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The Return of Tomorrow (At The Dojo Records). Review by Steven Garnett.
The Return of Tomorrow (At The Dojo Records). Review by Steven Garnett.
Author Marla Watson captured over 300 black-and-white photos of Black Flag, Bad Religion, 7 Seconds, Circle Jerks, Minor Threat, and some bands you might not know, now sharing her L.A. punk band scrapbook in My Punk Rock Life: The Photography of Marla Watson.
Mandatory: The Best of The Blasters (Liberation Hall). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Tomorrow Never Comes (Epitaph). Review by Steven Cruse.
Jim Saah documented the D.C. hardcore scene with training from a high school photography class, capturing energy and excitement with a natural sense of technique and art.
Documentary on the Washington, D.C. punk scene, with a focus on the earlier years.
Brace Yourself (Pirate’s Press). Review by Scott Adams.
Culture Shock Treatment (Paper + Plastick). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Alphabetland (Fat Possum). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Endless (Riding Easy). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Undertow (Indivisible Music). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Ink 19 slings a few questions to the punk rock pioneer Keith Morris on Trump, Calexit and looking back.
Skeletons. Review by Joe Frietze.
A couple is kidnapped and held in a small cell until either they or their captor breaks.
Hairy Chafin’ Ape Suit (Sauxtex Media). Review by James Mann.
Aesop Rock gives Jacksonville some quality hip hop – the kind so good that even shoegazer Jessica Whittington can’t appreciate.
Riverboat Gamblers can always be counted on to give fans a live music aurogasm, and Jen Cray can always be counted on to cheer them on whenever they play her hometown.
Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame inductees Red Hot Chili Peppers still deliver, years after they’ve retired the tube socks and put on their pants. Jen Cray was happy to be part of even just a bit of their Orlando performance.
Back to the Basement (Asian Man Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
The net result of plowing through a weighty tome like this is a sense of awe at how a bunch of kids created their own culture whole cloth, like the music industry on a Utopian, communal, microcosmic level.
With the thirty-fifth anniversary of debut album Whirlpool, UK shoegaze outfit Chapterhouse is back together again and touring the US as part of Slide Away Music Festival.
The Englert theater hosted Little Feat as they embark on their Last Farewell Tour.
Meiko Kaji’s katana is sharp and looking for revenge in Wandering Ginza Butterfly and its sequel, She Cat Gambler, a stylish pair of early ’70s action films.