This Atlanta four-piece plays upbeat, hook-driven power pop built on clean guitars and tight melodies. Sharing some of the same DNA as EXPLODING HEARTS or the TRANZMITORS but with a lighter, less aggressive touch, GENTLEMAN JESSE trades in most of the speed and harshness for classic pop songwriting. Formed in 2006 by Jesse Smith with […]
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Now I didn’t see this one coming, but it is a record that makes a lot of sense, not just musically but politically as well. Unless you have been living in total isolation in a cave for the past ten years, living off insects, dead snails, and moss, you will have noticed that the world […]
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Two new tracks of pure, unadulterated rock’n’roll from Virginia Beach’s own CANDY SNATCHERS, now entering their thirty-third year of existence. What’s left to say about a band that’s been consistently active for the last three decades? Vocalist Larry May sounds like a combination of MEAT LOAF and Lux Interior of CRAMPS fame. May’s range and […]
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The three-song Violencia flexi was created by four-piece Las Vegas band SAKURA, and it fucking rips! Drawing heavily upon the extensive sound catalog of Japanese hardcore, SAKURA melds noisy, terminal velocity punk into songs that immediately call to mind other things that rip, like RESIN’s 2021 Pot Overdose or DEAD CITY’s 2022 Banned from L.A. […]
Read full "Violencia flexi EP" reviewOn this week’s MRR Radio, Zu From All Over brings her turntable into her empty bedroom to listen to 8 lengthy songs amplified by 4 reflective walls, with the best Proto-Slowcore, Post-Hardcore, Slacker Noise, and loudQUIETloud to drown out the outside world.
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If you’ve ever walked the streets of İstanbul, you’ve likely seen Doğa Sultan’s graffiti, tags, and stickers plastered all around. If you’ve been to the beloved venue Karga, you’ve probably met her while she was working non-stop on whatever collective project she was taking on at the time. Maybe you’ve even caught her in the […]
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Maximum Rocknroll is heartbroken/excited to announce that we are donating our archives — paper files, photos, notes, zines, books, ephemera, and yes, the greatest punk record collection the world has ever known — to the Center for Popular Music at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This might seem random, but it’s the culmination […]
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Eraser has spent the past couple of years making noise in Philly basements, winning over many a discerning punk with their blend of post-punk and no wave. Now they’re making noise in punk’s critical circles with their debut release, Hideout 12”, brought to you by Philly institution Siltbreeze Records. We sat down with Kat Bean […]
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Punks of the pre-internet age were good at sleuthing out information, tracking down new bands and finding meaningful connections between seemingly disparate groups of like-minded maniacs. My friends and I in the deep south, far away from coastal cultural meccas (insert RANCID quote here), traded notes about our hours spent pouring over liner notes, thank […]
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