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Loren
Editor in Chief
Minneapolis
Loren's last content update – June 21, 2018, 8:45 p.m.
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Loren's most recent reviews
Pinned In Place
Rubbernecking at the Gates of Hell, 2018
I’ve been debating how to describe this one for a while. Pinned in Place aren’t exactly happy campers, but compared to most of what I’ve been reviewing lately their music ...
DeeCracks
Sonic Delusions, 2018
DeeCracks don’t reinvent anything, but they don’t regurgitate it either. There’s a lot of Ramones behind the experienced Austrian band, but they utilize familiar techniques like harmonies, solos, and even a surf ...
The Lawrence Arms
We Are the Champions of the World (A Retrospectus), 2018
The excitement of We Are the Champions of the Word (Retrospectus) is supposed to be the five new songs at the end of the 29-song collection. It probably is, but given how ...
Raging Nathans
Cheap Fame, 2018
This what pop-punk used to mean. On the record it’s clean and melodic, while the live show feels more aggressive and forceful. Think of those Ramones studio records and compare ...
Loren's most recent features
One Question Interviews Guerilla Poubelle
Posted June 10, 2018, 2:42 a.m.Till Lemoine (Guerilla Poubelle-vocals/guitar) SPB: What is the furthest you’ve ever traveled to see a show (and who/where was it)?Till: I guess the furthest I traveled ...
One Question Interviews Professor and the Madman
Posted June 10, 2018, 2:38 a.m.Sean Elliott (Professor and the Madman-co-vocalist) SPB: When did you first "discover" punk rock? Sean: I first heard the term 'punk rock' in elementary school. All the kids in my ...
One Question Interviews The Shell Corporation
Posted June 6, 2018, 8:25 a.m.Curtiss (The Shell Corporation) SPB: What is your favorite documentary or music-related film? Curtiss: Ok, so total disclosure, I’ve never actually seen my favorite music documentary. Which happens to ...
One Question Interviews American Standards
Posted June 6, 2018, 8:23 a.m.Brandon Kellum (American Standards) SPB: Have you ever forgotten lyrics midsong? How did you recover? Brandon: There’s always the fear that I’ll forget a part before going on ...
Loren's most recent news stories
Records SPB exclusive: Batboy/Sarchasm split EP
Scene Point Blank is excited to feature a stream of the new split EP from Bat Boy and Sarchasm, out this Friday (June 8) on Asian Man Records. The new ...
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Bands Fight Amp and Legendary Divorce members form Low Dose
Posted June 21, 2018, 8:45 p.m.
New Philadelphia band Low Dose has released the song "For Sure," rising from the ashes of Fight Amp. The band consists of all three Fight Amp members along with Itarya ...
Records Jon Spencer solo album coming this fall
Posted June 17, 2018, 2:02 p.m.
The one and only Jon Spencer will release a solo album this fall, the prominent rocker's first under his own moniker. To be titled Spencer Sings the Hits!, the ...
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Videos New Needs
Posted June 17, 2018, 1:32 p.m.
Vancouver's Needs have a new song out now and a new album soon to come. The band premiered "Everybody Makes Me Steaks" in video format earlier this week, here ...
Loren's most recent blogposts
Triple Rock - Last Show Ever
Posted Nov. 22, 2017, 7:28 p.m. by Loren
Dillinger Four, Negative Approach, Kitten Forever, Victory, The Slow Death Triple Rock Social Club Minneapolis, MN November 22, 2017 I usually try to keep show reviews to the point: Here’s ...Descendents @ First Avenue
Posted Sept. 21, 2016, 9:21 p.m. by Loren
Descendents, Modern Life Is War, Color TV First Avenue Minneapolis, MN September 15, 2016 The only people luckier than those who get to see the Descendents are those who get ...Fat Wrecked 25 @ The Myth
Posted Sept. 2, 2015, 9:32 p.m. by Loren
NOFX, Lagwagon, Dillinger Four, Strung Out, Swingin' Utters, The Flatliners, Masked Intruder, toyGuitar, Bad Cop/Bad Cop The Myth Maplewood, MN August 28, 2015 No review, see photo gallery ...Radioactivity @ Triple Rock
Posted July 29, 2015, 8:55 p.m. by Loren
Radioactivity, Birthday Suits, Butcher’s Union Triple Rock Social Club Minneapolis, MN July 22, 2015 It’s nice to live in a city where some great out of town bands have ...Loren's bio
I started writing for the site in early 2008. I also work for a publishing company and do freelance writing on the side. I occasionally use the twitter here: https://twitter.com/lorenmgreen.
Loren's favorite bands
Dillinger Four, Arrivals, Brokedowns, Tim Version, Weakerthans, Broadways, The Blind Shake, Tiltwheel, Fugazi
Loren's SPB contributions
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