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Monday Photo Blog: Jimmy Farabi

  • Published May 7, 2012 By Matt Average
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For this week’s Monday Photo Blog we go to Chicago via the camerawork of Jimmy Farabi, with photos of Cülo, Vile Gash, Raw Never, Merchandise, Sickoids, and Manipulation. Who’s the man who appears to be singing along at the Manipulation show? For more work from Jimmy Farabi, check out the blog chicagoisnowhere. Send your tour photos, […]

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From the Vaults: Γκορλαγκ (GULAG) In the Showyard (Ν£ρ„ην Αρ…λΝ® Ν¤ρ‰ν ΘεαμΝ¬ρ„ρ‰ν) LP

  • Published May 3, 2012 By Matt Badenhop
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Γκορλαγκ (Gulag) — In the Showyard (Ν£ρ„ην Αρ…λΝ® Ν¤ρ‰ν ΘεαμΝ¬ρ„ρ‰ν) LP (Lazy Dog Records, 1990) In the honor of our new Athenian coordinator Lydia, and my upcoming trip to Greece, I chose to feature this criminally underrated Greek punk masterpiece. GULAG, from the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki, started playing in the mid ’80s. On […]

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Video of the Week: 20/20 New Wave segment 1979

“Rock ‘n’ roll has always borrowed from the past and threatened the present.” Whenever you come across these old TV news clips about punk/new wave on the interwebs you can always expect them to be ridiculously ill-informed and sensationalistic. While this one doesn’t paint a complete and 100% accurate picture of what was going on […]

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Monday Photo Blog: Christina P.

  • Published April 30, 2012 By Matt Average
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Christina P, resident of Melbourne and editor of Stitches In My Head fanzine, has sent us some images the hardcore punk variety for this week’s Monday Photo Blog. From the safety of your desk and chair you can marvel at the likes of Kromosom, Straightjacket Nation, and more. At least from this vantage you don’t […]

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RIP Kindred McCune, aka Stinkweed

By Dan Lactose Kindred McCune, aka Stinkweed Malone, has left our planet. Took the warp triple-six Doom Ryde straight through our galaxy. Stinkweed was best known to punx, thrashers, vandals and dank smokers as a founding member of the pioneering Redwood City, CA, political grindcore unit, Plutocracy. He was also a founding member and leader […]

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