Punk has always been defined by either how much you give a shit or how little, and Pittsburgh’s WHITE STAINS exemplifies the appeal of both. The music feels urgent, it’s seasoned, driving, old school punk rock with a good sizzle to it. Early ’80s California scene-indebted but not corny or retro. The vocals, on the […]
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SFA (STANDS FOR ANYTHING) formed in 1984, joining the burgeoning NYHC scene to play alongside other early bands of the genre like TOKEN ENTRY and SHEER TERROR. During the twelve-plus years they stuck around, they’d share stages with the likes of AGNOSTIC FRONT and frequently play at the top clubs like CBGBs—this LP collects two […]
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Consider this material as a historical archive. An exercise of subtracting vital, youthful energy from the unstoppable flow of time in order to preserve a spark of revolt and to mark a territory within the map of global punk and say “hey, here we are and this is where we were, we are part of […]
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This is killer. Minds much sharper than I dredged through the Florida muck to find the surviving sickos from this band to re-release their one and only attempt at stardom. It’s probably a Killed By Death favorite up there with EBENEZER AND THE BLUDGEONS or ED NASTY AND THE DOPEDS, which means small-town punkers playing […]
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And now, part three of MRR Year End Top Tens! Parts one and two. ARTO HIETIKKO I’m the editor of Toinen Vaihtoehto zine, co-release records on Nunchakupunk, and I’m also involved with the annual Puntala punk fest, which, thanks to COVID-19, has been on a hiatus for two years now—let’s see what happens in 2022. […]
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Welcome to part two of MRR Year End Top Tens! Part one is here, part three to follow next week. ALEX HOWELL Alex Howell is an Indianapolis-based punk, comics, and basketball appreciator. He’s been reviewing records for MRR for a little over a year and hosts the bi-weekly punk podcast/radio show Garbage in My Heart. […]
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Welcome to another round of Maximum Rocknroll Year End Top Tens! Once again, we asked MRR contributors and friends old and new from across the globe about their favorite punk releases from the past year. Here are some of the things that provided inspiration, catharsis, distraction, lifelines, and everything in between during year two of […]
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Huge archival review update — two years of reviews 1984-1986 have been uploaded over the last couple months — click the article for links.
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