Iowa Park Punk: Ya Down with IPP?

Basics, It Hurts to Be Dead, and Ladybird, live in Iowa Park, Texas

Iowa Park Punk / all photos by author

Wichita Falls punk/emo band Basics has been one of my favorite local bands since I first saw them play, and when they announced the release of their new EP and a launch party with Ladybird and It Hurts to Be Dead, I knew it was a show I had to see.

It was a triple-bill of power punk, and based on the comments that cam…