Sometimes, someone comes along and says perfectly what you feel in your heart, but can’t articulate. Check out this video interview with the sagely Erin Yanke, punk drummer, KBOO/MRR radio personality, roadie, audio documentarian, ad infinitum, from Portland, OR, as she explains the beauty, allure, and value of punk better than anyone yet. In nine […]
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Oh dang! Classic Brazilian crossover-flavored HC, D-beat driven, lo-fi old schoolers ARMAGEDOM deliver two tracks recognizable in their buzzy metallic riffage, snare attack along with the throaty Portuguese yells. This is their same great sound with some good solid songs to appease the metalleros in the punk scene that like their shit raw and intense. […]
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This week’s Monday Photo Blog is from Fernando Gomes, who resides in Bahia. For those that don’t know, Bahia is one of the 26 states of Brazil, and is located in the northeastern part, on the Atlantic coast. Fernando has graced us with photos of locals, and a couple out of town bands for this […]
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Alright, this week our From the Vaults feature is back with a vengeance! Today shitworker Matt Badenhop digs out a treasure from the Maximum record library for his debut blog on MRR.com. Take it away, Matt!… Compilations can be mixed bags — hot and cold — sometimes containing a few good songs accompanied by a […]
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Digging through some old MRRs recently turned up a whole bunch of coverage of the protests that happened around around the 1984 Democratic National Convention. That year the convention took place in San Francisco, where punk was at that time reaching a high level of political activity. It was the peak of the Reagan/Thatcher era […]
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