Kings of Punk (Southern Lord). Review by Scott Adams.

Simple, catchy punk band Cockney Rejects reflected the tough streets of East End, London, giving name to the Oi subgenre.

The Switchblade Kid (Miss Molly Music). Review by Matthew Moyer.

Theatre is Evil (8 ft. Records). Review by Joe Frietze.

Sonic Kicks (Yep Roc). Review by Matthew Moyer.

A fittingly ambitious film for a fittingly artistic and poetic band.

Avengers (Water Records). Review by Scott Adams.

Mark Sultan takes a break from his other gig with King Khan to storm St. Augustine with his one-man band. Matthew Moyer assures us, it’s awesome – and there’s not a washboard or hat cymbal anywhere on the premises.

Mad Surgeons, pools of red vomit, and enough guitar feedback to make your ears bleed. Exhumed gives Matthew Moyer a reason to walk in to a Cannibal Corpse show.

What happens when the Muppets take a whole lot of drugs and partner up with an avant garde musician? Something along the lines of Quintron and Miss Pussycat. Matthew Moyer reveled in the unearthly delights.

With a razor-sharp memory and conversational writing style, L.A. punk pioneer Alice Bag recounts her musical obsession.

Matthew Moyer thinks Dave Thompson’s Patti Smith bio just might tide you over until Smith delivers on the promised second volume of her memoir.

Dan Sartain doesn’t really care if you know his name, or any of the songs he plays. He just came to remind you that rock ‘n’ roll can still be unsettling… and Matthew Moyer LOVES it.

Brett Callwood’s comprehensive book on the criminally overlooked Stooges doesn’t, this time, focus completely on Iggy Pop.

See a Little Light: The Trail of Rage and Melody tells Bob Mould’s entire story – from his abusive childhood to his coming out as a gay man, filled with details and anecdotes from his 50-plus years.

Music’s not for Everyone (K). Review by Matthew Moyer.

Live clips and interviews from Meat Puppets, Minutemen, Redd Kross and Twisted Roots.

A mixture of interview audio and incidental footage, About A Son allows rockdom’s left handed martyr to tell his own story. Matthew Moyer appreciates the minimalism.

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.