Like CRUELSTER but not as cruel. Like PERVERTS AGAIN but sadly less perverted. I don’t know if they share DNA or if it’s the same band and I don’t really care. In fact, I wasn’t even going to mention those other bands, but if you’re a fan and you’ve missed this, get it now. If […]
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HI SHERIFFS OF BLUE started out as more of a concept than a band. An experimental post-punk unit with a rotating cast of noteworthy NYC players including Lydia Lunch, Jerry Williams, and Neneh Cherry (of “Buffalo Stance” fame), the group initially incorporated wacked-out takes on jazz, disco, and noise into their performances. Eventually, they settled […]
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Paranoid punk for a world that already lost the plot. Eight tracks of schizoid hardcore that take the twitchy aggression of RUDIMENTARY PENI, the frantic, angular attack of KORO, and the warped mania of early obscure hardcore. The songs are short and nasty. “Black Imp,” “Dark Arts,” and “Dogmen” strike with the kind of nervous […]
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Hurtling out of the gate on second album Nightmare Agenda is France’s NEGATIVE RUNNERS. They’re proud members of their punk local scene in Saint-Étienne, the city that’s home to the quartet, their studio of choice, and the record label putting out this album, which is a classic, rough-edged burst of melodic hardcore that tackles the […]
Read full "Nightmare Agenda LP" reviewTim and Jeff talk super quickly and keep it brief in order to cram in all the hits of 1982 (part 1)! Digitized from MRR archive tapes at the Center for Popular Music at MTSU. Originally aired December 27, 1982.
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My first encounter with the Tape Op universe happened when I picked up a magazine that was laying around Mike Pack’s studio, Revolution Sounds, in Chattanooga, TN. This was twenty-plus years ago. Listening to LANDLORD track “More Trouble” on Beneath the Wheel, and being frustrated that they didn’t do the ending phrase twice. I was […]
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Last Night at the Lusty: Remembering San Francisco’s First Unionized Strip Club is a fascinating expose of North Beach’s most notorious haunt. Filled with shocking twists and urban legends (but are they?), Janelle Blarg’s most recent comic also highlights the risks, the racism, and the management’s reluctance to address many of the employee’s workplace concerns. […]
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While working on the Murray Bowles photo book, I found myself in an early ’80s Bay Area punk frenzy, gobbling up old photo books, zines, and newsprint rags of the day, and digging into internet rabbit holes left and right. Along the way I came across this gem, self-published in 2021, which I immediately needed […]
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Far from any major cities and never a convenient spot on a touring route, the seemingly sedate neighbouring seaside towns of Falmouth and Penryn are an unlikely setting for a growing punk scene. However, over a long period of time, a local punk community has thankfully become a regular presence here. Cover photo: Dee Loraine […]
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