Ancient Shapes – Ancient Shapes LP
While Daniel Romano has found great success exposing his Country & Western inspirations over the last few years (both 2011’s Sleep Beneath The Willows…
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VENOMOUS CONCEPT – KICK ME SILLY – VC III
Venomous Concept is a supergroup built upon the backs of some of grindcore’s forefathers, but aside from several blasting passages, as with the accelerated…
Harrington Saints – Pride & Tradition (reissue)
Now that the band has reached out a bit and found some fresh and receptive ears (the Fish & Chips EP which came out…
Hopeless Youth – Devil, Walk with Me
Vancouver has seemingly got the Canadian market cornered when it comes to sludgy hardcore, so I was somewhat surprised to see that this band…
Under The Big Black Sun: A Personal History of L.A. Punk
by John Doe with Tom DeSavia and friends (Da Capo Press) While the stories are (almost) never the same, it’s pretty surprising how consistently…
Joe Strummer – Gangsterville 12-inch single
With the benefit of hindsight, the first thing listeners will notice about this single’s title track is how well it dovetails with the…
Wrong – self-titled
This Miami noise-rock outfit features former members of Torche and Kylesa, but musically, Wrong are more like Unsane or the Melvins’ old-school slowcore, with just…
Dead Kennedys – Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables LP
How does one qualify an album which is almost universally considered a lynchpin release for the musical genre it occupies and has incited a…
NOFX and Jeff Alulis – The Hepatitis Bathtub and Other Stories
NOFX: The Hepatitis Bathtub and Other Stories NOFX and Jeff Alulis As “Fat” Mike Burkett says himself in the final chapter of NOFX: The…
VHS – Screaming Mad Gore
For context, that which frightened me as a child is that in which I now take comfort. Despite my childhood fears of boogeymen, axe…