneyBogart: This is what his not-having-sex phase looks like.​In a text message, Seth Bogart, the Hunx in Hunx and His Punx, offered us a choice of venue for our interview: His warehouse in the Bayview, "or we could meet at a bar (preferably gay and sleazy)." Naturally, we chose the ba ... More >>

Links: The Backstory on Britney in S.F., New Video of Sonny & the Sunsets, and Downer Party Release Show Tonight

Sonny & The Sunsets from Scott McDowell on Vimeo.How S.F. Supervisor Bevan Dufty brought Britney Spears to the city for Good Morning America. [SF Gate]Sonny & the Sunsets do a set for video project Chasing the Moon in advance of their new album. [The Bay Bridged]

Watch Hunx and His Punx' Seth Bogart Give an Interview in a Crazy Balloon Costume

The most conservative outfit Seth Bogart has ever worn.​This is like Lady Gaga-level wackiness here, folks: In a video interview done at Scion's Garage Fest, Hunx and His Punx' principal provocateur Seth Bogart wears a pretty-much-insane costume consisting entirely of colored balloons. You can't s ... More >>

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SXSW Music 2011: Hi Austin, Are You Sure This Isn't SXSF?

SF Weekly music editor Ian Port is in Austin this week covering the sun-glazed sound orgy that is South By Southwest. He will try to keep his reports free from from unnecessary personal details, talk of tacos, the phrase "killed it," and the eliciting of excessive jealousy. Please feel free to comme ... More >>

Download Three SXSF Mixtapes From The Bay Bridged

Yes, but do they have Rainbow Grocery?​Feeling bummed because you're not in Austin right now for SXSW? Buck up, young modern. As our fearless leader Ian S. Port has already discovered, you "pretty much can't spit in Austin" without hitting an act, or a festivalgoer, from San Francisco and environs ... More >>

Saturday at Noise Pop: Best Coast Is Lazy, Wavves Is Crazy at the Regency Ballroom

Christopher VictorioBest Coast at the Regency Ballroom Saturday night.​Best CoastWavvesHunx & His PunxFebruary 26, 2011@ The Regency BallroomBetter than: Standing on Van Ness avenue in not-snow, holding a useless laminated card.We can sorta see why you'd think a Noise Pop Festival ba ... More >>

Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and lows from the last week in S.F. music

Hear the New Hunx and His Punx Song, 'Lovers Lane' -- And What's With the Album Art?

​"What happened next no one would have ever known/ My boy was killed, and now he's gone." And so climaxes the glossy tragedy at the heart of "Lovers Lane," the latest single from Hunx and His Punx, and the first track to drop from the band's upcoming debut full-length on Hardly Art. Thos ... More >>

Hunx and His Punx Announce Debut Album 'Too Young To Be In Love'

​At long last: gay celebrity, salon owner, aspiring TV show host, and Twitter rockstar Seth Bogart, aka Hunx -- along with his band of punky femmes, affectionately known as His Punx -- today announced plans for their full-length debut album, entitled Too Young To Be In Love. This will be the first ... More >>

Hide The Children: Hunx and His Punx' Seth Bogart and Brande Baugh Want To Start a TV Show

Anyone else find this pic utterly terrifying?​Try to imagine how Seth Bogart might expand his burgeoning cultural empire. He's already the Hunx of Hunx and His Punx, a pop-punk band whose sleazy songs incite shudders from decent people around the country, if not the world. He already runs Down at ... More >>

How to 'Ruin Xmas': Shannon & the Clams issue a punky take on the holiday classics

Hunx and His Punx Sign With Hardly Art, Announce New Album

​A pile of news out today regarding lauded licentious locals Hunx and His Punx means they're having a pretty darn good week. Exciting stuff for the silver-tongued Seth Bogart and his punkettes after the jump...

Woven Bones Discuss the Infection of Surf Rock and Their Awesome Band Name

​Countless rock bands on countless records over, like, six decades now have distilled seemingly every sound out of the same ol' guitar/bass/drums/vocals format. So it wouldn't be the hardest thing in the world to claim that rock is dead. But some bands, like Austin's Woven Bones, manage to arrange ... More >>

Wines That Go Well With Bay Area Bands

​You can go to a restaurant and ask the server to offer wine pairings to accompany your fancy-pants menu choice. But imagine you're home and have just reached for the latest album from that hip new San Francisco band. You're all ready to crank up those sweet tunes, but what to drink to compliment ... More >>

