Ramones, Buzzcocks, Devo, Minor Threat, Descendents, FYP, Hickey, Hot Snakes, Marked Men.
On the tail end of Autogramm’s 2018 tour of Mexico (what little I remember of that week now is a lot of pulque and not a lot of sleep) I visited the one punk record store in CDMX that I found via googling where to buy bootleg punk t-shirts. I’d already visited Venas Rotas Discos earlier on the trip and … Read more
I’ve been reading Cory Doctorow’s latest book “The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI” a scathing review of the current state of artificial intelligence wherein he seeks to pop the AI bubble. In the book’s central metaphor Doctorow identifies the centaur as someone whose work is improved upon by technology vs the reverse centaurs who are competing with and/or … Read more
Australian Neo-proto-punk garagerockers ECSR released 11 new songs in May without much, if any, fanfare and not as some marketing or PR stunt but because they seem to actually give zero fucks. If anything they are making a bit of effort to curb their success which includes multiple award nominations on their home turf including the Australian Music Prize for … Read more
I got kind of obsessed with reviewing this record after I heard the first single “Watching The Omnibus” which they released digitally earlier this year. I could probably just write a whole thing about how hard it was to get an advance download of it for review, but I try to keep my reviews positive so I will steer clear … Read more
Shane Herrell: Rest In Power(pop) (1980-2025) The Rocker I try to live my life with as few regrets as possible. Sadly I never got the chance to hear my friend Shane Herrell karaoke Thin Lizzy’s "The Rocker." As a singing bass player we don’t have enough heroes. It might just be my alcohol addled memory but right now as I … Read more
Can't say my review of it will be as well written or entertaining as this book of 50 poems by Daryl Gussin. Daryl is the managing editor of Razorcake. Daryl was in an awesome punk band called God Equals Genocide. Daryl is my friend but also possibly my spirit animal. … Read more
Amanda Mackaye has been active in the renowned Washington DC punk/hc scene since the late 80s. Following in her older brother’s footsteps, she helped start Sammich Records which released seminal recordings by Swiz, Soulside and Shudder To Think among others (for more on that I recommend the Swiz book published … Read more
San Antonio, TX political post-punks Nocturnal Prose are releasing their first long player Western Interests on the band's own Total Agency label. Featuring Yole Centeno on guitar, vocals, and synth, Nick Obregon on 2nd guitar, Aaron Marin on bass and Alan Codd on drums, the band had previously released a … Read more
LA punks Generacion Suicida are sharing the second single "Nunca Escucharas" from the upcoming album Hombre Nuevo. Guitarist/vocalist Tony Abarca shared this about his bands latest- "I just wanted to have something that was fast and catchy while keeping the lyrics rooted in everyday emotions.” The new full-length release is … Read more
Amsterdam label Wap Shoo Wap has announced the release of long lost UK proto-punks Bastard, featuring guitarist Brian James of the Damned and Elton Motello front man and drummer Alan Ward and Nobby Goff. From the labels bandcamp- Some records arrive fashionably late. This one has taken 52 years. Talk … Read more
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