NO FORM — 12″ I must sound like some kind of sycophantic anglophile the way I’ve been raving about UK hardcore lately, but something is really happening over there. Apparently this thing that is happening is not limited to any particular major city, but is happening all over the island. I have been told NO […]
Read MoreThis originally ran in MRR #319/Dec 09 which you can grab here Can’t Fix This: The Brutal Urgency of The Fix Hailing from Lansing, MI, a college town full of copycat, run-of-the-mill, faceless rock bands, The Fix were a blunt concoction of raw power stolen from the “Gimme Some Skin” era Iggy and Stooges […]
Read MoreSome wild DCHC pix from the always amazing Farrah Skeiky for this week’s Monday Photo Blog Send your tour photos, bands that have come through your town, the best of your local bands, etc. to: mrr @ maximumrocknroll.com with “photoblog” in the subject line. Include your name, a link to your website (or […]
Read MoreThis originally ran in MRR #296/Jan ’08, which you can grab here. Even in this modern age, it took about a year after their first LP was released for word about Eddy Current Suppression Ring to really hit the shores of the North America and Europe. They’re a band Aussies clamor about, throwing around heavy […]
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BLITZKRIEG — “Apel” EP Croatia, our distant love affair continues! Underrated, shambolic protest punk from Zagreb. BLITZKRIEG formed in 1984, then a year later recorded their four-track demo in two days. All four are on this nice slab of wax, and fuck if they aren’t all really good. The recital intro to “Apel” (“Appeal”) from […]
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