Now, this is a record I had been waiting for, and I am quite pleased to have been graced with the opportunity to review it, which can be read as yet another sign that I might be becoming the official in-house crust annalist here (a noble position I’d humbly take, of course). DESOLACION is from […]
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Buz Clatworthy may have changed the meaning of his acronym and broadened the scope of his home-recording vision, but he hasn’t lost the electric charge of the early recordings that made so many of us take notice to begin with. With merely one full-length in his oeuvre, he continues to push himself creatively through singles, […]
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Just when we needed it most, STRUL has re-emerged to unleash a banger LP that eclipses the intensity of the Gothenburg group’s ferocious 2019 Punkrock Deluxe 7”. These guys shred and pummel with a rocking, guitar-heavy edge, playing O.G. hardcore punk as if it were taught to them by the guys in TOTALITÄR. It’s a […]
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Drum machine post-punk with psychedelic flourishes from this Cleveland band. Monotone vocals with repetitive, chant-like lyrics hang over moody synth textures like a mix of PLEASURE LEFTISTS and fellow Clevelanders KNOWSO. They are best on slower tracks like “Zip Code” and “Circular Psychiatry,” bass-heavy jams that evoke Calvin Johnson fronting BAUHAUS, but it’s all great. […]
Read full "Screen on the Green LP" reviewOn this week’s MRR Radio, Cary does an Appalachian Punk Rock Show (mostly).
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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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Welcome to 2025, and welcome to Maximum Rocknroll‘s 2024 Year-End Top Tens. Once again, we asked MRR reviewers, friends, fellow travelers, and extended family from all over the world about what punk records defined the year for them. Don’t forget to read PART 2 and PART 3! ALEX HOWELL Alex Howell reviews records for MRR […]
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