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Losing Daylight (A-F Records). Review by Jen Cray.
Losing Daylight (A-F Records). Review by Jen Cray.
Evil Streets (Wondertaker). Review by Jen Cray.
The Re-Issues (Jaybird & Weight of the World) (I Scream). Review by Jen Cray.
Speaking with vocalist Vice Cooler and guitarist Steve Touchstone of the undefinable trio of XBXRX , Jen Cray got them to talk about the brilliance of Kill Rock Stars, recording with Ian Mackaye and Steve Albini and how their live shows have resulted in permanent scarring.
SoCal and NYC hardcore invade the Sunshine state with Pennywise and H2O turning Orlando’s House of Blues into one large mosh pit. A drenched Jen Cray reports.
More than two decades into their career, Bad Religion have delivered their most focused critique of an American presidency. The Empire Strikes First pulls aside the curtain of Christianity and “homeland security” to reveal the men at the controls. Eric J. Iannelli hopes it hasn’t come too late.
We’re Down Til’ We’re Underground (Equal Vision). Review by Nick Plante.
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The Daylight Robbery (Smallman). Review by Stein Haukland.
New Mexican Disaster Squad (A-F). Review by Troy Jewell.
Into The Valley Of Death (Epitaph). Review by Stein Haukland.
Shake Harder Boy (Hydrahead). Review by Stein Haukland.
Counter-Culture Nosebleed (Escape Artist). Review by Stein Haukland.
…but James Mann offers a review of two books on the subject that should be: Steven Blush’s American Hardcore: A Tribal History and Mark Spitz and Brendan Mullen’s We Got the Neutron Bomb: The Untold Story of L.A. Punk.
The Fugue in the Fog (French Kiss). Review by Terry Eagan.
Ride The Skies (Load). Review by Nirav Soni.
The Crucial Conspiracy (Tooth And Nail). Review by Terry Eagan.
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.