• Father Flamethrower

Now that you've learned who's playing the Arts Festival and you've also had sufficient time to vent about how angry you are about that, on to the pressing matters of the day, like, who will be our MP3 Monday artist?

The wait is over! It's Father Flamethrower!

The punk band is releasing its self-titled debut with a show Saturday night, March 29, at the Bloomfield Bridge Tavern (with an assist from Polish Hill Strangler). We're giving you a sample off of the album — here's "Bear Bait":