Five Places We Wish Bands Could Play in SF

Photo at Magowan's Infinite Mirror Maze at Pier 39. Why don't bands play here?​We're blessed with great live music venues here in San Francisco, but sometimes, bars, ballrooms, clubs, and arenas get kinda monotonous. Here are five more exotic locations that would make awesome spaces to see a band, ... More >>

Video of the Day: Hunx and His Punx "Don't Cha Want Me Back"

When you're a kid, you often have visions of how dinner's gonna taste at your house when you're an adult. It's gonna be all Froot Loops and hot dogs and pop corn and pizza and... really just the best of the high in sugar, high in sodium, high in deliciousness items. The latest video from local b ... More >>

NY Times in 'Gay Lust' Over Hunx and His Punx

​Regardless of whether you like boys, girls, or kinky mess in between, Hunx and his Punx have a great collection of kiss-off and kiss 'n' make up songs. The NY Times included the droll locals in its Sunday playlist roundup, cleverly describing the group's "spectacularly petulant lyrics delivered ... More >>

Bay Area Music Links: Ukulele Hendrix, Springtime Death Metal, Bad Dad's Laments

Danny ClinchJake Shimabukuro​ Pitchfork turned on by Hunx & His Punx. [Pitchfork] and elated with The Morning Benders. Spring means sunshine, flowers, and Death Metal. [The Bay Bridged] Video: Mark Growden plays bike handlebars like a flute -- and it sounds good! [Mission Mission] Says ... More >>

SXSW 2010 Showgoers' Guide to Bay Area Acts

Local Acts on the Big Festival Circuit: Who's Playing Where

www.joshuabrott.comBassnectar​One measure of musical success is being invited to one of the premiere music fests in the U.S. Among the most established and prestigious, of course, are Bonnaroo, Coachella, and All Tomorrow's Parties, the latter having the added cred of being curated by a different ... More >>

10 Things to Do This Weekend For Under $10

​Finally! The decade from hell is officially over and now, with the world out of its childish '00s on to its '10-plus tweens, we have so many growing pains to look forward to. So what's your New Year's resolution? If it's to party like a charmed indie pop star on a meager roadie budget, why no ... More >>

Go See Rock Photographer Sandy Kim's Show Tonight @ Ever Gold

Sandy KimGirls​With the prevalence of digital cameras, everyone thinks they're a great rock photographer these days. But local gal Sandy Kim takes pretty killer shots of musicians, far removed from the stage setting. (Her work reminds me a little of Ryan McGinley)She's gotten a ton of exposure thi ... More >>

Locals in the National Press: Girls Strip Naked

​In case you missed Pitchfork's lead story this morning, there's a new cut for the Girls' "Lust for Life" video. The revision involves far less clothing, as its new title, "'Lust for Life' Hardcore XXX Edit" (clip grabbed from MBV), would suggest. Here penises double as microphones (thanks to Hunx ... More >>

Music Awards Program Guide

Track(s) of the Day: Music Awards Nominees ( Metal/Psych/|Punk)

​Tomorrow's the big night. SF Weekly's 2009 Music Award winners will be announced at a blowout party at Ruby Skye. We'll have a host--Alex Koll--who's a combination air guitar champ/comedian. We'll have performances by acts that mix their hip-hop with funk, dubstep, and live drums (Wallpaper., L ... More >>

Jay Reatard Cancels S.F. Date & Tour After Whole Band Quits

​Jay Reatard canceled his upcoming tour--including his stop at Great American on Monday, Oct. 19, with Nobunny, Hunx & His Punx, Box Elders, and Digital Leather) after his band up and left him last week. In the words--or, as it were, Tweets-- of the band leader, "Band quit ! Fuck them! They ar ... More >>

Vote! SF Weekly's Music Awards Ballot Goes Live

​The Bay Area music scene's crazy with talent, and we've been working hard as of late to narrow that massive creative pool down to 40 acts worthy of jumping on this year's Music Awards Ballot. So after much research by own own staff, and much polling of respected members of the music industry, we' ... More >>

10 Things to Do This Weekend For Under $10

Japandroids hit the Hemlock Sunday​Being cheap never means being boring in this city. To wit:L.O.W.'s Outdoor BBQ & Pool Party @ Bambuddha Lounge (Friday)We don't want to hear that it hasn't felt like summer this week. Come Friday, Look Out Weekend is bringing a bathing suit-able bash to Bambu ... More >>

More Festival News: Homo a Go Go Hits SOMA in August

The Olympia, Washington-born arts festival for "the butches, the fairies, the femmes, the tweeners, the bears, the trannies, and the fun" has relocated to San Francisco. From August 13-16, Homo a Go Go takes over SOMArts with three nights of rock shows (headliners include Girl in a Coma, Katastrophe ... More >>

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